I've had this blog for the past 13 years in some form or another. Its
lived under a few different domains (crackmac.com, uphonic.com,
kevinduane.com) and it's fun to look back at some of the old and out of
date posts like the very first in 2003 on setting up an OSX server from scratch \<http://mostlycopyandpaste.com/2003/07/01/setting-up-a-os-x-system-from-scratch/\>__.
I haven't had much time the past 5 years since joining the Disney
Systems
Engineering
group and raising a young family but it's time to start some new
habits.
A Survey of DVD Recording
Formats by
Wei-Meng Lee -- Wei-Meng Lee writes of his quest for the right DVD
writer to buy. After surveying the various DVD recording formats (DVD-R,
DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-RAM, and DVD-RW DL), as well as some of the
DVD writers currently available on the market, Wei-Meng offers his
recommendations.
| Apple debuts updated PowerBook line | MacNN
News
| Apple today introduced its new 15-inch PowerBook G4, offering a sleek
aluminum design weighing just 5.6 pounds, a 15.2-inch widescreen
display, speeds of up to 1.25GHz, a backlit keyboard, and advanced
connectivity including AirPort Extreme, Bluetooth, FireWire 800, USB
2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet. The new 15-inch PowerBook G4 starts at
$1,999. Apple also updated its other PowerBooks: the new 17-inch
model features a faster 1.33 GHz G4 processor with double the amount
of on-chip level 2 cache and is now available for $2,999, a $300
price reduction. The new 12-inch model features a 1GHz G4 processor
and includes a Digital Video Interface (DVI) port.