tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55635052011-04-21T11:02:14.975-07:00Armchair CEO: AppleUsually pointless screed blog as I play armchair QB on Steve Jobs' watch.Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.comBlogger531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1141960855870603242006-03-09T19:15:00.000-08:002006-03-09T19:20:55.886-08:00Nobody reads this, but Apple should really hire me for their Studio position... Why?1. I love teaching2. I love Macs3. I love technology4. I understand retail (and have worked briefly in it)5. I have all the requisite knowledge necessary, and can gain more as needed6. I can stop blogging any day now for that one site that would totally conflict (I mean, I love 'em, but I'd love to work with AppleVictor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1123696734626784512005-08-10T10:58:00.000-07:002005-08-10T10:58:54.636-07:00I MOVED THIS TO HERE BECAUSE IT'S BITCHING, and NONPRODUCTIVE. - the mgmt."So before the beginning of our new quarter I was excited to learn we were getting 3 shiny new G5 towers. Well, we're six weeks into the new quarter, and guess how many G5's we're using? NONE. Not because we didn't receive them. Because all three are dead. In fact, they were all broken on arrival. How nice for us.But why Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1116613945789088122005-05-20T11:32:00.000-07:002005-05-20T11:32:28.323-07:00Apple - Discussions - Videos not working? Yep, several unlucky souls (including yours truly) are having issues with iTunes 4.8 Seems the "videos" we were promised with certain songs either aren't downloading or aren't playing. When iLife '05 came out I wondered why iTunes didn't get an upward revision of note. Mystery solved!Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1109597039594625902005-02-28T05:20:00.000-08:002005-02-28T05:23:59.596-08:00Read that Jef Raskin died. That's terribly sad as I feel like things were just beginning to take off for him again. His group, pushing for a totally new interface paradigm, had just signed a major deal that could have put this interface in front of consumers quite fast...I hope his work continues even though he is gone.The other thing is I wish Apple had hired him back. No doubt he and Jobs wouldVictor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1109045830211897552005-02-21T19:59:00.000-08:002005-02-21T20:17:10.213-08:00So sue me!Ha ha. Glad to see Apple might be calming down on the lawsuits... However, I know what a distraction things can be, and I can only try to conceptualize what the poor Harvard student who runs ThinkSecret.com had to go through.Speaking of which, my iBook is off AGAIN for repairs. I think I can figure out on my own what is causing the network to be forgotten, but there's no excuse for a Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1106361471030224122005-01-21T18:11:00.000-08:002005-01-21T18:37:51.030-08:00Mac vs. Mac: Apple's OS Split Personality There's a cage match in your mac. If you've got a .mac account or iLife apps, you've got a split personality... In one corner, your operating system and the Finder. Most people simply use folders (also known as directories) to store and sort their data. This metaphor has been around since before the graphic user interface (GUI), and despite the ranting Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1105495968014579082005-01-11T18:12:00.000-08:002005-01-11T18:12:48.013-08:00Apple - QuickTime - Macworld San Francisco 2005 Expo Keynote I tried to watch the keynote tonight, but QuickTime, as a streaming media, is just terrible. I've got good pipes into the house, but QT clearly doesn't handle loads appropriately. It took a LONG time to connect, and never rebuffered. But audio kept dropping out, video lost sync, all on a decent G4 machine. BOO!!! Anyways, BIG news in Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1102729809790081282004-12-10T17:50:00.000-08:002004-12-10T17:50:09.790-08:00Tool Time at Pixar? Are you kidding? Doesn't this idea seem a little obvious? I'm a relative newcomer to the character animation game, but when the Cintiq's first came out something like this seems so bloody apparent.Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1098672280780168102004-10-24T19:35:00.000-07:002004-10-24T19:44:40.780-07:00I have friends out there who hate TV. In all my days, radical, conservative, and indifferent, I have never ended my love affair with the idiot box. Don't get me wrong, there are problems. The primary one being the squandered potential that was television. I agree with Bill Gates when he talks about the demise of broadcast TV, insofar as commercial BCTV will disappear. However, the hoopla Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1096808811843823462004-10-03T06:06:00.000-07:002004-10-03T06:06:51.843-07:00Commentary: Apple's missed opportunity | CNET News.com It's a quick read. I agree on most points. And there are other criticisms of critics... Like the 256 MB of RAM-- that's goofy. Put a 256 MB stick in, but throw in a 128 or 256. Doing this as a "freebie" when you buy, say, AppleCare or .Mac would be a nice incentive. As for wireless, I believe the plans for Grantsdale have changed, but I Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1092711402293131852004-08-16T19:56:00.000-07:002004-08-16T19:56:42.293-07:00842242%20-%20Some%20programs%20seem%20to%20stop%20working%20after%20you%20install%20Windows%20XP%20Service%20Pack%202%20 This is where Microsoft details some issues with XPSP2. Actually, they're only issues from the standpoint that these apps access port which are now blocked in the default SP2 install on the firewall. BUT, hats off to MS for publishing the truth, the whole truth, and how to Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1091414190733028882004-08-01T19:36:00.000-07:002004-08-01T19:36:30.733-07:00 Yahoo! News - Apple Co-Founder Jobs Has Cancer Surgery Holy moly! I had no idea... But then, I'm not his doctor. Luckily it looks like Steve will make a full recovery ASAP, and this isn't as serious as it sounds. I'd look for Apple's stock to dip temporarily (in typical Wall St. fashion-- they're a bunch of optimists, aren't they?). Get well soon Steve!Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1090725236089504632004-07-24T20:13:00.000-07:002004-07-24T20:13:56.090-07:00What is the significance of the 8th of July? Or a jpeg? 8july.jpg I dunno. The pic on this page is hysterical though. My buddy Ert spent some time in S. Korea. Which, apparently, is much more hospitable. What's interesting to me is that this page was done with Dreamweaver 4.0 and no one took the time to change the code... Does Macromedia sell DW to the DPRK? Well, it isn't Apple-related at Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1090087109438620842004-07-17T10:58:00.000-07:002004-07-17T10:58:29.436-07:00HOW TO Tuesday: Make digital movies the easy way - Features - Engadget - features.engadget.com And why doesn't iMovie have this? Come on, Apple could make a sweet automovie script in iMovie... That would make it insanely great. And "smart" playlists are all over, why not iMovie? End of Armchair CEO for AppleVictor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1087519983733681562004-06-17T17:53:00.000-07:002004-06-17T17:53:03.733-07:00Apple - Discussions - .mac mail unavailable on web And the beat goes on... I've posted several scathing things about how I feel about my .mac "service" (I use the term loosely) on this thread. No doubt all will be removed post-haste when Apple sees them. And tomorrow the discussion boards will be down for service (which is about every month BTW). One particular yahoo had the nerve to post thatVictor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1087236527940087452004-06-14T11:08:00.000-07:002004-06-14T11:08:47.940-07:00Web Hosting for $1 a month : 1dollarhosting.com Sounds good doesn't it? Well, so does a "free lunch." And if you like eating discarded coffee grounds, there are plenty of free lunches to be had behind millions of restaurants. Or if you're a picky eater, behind millions of Starbucks. So yeah, $1 a month sounded great to me as well. Until I actually started using the service... My site is up Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1087215448708787352004-06-14T05:17:00.000-07:002004-06-14T05:17:28.706-07:00Wired News: Apple Makes Its Case for Security The fact that Apple has finally started talking about SOMETHING publicly is great. The fact that this is news is sad. Now when are they going to be honest about their QM?Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1087089527879927562004-06-12T18:18:00.000-07:002004-06-12T18:18:47.880-07:00Apple - Discussions - idisk will not mount after OS X update What scares me about this is that Apple has deleted useful information from their site. I would have NEVER known about this unless this nice person had posted. What the heck is THAT about? Why remove useful information? I'm still miffed that the "error 12" I got is totally undocumented on Apple's site. I'm convinced Apple is really Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1085938832450036922004-05-30T10:40:00.000-07:002004-05-30T10:40:32.450-07:00Apple - Discussions - iBook 'Waking" problem -- summary, new thread Time for a good ol' fashioned rant and rant about my iBook G4... Y'see, 3 years ago I got an iBook G3. Its still kicking to this day, just a few feet away from me, and has almost never had a problem. But my G4 was broken the FIRST TIME I USED IT! That's right, defective out of the box. Being an optimist, I called Apple and aVictor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1084828716411878252004-05-17T14:18:00.000-07:002004-05-17T14:18:36.410-07:00Think Secret - Source: Apple may start mail order operation Here's my suggestion: A full-color large-format magazine (titled "Macintosh") with tips, software "showcases" and business how-to's... (sections like Maximize Your Music and For Switchers... ). The catalog is fine, but it will be just another in a sea of mac catalogs. When you purchase ANYTHING directly from Apple, you get Macintosh Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1084322768550804652004-05-11T17:46:00.000-07:002004-05-11T17:46:08.550-07:00Prediction: SONY sued by cross-eyed teen PSP addicts This picture of the much-vaunted PSP machine from SONY is a little disturbing... Doesn't anyone remember "The Jerk" with Steve Martin? His invention caused people to stare at their noses-- creating a permanent cross-eyed state! That was a really good documentary!Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1083792112102055422004-05-05T14:21:00.000-07:002004-05-05T14:25:04.390-07:00NO links today folks, just a good old-fashioned brain dump... Linux. I love the concept, hate the flavor. No one is going to use something with so much inherent hassle. Thus, OS X is the "perfect desktop Linux." 'Nuff said. However, embedded Linux has me ersatzing in my pants! (yes, that makes no sense, but I love the word ersatz) OK, one link. Here at Linux Devices there's an interesting Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1082085976772110072004-04-15T20:26:00.000-07:002004-04-15T20:29:09.186-07:00The New York Times > Business > Media & Advertising > RealNetworks Seeks a Musical Alliance With Apple What disturbs me about this article (other than agreeing with Jobs likely rebuff) is the comment: "Apple is not into interoperability," said an industry executive with connections to both the computer and music industries. "Steve's bet is that he can beat the big guys, Sony and Microsoft - Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-108147570934906902004-04-08T18:55:00.000-07:002004-04-08T18:57:54.310-07:00Mac security alert? Yup. And I predicted it! Granted, it's not really a BIG virus. Oh, and it's a trojan, not a virus. But, I knew eventually the iPod and Apple's general publicity would eventually open it to some sort of feeble vandalous attack such as this... MP3Concept. What a stupid concept... In other news, Apple patented a design that I had come up with as well. And since Steve Jobs' Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1080096584980839782004-03-23T18:49:00.000-08:002004-03-23T18:52:14.013-08:00Home of the Underdogs - The Scratchware Manifesto This is brilliant! Why isn't this spread across the internet? Let me tell you a brief story... I once knew of a noble band of marauders developing a cutting-edge FPS game. Guess what? Six months before the release, the whole company up and disappeared... Literally. Why? I don't know. But before they left us, I do know that their biggest Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1079221388694337802004-03-13T15:43:00.000-08:002004-03-13T15:45:27.873-08:00Slashdot | Design a Virtual Office with Open Source? Thus the idea is democratized. Here's something people like Microsoft sit around and try to figure out. And here's the open-source advocates building what they want in an open forum... I love the idea! Is this is how I want to build out superpixel, generating ideas that are built upon by the community, and then developed using seed money? Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1079059723940802572004-03-11T18:48:00.000-08:002004-03-11T18:51:01.170-08:00A robot that builds houses. That's amazing. Some people won't be happy about this, but I think it's brilliant. It still leaves room for plenty of skilled and semi-skilled workers, but could drastically lower the cost of building houses. And what houses! I'll be implementing this in a solutionSphere at some point...Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1078883783335890972004-03-09T17:56:00.000-08:002004-03-09T17:58:39.060-08:00Dell - Client & Enterprise Solutions, Software, Peripherals, Services Someone asks me the other day what computer they should get. Sheepishly, and after much consideration for what this person does, is, and has yet to do, I had to recommend a Dell. Why? For one, it was NOT price. A Mac, pound-for-pound, was cheaper. At least, a laptop (oh, "notebook" as the industry would have us call them now Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1078024428648397922004-02-28T19:13:00.000-08:002004-02-28T19:15:54.186-08:00Palm is now palmOne and PalmSource - US This happened a while ago, and I'm only now getting to comment... Why? Because Palm won't be around for much longer... No, I'm not bitter because Palm's newest OS isn't mac compatible. It's the old story where a company, once dominant, decides to replicate instead of innovate. This is one instance where Microsoft's PocketPC format is really making a Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1077551089165484442004-02-23T07:44:00.000-08:002004-02-23T07:46:48.983-08:00Glad to see the Apple Discussions site is so awesome! Haha. It's hard to convey sarcasm via text... I've been trying to use the discussions boards on Apple's site, and despite an overhaul, the site (discussions only) is slower than ever before. As a former webmaster, I have to say not even being able to login on a "live" corporate site is ridiculous. What makes me suspicious is that some postsVictor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1077078313044509232004-02-17T20:25:00.000-08:002004-02-17T20:27:07.513-08:00Ever try searching Apple's site for the history of mac? Well, you won't find much of anything on the old mac, released some 20 years ago... Why? Why did Apple allow the 20th anniversary of a computer that literally changed computing forever go unmentioned? Jobs is back at the helm, the Mac is sort of making a comeback, and 20 is a big number for a computer... Here's my theory: The cool kids Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1071863620237866552003-12-19T11:53:00.000-08:002003-12-19T11:54:34.263-08:00Apple - Mac OS X or Panther, on the old iBook is unveiling some of its secrets. For instance, if you Cmd-Tab to switch apps, but while holding Tab down you release the Cmd key and then Cmd-Q to quit the selected app? It's fast and easy. I've really been putting Panther through the paces. But my hardware is finally up to task, so the kitty has been playing hard... You can Expose "show desktop"Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1071601657869451622003-12-16T11:07:00.000-08:002003-12-16T11:08:29.543-08:00Ah, Apple. Tomorrow I get my iBook G4. I'm hoping terribly that it won't let me down. You know those random events that can occur in the manufacturing process? A broken button, dead pixel, or loud fan... But I really just want to play Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 on the thing-- sweet! My predictions for the new year: - Apple will continue dominance in the i-music arena - there will be a bad virus Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1070421077810603252003-12-02T19:11:00.000-08:002003-12-02T19:11:55.920-08:00BSD: Should Apple port OS X to Intel? I think this will eventually happen. It would shut up everyone who complains about Apple's "no tablet PC" rule. Look, an iBook could turn into a tablet for about another $300-- no problem. It's MUCH harder to fit a G5 into a PowerBook. So quit yer gripin! Really though, the reason a move would happen is just to open the OS to all the other kinds of Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1066425692284522782003-10-17T14:21:00.000-07:002003-10-17T14:21:32.233-07:00To quote someone else: "Can't buy me a dinosaur" Beatles see no future online Never mind the stupidity of Apple Records suing Apple Computer-- this is the remaining crusty members of the Beatles once again showing their collective, wrinkled asses. In light of them becoming irrelevant as a musical force, clearly this is a "smart move" right? So nuts to them, that's my 2 cents. Apple is poisedVictor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1066008746303118842003-10-12T18:32:00.000-07:002003-10-12T18:32:25.980-07:00I love Freevo! Now if only I could build one. Actually, I might be able to. I'll be learning Linux soon, and creating a simple freevo or MythTV unit won't be far off. Some wild thoughts recently. After checking out a lecture from an MIT prof about "personal