The MacBook of my Dreams

Given the recent Hard Disk fatality and the generally disheveled state of my well-travelled (and much abused) early 2007 MacBook, at some point in the next year I’ll be in the market for a new machine.

Before this little workhorse I was known (by my wife at least) as a serial purchaser and...

The Data Disaster, Get Backups NOW

I arrived in Melbourne last week, for a three week stay keeping my lovely other half company away from Manila. I started a morning’s work in the apartment, only to find the internet crawling at dial-up speeds, so I quickly aimed for a nearby coffee shop. However when I opened the MacBook,...