Textonic

ramble. rant. rinse. repeat.

Post archive for ‘Technology’

Anti-Social.

The more I use this ’social media’ theme, the more driven I am to be anti-social. The idea of having every little thing I do tracked in one place is a little frightening, but I suppose if people wanted to know so bad, they wouldn’t have a hard time tracking down the individual sources anyway. [...]


Tagged as , , + Categorized as Media, Technology

The Apple Ultimatum

As I except the entire online world to know by now, Apple has scrapped the old black and white iPod Videos, replacing their lineup with the iPod Classic and iPod Touch. This bold move comes just as I was going to make the purchase of my first iPod, a 30GB video.
Pricing aside, the iPod Touch [...]


Categorized as Design, Media, Technology

Google Reader broken in Firefox

Am I the only one who’s been experiencing a broken Google Reader lately in Firefox? At first I related the problem to the Stylish updates, and the use of Jon Hicks’ excellent OSx Style, but after disabling both the plugin and both parts of the style the problem is still apparent. For the time being [...]


Categorized as Technology

The eMachine Dilema.

Update: I’ve decided to go mobile, and am now resorting my funds to begin payments on a new MacBook (or Pro, depending on how things work out in the next few weeks)
For the past few months I’ve been working on a highly unreliable eMachine, the T1840 to be exact. It’s an old machine, and as [...]


Categorized as Technology

Western Digital 250GB External Hard Drives for $90

Today and Monday only, as a part of their President’s Day Sale, Best Buy will be offering Western Digital MyBook 250 Gigabyte USB 2.0 External Hard Drives for the low price of $90 USD. So hurry up and get down toy our local Best Buy or shop online at BestBuy.com.


Categorized as Elsewhere, Technology