Update — Timbuk2 is really a great company. After posting the story below, the head of Timbuk2 European operations reached out to inform me that the…
The path less traveled.
Update — Timbuk2 is really a great company. After posting the story below, the head of Timbuk2 European operations reached out to inform me that the…
I transport my MacBook Air daily between home and the office—closing the lid to put it to sleep, and opening the lid to wake it.…
If you’d like to understand the importance of having a good knowledge of probability theory, consider the following eye-opening example (inspired by something I read…
Previously, MONEY Magazine attempted to deliver a version of their magazine for the iPad that reflected an understanding of how text is best read on…
The main compartment zipper on my Tom Bihn Co-Pilot zipper broke a month or so ago. To avoid the round-trip cost of sending the bag…
Just wanted to document a number of additional annoyances I’ve run across in using Photos.app on Mac OS X. No feedback when violating sharing constraints…
Recently, Flickr introduced a Mac Uploader application, promoting the idea that with 1TB of free storage, Mac users could now store a copy of all…
This past weekend we traveled to Budapest, Hungary to visit the city and to spend some time with Lance’s chess coach.
When I was a child, I had a box in my bedroom that was full of all sorts of bits and bobs—ranging from batteries, to…
This morning, my colleague surfed over to Daring Fireball on his iPhone, via the Vodafone Spain 4G network. Here’s what he saw — a strange…
This past Saturday we traveled to Granada to let the kids participate in the 22nd annual edition of the Acropolis Chess Tournament, and decided to take the opportunity to stay over until Sunday and do what’s considered the most beautiful hike in the area, the Vereda de la Estrella, in the Güejar Sierra.
A while back I switched from using QuickBooks for Mac 2012, to using QuickBooks Online. The online service includes a Mac app, which is little…
Each year, American citizens, residents and green-card holders are required to report their interests in foreign financial accounts on the FinCEN Report 114 form—more commonly…