media" it occurred to me that my kids will be pretty wary or at least cynical about mass media. Instead, they will be used to inventing Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-10647204143120632003-09-27T20:40:00.000-07:002003-09-27T20:40:13.900-07:00Dumb and Bummer dealmac forum - eBay drops support for Macs!!! Well, we suspected this a few weeks ago when my wife and I tried to put up an auction and couldn't get the pics to load. Ebay now doesn't like macs... Just like a lot of IT guys, school systems, developers, idiots, panderers, pornophiles, cheeseheads, fruit bats, and morons. What good company? But what do you expect from a company Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1064460516359147252003-09-24T20:28:00.000-07:002003-09-24T20:28:36.086-07:00My littleiBook takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin' At least, we'll see... So I discovered the little plastic thingie in my Firewire port broke in my iBook. The downside of having a laptop is that it's almost impossible to fix things like that, because the controllers are primarily built into the motherboard. DOH! Not that it laptops couldn't be engineered a little differently. But the cost Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1064407157424940022003-09-24T05:39:00.000-07:002003-09-24T05:39:17.200-07:00Rotten Apples MacFixIt - Troubleshooting Solution for the Macintosh Sometimes ease-of-use will kick you in the nuts and leave your computer crying in its sleep mode. Case in point, Apple's latest .release fiasco. Having been a victim of a previous screwup (some 10.2.x update fried my battery by overcharging it-- and as I speak my iBook's battery is trying to charge, despite being plugged in Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1063483743906817922003-09-13T13:09:00.000-07:002003-09-13T13:09:03.930-07:00Koo koo ka choo! Beatles group sues Apple over trademark | CNET News.com Well, in a very trippy move the happy and clearly starving artists formerly known as the "Beatles" are suing Apple-- again. The details are available all over the web, and this was really expected. What's sad is that Apple is singlehandedly doing more to save recorded music than anyone else, and they are now being rewardedVictor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1061669701034292412003-08-23T13:15:00.000-07:002003-08-23T13:15:01.046-07:00Oooh! When geeks pick a fight... Linux Online - SCO Controversy Well, I've written something about this already, but thought this link really sets the record straight. Bottom line, SCO is a bunch of drunk monkeys with brass knuckles, stumbling around looking for a fight because they've got nothing better to do... Babies. Aaaaanyway... Success is very sweet when it comes to technological Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1061434215558664962003-08-20T19:50:00.000-07:002003-08-20T19:50:15.443-07:00Well, they've got to be doing something right. PowerPC LinuxPPC: Yellow Dog Linux for PowerPC Computers This simple little Linux distro saved my near-obsolete G3. The crappy blue & white that wouldn't work right is (so far) running like a dream under YDL. And they told me it could, but I didn't believe them. It wasn't an easy task though. After nearly 7 install attempts, it actually booted Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1060828589458774252003-08-13T19:36:00.000-07:002003-08-13T19:41:10.190-07:00Silly Billy and the $4 billion question The question of the week at Spymac was: are you going to renew your .Mac service? See here: Apple .Mac Welcome And of course, I'm no different. I am absolutely going to renew my .Mac! WHY? Well, for one, it paid for itself the first year (which was $50 at the time, now it'll be $100). Apple gave us several dozen free iPhoto prints, which added up to theVictor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-106045283030504152003-08-09T11:13:00.000-07:002003-08-09T11:13:50.313-07:00Bill Gates must be a really happy dork these days thanks to these morons: SCO | SCO Grows Your Business Yes, the Linux community seems unfazed by the latest bout of techno-supidity. Now, I'm a relative newbie to UNIX, Linux, and so forth (having been in a Mac coccoon all these years), but from what I can gather from news sites and the Dukes of Hazzard, apparently not all may be well in the worldVictor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1059844605678544122003-08-02T10:16:00.000-07:002003-08-02T10:16:45.733-07:00Itchy & Scratchy Land Robots. Long have I dreamed of creating a robot. Anyone interested