Category: 760: Mac Treat #175: Email Threads, Apple Quarterly Results, Don’s SOPAbox

I really don’t belong in Vermont in the winter. I do not even like going outside this time of year and although I vowed to ride my motorcycle every month of the year, January looks like it will be a failure due to my icy driveway and the snow bank that has fallen off the…

The Netgear Wireless-N Router with 5-Port Switch is a fast, reliable router and a great alternative to an Apple router if you’re pinching the pennies in order to become a billionaire (see above). With this router, you’ll be able to take advantage of top DSL or cable speeds in your area (provided there are some)…

Working on the next “it product”? Knee-deep in a manuscript that will give Twilight a run for its money in copies sold? OK, maybe you just have some funny email attachments that you don’t want to lose. (No judgement.) In any case, all of your data probably feels important enough that if you lost it,…

*Start Soapbox* On January 18th, there were some high-profile websites–Wikipedia among them–that actively opposed two pieces of intellectual property rights and privacy legislation by adding black banners in protest. The outcry was so effective that the legislation was, at least temporarily, blocked. In the US Senate it was the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and…

Everyone expected Apple to post great numbers for the holiday quarter (Oct-Dec), but the financial results released this week by Apple were off of anyone’s radar.   Led by the iPhone with its great margins, Apple posted the most profitable quarter ever–not only for Apple, but for any tech company EVER. They were close to…

I am a big fan of Mail in Lion–the left-to-right viewing format that they brought over from their iOS is exactly the way I like to organize and read by inbox. Overall, I like how email threads are managed as well, in that replies are collapsed automatically into a list based on the original email.…

_Dear Friends,_ Our mild, relatively snowless winter continues up here in the north country.  I am beginning to feel like one of the old guys at the general store waxing about the good old days. “Why, I remember when we had snow so deep…” I do notice a significant trend toward milder winters, though. I…