Be a Pinball Wizard

Be a Pinball Wizard

As a child of the 70’s and 80’s, I grew up alongside the evolution of the video game.  A precursor to the arcade cabinets that helped to swallow so much of my allowance, the pinball machine had been a fixture in bowling alleys and bar rooms long before the advent of...
OS X 10.7 – Taming Lion, Part Two

OS X 10.7 – Taming Lion, Part Two

With each new iteration of OS X, Apple users expect to see features added to the operating system that make the Mac experience so much better.  OS X 10.7, better known as Lion, is no different, and some of the new features are truly useful.  While my last article...

iPad Video Without the Wait

One of the benefits of the iPad is the larger screen-size, making it the perfect medium for watching video while mobile.  One of the caveats of iPad (or any iOS platform) video is that you have only a few options to get it on your device, as Apple only supports a...

Google Shopper comes to the iPhone

I like to buy stuff, and I’m a notorious cheap skate.  Before I buy anything these days, I use a bevy of Internet resources to find the best price for the item I “need”.  The art of finding the best price for an item can be an interesting challenge, but with the new...

There’s an App Store for that

Today I installed the latest updates to my Mac, and saw that the operating system (OS) was being updated to 10.6.6.  An operating system update usually brings fixes and features; this update might just have revolutionized the way we buy software for the personal...