in building a robot, let me know. But what I've long been disappointed by is the lack of progress in the consumer robotic field. Years ago I subscribed to a monthly electronics magazine. I remember reading an article (series of them) on building a lawnmower robot. Now, someone makes one. But it took over a Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1059621694914994202003-07-30T20:21:00.000-07:002003-07-30T20:21:34.920-07:00iChat, iSpat Back in 2001 when I got this here cute little iBook as a sweet birthday present, it was the "top of the line" iBook from Apple. And now, in mid-2003, the latest iChat iteration or "AV" as its called, won't do videoconferencing on my now-aged iBook. Or will it? Y'see, these guys at the cleverly named, Ecamm Network, have a solution to my woes. In fact, it's a $9.95 answer for me Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1059449806726560122003-07-28T20:36:00.000-07:002003-07-28T20:36:46.640-07:00Well, just a quick little note... Found out today that a truly evil man finally got his come-uppance. This is Mac related, so bear with... A few years ago I started working with this guy and his Mac laptop crashes. It was old, so the HD just died. Well, he chalks it up to Macs being crap and all, and decides to switch the whole organization over to PC. These folks had been editing on Macs Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1059272173117130232003-07-26T19:16:00.000-07:002003-07-26T19:16:13.186-07:00Creamy stinky tech pie... As much as my little greedy heart wants tech toys, it's really more a question of access. Oh when will we quit being slaves to the CPU? Imagine a world where we don't give a flip about having a big heat generator in our lap. If I could just get a cheap tablet PC, I wouldn't have to stay up late to access the computer. I don't need a hard drive, or a powerful CPU. What Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1058753655518417242003-07-20T19:14:00.000-07:002003-07-20T19:14:15.576-07:00What do you get when you cross fast-food with e-commerce? The widely available and mildly popular "instant financing" for computers... So I was on Apple's website, feeling quite forlorn because my nearly 3-year old iBook just isn't cutting the mustard (more like smearing the water on a teflon surface, but there's definitely no cutting involved nowadays), and just wishing in a very silly way thatVictor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1058628450139782902003-07-19T08:27:00.000-07:002003-07-19T08:27:30.106-07:00OK, one more gripe about my Blue and White G3... If OS X is supposed to be so robust, why does OS 9 work pretty much OK on a crippled G3? I guess because it doesn't check for errors in hardware at startup (as much), and it'll just freeze up entirely for no reason sometimes. For those who are interested there's a quick way to tell whether you have a certain revision (this will be posted on one ofVictor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1058029409688569592003-07-12T10:03:00.000-07:002003-07-12T10:03:29.606-07:00Apple, apple, apple. My love/hate relationship with them began when I was six, no, younger than that. We were still living in NC, and my parents were finishing their graduate degrees. We got an Apple ][, and I remember first playing "Star Wars" on it, complete with off-tune theme song and difficult gameplay (using paddles). BUT, that computer was put to extremely good use for the next *decade*. Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1057809466740825442003-07-09T20:57:00.000-07:002003-07-09T20:57:46.813-07:00Holy cow, I did it! In almost exactly 30 minutes, I “wrote” my first AppleScript that empties the Camino cache. OK, most of it was based on a free script used to empty the “Cleanup at Startup” folder back in OS 9, but I found it, edited it, and implemented it in NO TIME at all. Wow. What’s neat is to see how much *simpler* the script was in OS X. The trick I needed was just to figure out Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563505.post-1057805114002219742003-07-09T19:45:00.000-07:002003-07-09T19:45:13.960-07:00OK, everyone here's my first blog. Woo-hoo. Actually, I was looking online for SOME way to brain dump every now and again... And luckily I stumbled upon Blogger.com. Yay for me. For such a technomologically inclined dude, I'm amazed it took me this long to get on the Blog Bus. But, with a new baby I've kinda had my hands full. SO-- what to look for here? Why should you read my stuff? For one, Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com0