I’ve never been a fan of e-books or electronic readers. But with the launch of the Amazon Kindle last year, the electronic book has never been more popular. With the advent of the App Store for iPhone (and iPod Touch) users, I figured it would only be a matter of time before an e-book reader [...]

Part of being a Mac Genius (or any retail employee, to an extent) is getting yelled at. The popular ifoAppleStore site posted a story from a reader who had a bad time at his local Genius Bar. Here are the high points: -  It turns out that my reservation was nowhere to be found but [...]

CNET has posted some comments on their MacBook/MacBook Pro reviews: “No FireWire — No Thanks.” “The loss of FireWire is a deal killer for anyone wanting to edit video or audio or anyone needing to use Target Disk mode.” “Even glossier display than before.” “No FireWire. Bad move. Bottom line.” “Due to the glass reflections [...]

The Times’ John Markoff: That would seem to confirm findings that a search engine company shared with me on condition that I not reveal its name: The company spotted Web visits from an unannounced Apple product with a display somewhere between an iPhone and a MacBook. Is it the iPhone 3.0 or the NetMac 1.0? [...]

I love Macs. I make my living working on, around, and with them. I use a late-model iMac at home as my main machine, and even though I have a MacBook from work, my main laptop is the Asus Eee PC. It’s portable (8.9 inches across), runs Ubuntu, and is very handy to take places, [...]

For some time now, there have been plans for Memphis to have a Greenline- basically, a long paved bike trail that would snake it’s way across the city, from Midtown to Collierville, via the old CSX railway line. Now, that dream is closer than ever, thanks to the work of the fine folks over at [...]

Here’s a poster I designed for Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program. They are trying to recruit firefighters to drive the trucks this year: See a larger version here.

Getting Things Done (GTD) has always been important to me. I’m busy and I forget things, so over the years, I have tried various methods to keep up with my tasks using everything from my old Newton 2100 to a Moleskine journal. I never really found anything to meet my three and a half basic [...]