I read a lot of books, particularly fantasy books, which tend to be quite large. It seemed pretty natural that I would want to get a Kindle as it is smaller than even one book and can hold thousands of books. I bought one while I was a student ($200…
Recently, I moved into a new place with several of my friends from college. Of course, one of the first things we set about doing was getting the best internet connect that we could find. We really only had two options for ISPs in our area: Time Warner and AT&…
Some time ago, I decided that I was going to replace my laptop once I had enough money saved up from my new job. For various reasons, I decided to get a MacBook Air (Mid-2012 Model). Overall, I have been more than happy with the purchase. Background I have never…
I finally got my order with Apple straightened out. I am not sure if anything that I did with Apple changed anything, but I contacted my bank representative to see if there were any problems with a new account making large purchases (I have had that problem with other banks)…
Recently, I have been looking into replacing my old (2006) MacBook with a new model, with an eye towards the new ivy-bridge MacBook Airs. Last Thursday, I finally decided to take the plunge and purchase a shiny, new 13" MBA from the Apple Store. When I finally went to…
At this point, I have been working on FactView for a while and I have learned a great deal more about web applications, particularly in the display of information from a database of some type. I have also dealt with some browser compatibility problems that have made the goal of…
Previous to now, I have hosted this blog on my own webserver using a subdomain name provided by my university. Once I left, I could no longer keep a computer at the college and my domain would expire eventually, so I was left needing to find a new home for…
When I first came to college, I had an old, but usable desktop computer (It was a 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 running Windows XP). In contrast with most students, who buy a whole new computer (usually a shiny new laptop), I decided I would just buy a bigger hard drive,…