I just got back from a nice little, albeit sweltering, two mile jaunt while wearing my new Vibram FiveFingers: Bikilas. A little over a month ago, an article over at WBUR caught my attention. It was about the health benefits of barefoot running and Vibram’s lineup of minimalist running shoes. I was instantly intrigued. For [...]
I received my shiny new Asus U30JC-A1 last week and thus begins the age old process of making it my own; a sacred ritual familiar to all geeks — removing bloatware, setting up preferences and user accounts, optimizing, tweaking, securing, customizing, etc… You know the drill. It also includes installing your core set of applications [...]
Ever since my precious Macbook kicked the bucket about two months ago (while graciously breaking my fall and selflessly coming between my face and the cement), I’ve been on the look out for a replacement notebook. My late Macbook was an original 2006 model, so I think it’s safe to say that any new notebook [...]