Category Archives: macintosh

My Favorite New Apple Ad – ‘Broken Promises’

Posted on October 23, 2009 by chris

As you probably know, Windows 7 came out this week and, of course, Apple launched an ad campaign to fight this latest encroachment by the “evil empire.” Here’s my favorite one of the new ads so far featuring your old … Continue reading →

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Video Friday — Thursday SXSW Edition — Dennis Liu’s ‘Pretending to Work’

Posted on March 12, 2009 by chris

Yes folks, its true. I’m in the wonderful city of Austin, Texas for that melange of music/film/interactive goodness known as South by Southwest. Or, as all the cool kids refer to it: SXSW. I’m here covering the event for the … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 16, 2008 by chris

I realize I missed this week’s ‘Photo Tuesday’ but I have a good excuse for it. Unfortunately, I can’t say what it was because its a secret — at least for now. Let’s just say I spent some time on … Continue reading →

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New Apple Stuff and Other Updates

Posted on August 8, 2007 by chris

Apple honcho Steve Jobs announced a bunch of new stuff today. Among the items were new, improved iMacs complete with shiny anodized aluminum keyboards, iLife ’08, increased storage and other improvements to .Mac (finally) and a new iWork suite of … Continue reading →

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The Apple Developer Keynote Made Me iSleepy

Posted on June 11, 2007 by chris

It may come as somewhat of a surprise that I, the vehement Apple fan would ever say anything even remotely negative about my favorite computer — er, sorry “consumer electronics” — company, but here I am saying just that. After … Continue reading →

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Obama or Clinton? Chris Rock Helps You Decide. Plus, A Great Commercial

Posted on March 19, 2007 by chris

It’s not a secret how I feel about our current President. If you’re not sure, let’s just be polite and say I think he’s not doing a very good job at all. In fact, I think he’s probably one of … Continue reading →

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300: Made on a Mac + The Screaming Death Monkey

Posted on March 13, 2007 by chris

Over at this site they have an interesting bit of info on the film 300 and how the Macintosh was a very big part of getting the film done. Some of the Apple tech that was used to make the … Continue reading →

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Going to Mars (Edit)

Posted on February 23, 2007 by chris

As much as I love ecto and all its blogging goodness I sometimes wonder if something better is out there to suit my needs. So, I have decided to give Mars Edit a try. I only downloaded it this evening … Continue reading →

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Live at Macworld Expo Keynote

Posted on January 9, 2007 by chris

Apple iphone with touch screen running osx. so that’s pretty cool. Apple tv released next month.

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Live at Macworld Expo Keynote

Posted on January 9, 2007 by chris

I’m here and seated and ready to see the magic of a steve jobs keynote. starting soon.

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