Why I’m More Than Ticked At GoDaddy
No, it has nothing to do with SOPA. GoDaddy’s support for the Stop Online Piracy Act may have the Internet enraged, but the tipping point for me was when they took PhoneNews.com offline. It almost feels like SOPA got its first test, but really it was GoDaddy’s terrible DNS management. In preparation for some more [...]
Support Boot Camp, Download Drivers on Each Install
One major change in OS X Lion is the addition of downloading Windows 7 Boot Camp drivers over the web. It’s something I’ve called for, for a really… really… really… long time. One nice thing about this feature (for Apple) is that it now allows Apple to get something it did not have before: usage [...]
New Feed URL
I’ve moved away from Google FeedBurner. So, it’s time to update your feed URL. If your feed URL is http://www.christopherprice.net/feed/ then you’re all set. If not, you need to update to that URL. I’ll keep the old FeedBurner setup working, but you may be delayed by as much as several hours to get news. Yeah, [...]
Seagate Momentus XT – To Defrag or Not to Defrag?
I saw a reply from Seagate to a person asking if the Momentus XT should be defragmented or not. The moronic offshore tech support email actually said that the user had to replace the drive, because it had been defraged. I’m not joking. Here’s the alleged email: ” Thank you for your inquiry to Seagate [...]
Folding@home v7 – The New Stress Test for PCs
I’ve been using the most recent Folding@home beta for a day or two, and I have to say, finally! Folding@home suffers from a problem that many projects do; the hardcore contingency of evangelists, users, and developers all switch to a beta that is buried away from the main site. Common users then download the latest [...]
Apple Drops Mac from Mac OS X Lion
Apple has made a subtle late change to the branding for Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion”. If you look at Apple Support Documents, and the Apple product pages, they refer to the product as “OS X Lion“. Not “Mac OS X Lion” or “Mac OS 10.7″, simply “OS X Lion”. Note that this title lacks [...]
Clearing the Air on Apple, Intel, and NeXT
I want to clear up some crazy hype that has formed around Apple’s acquisition of NeXT as of late. Since Steve Jobs’ passing, there’s been a lot of attention, and a bit of revisionist history about the past. Back when Apple was burying Copland, there was a hurry for a new platform. Basically, it was [...]
On Steve Jobs
My interactions with Steve were typically very brief, mostly (thankfully not always) through intermediaries… friends, emails, and even campaigns. I did get much closer than most ever did, and I got to talk to him more than most ever dream. It brightens my day when he acknowledged (once or twice) that I was right. And, [...]
Momentus XT SD28 — Success!
Debriefing my update to Momentus XT firmware SD28, the process was a success. There were, however, some woes along the way of updating the firmware. Read more to see the whole journey.
Seagate Momentus XT Firmware Update SD28 Released
Seagate has issued a new firmware update for Momentus XT owners, version SD28. If you are a Momentus XT owner (like myself), you can breath a sigh of relief and update immediately… after backing up, of course. This firmware update will hopefully, hopefully tie up some painful loose ends that have stifled the life (thus [...]
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