Tuesday September 1, 2015
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I am a nerd and love video games. I looked into buying a gaming laptop, but after researching and talking to some friends who know more about this space than I do, I decided to go a different route. First, … Continue reading
Tuesday September 25, 2012
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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There are a bunch of partial solutions and comments and questions “out there” about how to change the background/wallpaper on OS X so that you have the same background image on all of your desktops/spaces and all of your monitors. … Continue reading
Friday June 22, 2012
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I’ve been looking for a good external Bluetooth keyboard for my iPad for a while. While the on-screen keyboard is okay for typing a couple of words at a time, it is very much not acceptable for much more than … Continue reading
Monday August 23, 2010
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I love my Logitech Marble Mouse. It’s seriously the best mouse I’ve ever owned. And it works really nicely in Linux, especially thanks to this excellent Ubuntu wiki page. And, reportedly, it works really nicely in Windows too, with Logitech’s … Continue reading
Monday January 11, 2010
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I have a 13″ MacBook Pro that I use for my personal and non-work shtuff. I resized OS X down, installed Linux (Kubuntu), and set up a shared partition so that I can keep files there that I want to … Continue reading
Saturday November 14, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I recently blogged about Desktop Linux possibly having some core/fundamental problems that might be keeping it from enjoying mainstream adoption and 3rd party developer attention as compared to, say, OS X. To my immediate defense, I’ll say that it was actually … Continue reading
Tuesday November 10, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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It’s a shame that my first blog post in months is something so antithetical to my normal posts as this, but 1) I haven’t blogged in forever (darned Twitter/Identi.ca/Facebook!!!) and 2) I just bought a MacBook Pro and am really happy … Continue reading
Monday April 9, 2007
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Repeat after me: I will never, ever, ever, ever, never, ever, never, never, ever, ever, ever, never, ever, never buy a proprietary (read: non Open Source) computer ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever again, no matter how attractive the packaging … Continue reading
Friday December 1, 2006
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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My most favoritest headphones just died on me recently. They were cheapo Jensen behind-the-head headphones, but they had amazingly good sound and fit me perfectly (like comfortable, broken-in shoes). I used them with my iPod, and everything else. *sniffle* But … Continue reading
Tuesday November 28, 2006
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Warning: a brain dump followeth: Blockbuster has sweetened their deal by allowing in-store trade-ins of online-rented movies. This, to me, blows NetFlix out of the water, since NetFlix does not yet have a brick-and-mortar presence anywhere (?). And, because we … Continue reading