Category: technology

  • ConEmu is the Terminal Sanity Windows Needs

    If you’re a weirdo like me you have about three or four operating systems running on your desk at any time, but your command-line roots run up against the limitations of Windows 10‘s built-in terminals constantly. There has got to be a better way! Well I’m glad you asked, because there is a better way!…

  • Ben Heck Found a Use for the Neo Geo Mini

    Ben Heck left The Ben Heck Show at Element 14 and is back on his own channel. SNK’s cash-in on the mini console wave produced a mostly disappointing miniature arcade machine that doesn’t even wear the red and white color scheme we’ve come to expect. Heck’s first big project post TBHS is tearing down the…

  • Jason Snell’s 2018 MacBook Air and Mac Mini Reviews

    Jason Snell has reviewed the 2018 Mac Mini: Apple has witnessed how the Mac mini has gone from being the best Mac it could build for $499 to one that’s a vital tool for professional and home users in a variety of contexts. And so, after a long time in the wilderness, the Mac mini…

  • Apple Special Event October 2018 Notes

    Last month we had new iPhones, this time Apple has announced a new set of 11″ and 12.9″ iPad Pros, a new Mac Mini, and a new Retina-blessed MacBook Air. This event was held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in New York City. Tim Cook started out the show by talking about what creative…

  • The Deal With The iPhone XR

    That iPhone XR came out and it has almost the exact trade-offs we discussed before. The XR is like the XS and XS Max in many ways, except the XR is missing the 2nd telephoto camera system of the X and previous Plus-sized devices which can be useful for composing shots or getting superior “portrait mode” photos…