Rest in Peace, “Chris”

Rest in Peace, “Chris”

Jan 24, 2012

For a few months in 2011, I had a regular customer named Chris. Chris was an interesting guy, an unusual guy, and a sometimes pathetic guy. A veteran of the first Iraq war, Chris reminded me of that character on The Simpsons. You know the one, the surly Army Surplus store owner with a missing arm. Chris had all of his limbs, but in all other respects, they...

The Death of OS X

The Death of OS X

Jan 16, 2011

Okay, so OS X isn’t going anywhere, but it’s dead to me. I have made a decision, and that decision is … no more Apple computers. Mind you, this was not an easy decision. Currently, I have 3 Macs (1 iMac and 2 MacBook Pros), and I have devoted a lot of time and energy to the platform. Yesterday, however, I realized that a change needed to be...