Don’t Be Jealous Of The New MacBook Pros!
Posted by Stephen in Apple on 16. Jun, 2009 | View Comments
Apple’s recently introduced mid-2009 MacBook Pros sure do look nice! I am definitely tempted to trade up my late-2007 model, leveraging the excellent resale value that Mac hardware commands. But two of Apple’s trick features for 2009 are already present on my old workhorse: An integrated SD card slot and up to 7 hours of [...]
AT&T Down, Sprint Saves My Bacon
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal on 03. Sep, 2008 | View Comments
I was traveling this morning, and was shocked to not be able to check on my flight status with my iPhone. It just sat there churning when I arrived in Chicago. I couldn’t figure it out, but quickly booted up the Cradlepoint router and Sprint EV-DO card and was online. Since I also had critical [...]
MAC Addresses Are Bad Passwords
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Terabyte home on 19. Aug, 2008 | View Comments
As I posted the other day, my new Cradlepoint PHS300 3G router is just awesome, and I would happily recommend it to anyone. If you do get one, however, be sure to change the default password immediately. The seemingly-strong password is worse than insecure – it’s available to anyone who asks whenever the router is [...]
My iPhone is on Sprint’s EV-DO Network (and So Are My PCs!)
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal, Terabyte home on 18. Aug, 2008 | View Comments
Goodbye, AT&T 3G! After a year of hoping coverage would improve, I finally jumped ship from AT&T’s 3G network and moved my mobile wireless broadband service to Sprint. I grabbed a refurbished USB EV-DO device and signed up through a no-contract reseller and couldn’t be happier with the service so far. And I picked up [...]
