Tsukuba, Japan, 2004 I just arrived at my hotel. I’m tired, I’m hungry, and I’ve been offline for over 20 hours. Deep in the bottom of my bag lies an SMC “pocket” router about the size of two packs of smokes. I jack-in and power-up the router. I’m online. I leave my laptop on the [...]
History Rewind to 1990. I have never been a big fan of watching TV. Not even as a child. Sure, I watched the occasional show, but I didn’t rearrange my life around a TV schedule. I didn’t even own a TV when I met my wife. I preferred to read books and go out to [...]
Well, there it is, nestled between my keyboard, trackpad, Superdrive and my 27″ Cinema Display stand. What the hell is it? Well, it’s a knob. A USB knob. And, it’s good looking too. It blends in quite well with the rest of my Apple gear. And, the AppleScript configurable blue light is an added bonus. [...]