Posted by Aaron Nelsen on Jun 1, 2008 in
Aaron Nelsen,
Passive Income E*Trade was kind enough to raise their interest rates mid-May, and I also had a CD account that matured, so my interest income is up significantly this month.
- Interest: $61.85
- Dividends: $10.38
- Credit Card Rewards: $34.85
- AdSense: $19.32
- Text Ads: $25.00
- Misc website income: $15
- Surveys: $3.00
Yielding a healthy $169.40 for the month of May, easily surpassing my $100 goal for the month.
Read more…
Tags: Passive Income
Posted by Aaron Nelsen on May 31, 2008 in
Aaron Nelsen,
Apple That is according to Dave Munger of Science Blogs, he conducted a survey a few weeks ago (all because someone wouldn’t share their iPod with him) and says the results point to PC users being almost 3 times as likely to share their gadgets as Mac users.
His theory behind this?
I do have a guess at why Mac users might by stingier with their gizmos. It’s because Mac users have invested more in their technology. Not only are Macs considered “luxury” computers, but Mac users have to deal with the fact that their computers aren’t always 100 percent compatible with the rest of the world. If they’re willing to sacrifice this much for their computers, it’s a safe bet that they’re also more protective of their technology. It’s almost the same reason a BMW owner is less likely to let you borrow her car than a Ford owner. The same reasoning can be adapted to Linux users — while Linux computers aren’t more expensive than PCs, there’s little argument that they have a steeper learning curve than Windows PCs, and also have compatibility problems. Just as a person who’s lovingly restored a 1969 Camaro might not let you drive it, so a Linux user might not let you give his new Ogg Vorbis player a test run.
So, do you play nice with others?
Tags: Sharing
Posted by Aaron Nelsen on May 30, 2008 in
Aaron Nelsen,
Google Correct me if I’m wrong, but pulling up Google now yields a styilized blue g instead of the classic G.
The significance? Nothing really, just thought I’d share.
Tags: Fav Icon, Google
Posted by Aaron Nelsen on May 30, 2008 in
Aaron Nelsen,
Apple Clues in the recent iPhone SDK point to a impedding name change for .Mac, and after further digging the consensus is that its new name will be “Mobile Me”. Okay, kinda lame…
Hopefully they can make up for their poor naming skills with a revamp of .Mac, maybe some nice upgrades so it doesn’t suck!
Tags: .Mac, Mobile Me
Posted by Aaron Nelsen on May 29, 2008 in
Aaron Nelsen,
Firefox The folks at Mozilla announced today that they’re hoping to set a world record for the most downloads within 24 hours with the release of Firefox 3.
Check out their pledge page (as of the time I’m posting this they have 170,155 pledges) and join the cause.
Tags: Firefox 3, World Record
Posted by Aaron Nelsen on May 29, 2008 in
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Hardware This is just a concept, while the hardware should be compatible I cannot vouch for this as I haven’t built one yet. I am however planning on building one in the next few weeks after which I will post a full breakdown.
Case: Linkworld MicroATX Mini Tower with 430W Power Supply
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX
Processor: 2.2GHz Pentium E2200 (Dual Core)
Memory: Transcend JETRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB
Optical Drive: Lite-On 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
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The price of the above configuration comes to $297.94 (not including shipping and handling), you can of course save some money by switching to a slower processor, smaller hard drive, less memory, or downgrading to just a DVD drive. Also of note, this doesn’t include a licensed copy of Leopard, which adds a solid $119 to its pricetag.
Tags: hackintosh
Posted by Aaron Nelsen on May 29, 2008 in
Aaron Nelsen,
Apple,
Hardware Kind of a cool idea…
So if you have an older PowerBook laying around and a corkboard and some push pins, why not give it a try? Or if it’s an iBook, go with the iBook server idea.
There’s another shot of the corkboard mac on his website.
Tags: corkboard mac, DIY
Posted by Aaron Nelsen on May 28, 2008 in
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Apple,
Software Updates Not only did Apple release 10.5.3 and Beta 6 of the iPhone SDK they also just released Security Update 2008-003. In traditional Apple fashion the description reads “improves the security of OS X.”
As always the update is available through System Update.
Tags: Apple, System Updates
Posted by Aaron Nelsen on May 28, 2008 in
Aaron Nelsen,
Firefox The team over at Mozilla are hoping to have the RC2 build candidate for Firefox 3 ready by Friday. While this won’t be a RC2 Final release, it’s certainly a step in the right direction.
According to Carsten Book the RC2 update will include some additional patches and localization updates. Outside of that details are scarce.
Tags: Firefox 3 RC2, Mozilla
Posted by Aaron Nelsen on May 28, 2008 in
Aaron Nelsen,
Apple,
Software Updates Apple has just released Leopard 10.5.3 today, the update weighs in at 420MB.
The 10.5.3 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.
Tags: 10.5.3, System Updates
