Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
Explorations large and small
Several articles were published in the Columbia Apple Slice newsletter, AppleTree These were exclusively on Apple Macintosh subjects, as the user group was explicitly an Apple Macintosh user group. However, because of the publication name, I started getting orchard and Continue reading AppleTree articles
Random short book reviews. These are mostly science fiction and fantasy, with some history, computer science and other topics thrown in as seems appropriate. https://www.nishiryu.us/publications/mini-book-reviews These are not in any particular order other than chronological.
Much like the photography mini-reviews, these are short (mini) reviews on computer and hardware topics, including some mobile technology items. They are in no particular order, except chronological: https://www.nishiryu.us/publications/mini-computer-reviews The first computer I ever used was an IBM 360/67, a Continue reading Mini computer hardware and software reviews
Apple touts Time Machine, their backup technology, as a marvel. But there are other forms of time travel. (The moiré pattern is a result of taking a photo of a laptop screen; the laptop was rather busy at the time.) Mac Continue reading Time travel in Mac OS X
Apple is very fond of naming Mac OS X after the top predator in North America. So fond, in fact, that they did it more than once: Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma), Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion). Apple also Continue reading Who can resist a cute kitten?
I cloud? No, I strive to clear, not cloud. Nothing ever goes away on the Internet(full size).
At one time I had my office papered with these things. I was hoping I could trade them in for a Mac Pro or something. Apple owes me a pony (full size).
You can hold all extant writings from the Greek and Roman empires on the lowest-priced iPhone, and still have room for quite a few other premodern civilizations, too. On the other hand, a random song on your iPhone would take Continue reading Computer storage revolution
The Apple versus Google rivalry revealed! I took this photo at San Diego Zoo. On the road to Mac OS X Lion (full size).