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For the next several weeks (about 10), I will be hopelessly overworked in general. Broad, sweeping changes (like the new look and feel for the blog) will have to be delayed until mid-to-late June. Sorry folks.
Hopefully posting won’t be affected, but I am really overworked right now, so if you haven’t seen a blog post [...]

Go grab AirPort & Time Machine Updates 1.0. It does what I’ve been railing Apple to fix (as well as many others)… and they have. Time Machine backups now succeed on AirPort Disk drives, connected to an AirPort Extreme base station.
Enjoy, consumer advocacy in action.
Update: There is also a corresponding firmware update for AirPort Extreme [...]

Several web sites on the Internet (and just about the entire Mac community) has been chattering today about the revealing of an Apple TV DVR patent. This is something that is not new news in the slightest, and I’ll de-bunk where it came from (again).
Unfortuantely, I knew this was coming at some point… which is [...]

Remember, these prices aren’t online (the links show the product pages, so you can check availability in the store). Also, note that the prices will vary from store-to-store based on Best Buy’s tiered clearance pricing system.
Pioneer 18x External USB 2.0 DVD Burner
SKU 8293928 - $79.99 ($99.99 Pre-clearance)
Swiss Gear Maxxum Backpack (Yes, a new one…)
SKU 2826446 [...]

Amazon.com started the day offering the iPod touch 16 GB at a low $380… nice sale, right?
Well, they’ve upped their own ante by slashing the price during the middle of the day. Grab one now for $359.99 with free super saver shipping.
And, if you bought one earlier today, send customer service an email and they’ll [...]

I really don’t get the big fuss about Twitter. If I want to send myself a shopping list, it gets emailed (or “noted”, as Apple Mail now does so elegantly). If I want to send a quick blast out to some people… again, email (or SMS a distant second).
If I want to shout out [...]

Shopping in my area has become an arms race over the years. I remember when I would be standing outside Staples, head over to Circuit City… and still get all the deals. Then the lines started. Getting in the first ten slots was easy. Now, I drive over and find the spot in line outside [...]

Microsoft’s Mac team is rolling out what they call the “Best. Friday. Deal.”
Considering the lukewarm Black Friday deals (and yes, I will keep calling them that at every opportunity)… they may be right.
Friday (that’s today in about 90 minutes)… you can get Office 2004 for Mac, Student & Teacher Edition for only $32 after a [...]

One of my favorite games, NiGHTS, is headed to Nintendo Wii. And I, as a loyal Sega drone, am obligated to buy it (oh, and I guess I need a Wii for that too). Now you know why I’ve been talking up EDTVs so much.

But, Sega today announced that NiGHTS is also coming to PlayStation [...]

Here’s what I’ve picked up so far this morning online… feel free to follow the links to follow in my footsteps. Probably the best part about this Black Friday (lukewarm deals aside)… is that I don’t feel any need at all to camp out. I can sleep, and start printing out rebate forms.
Best Buy
Western Digital [...]