Author Archives: Russell Finn

Pirates! returns to the Mac

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Russell Finn

As noted here, Feral Interactive is bringing Sid Meier’s Pirates! back to the Mac. [Edit: updated game-specific link] I was inspired by this news to send the following email to Feral: I was excited to see the announcement of the … Continue reading →

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I have a bad feeling about this

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Russell Finn

Sometime when I wasn’t looking Apple posted the WWDC session schedule. I hope I’m wrong, but already I see the potential for some serious problems. WWDC does not seem to have a big reputation for being well-run. I can’t speak … Continue reading →

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Micro-huh?

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Russell Finn

As reported by Macworld: “Exec touts developing iPhone apps without SDK”: There are more ways to develop applications for the Apple iPhone device than using the company’s beta iPhone SDK. Through a combination of Microsoft and other technologies, developers can … Continue reading →

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Little details mean a lot

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Russell Finn

I’ve just filed my 2007 taxes using the much-maligned TurboTax. (I filed my 2005 taxes this past January, so I’m doing much better this year.) TurboTax for the Mac appears to have been completely rewritten with an eye towards satisfying … Continue reading →

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I'm really trying not to be "smug"

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Russell Finn

… but news items like this one make it hard: An insidious computer virus recently discovered on digital photo frames has been identified as a powerful new Trojan Horse from China that collects passwords for online games – and its … Continue reading →

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Signs of the Apocalypse, part 12

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Russell Finn

Sending an S.O.S. for a PC Exorcist (New York Times): I called John C. Dvorak, a prominent columnist for PC Magazine and a podcaster on the Podshow network. “I advise everybody to buy a Macintosh because Apple products are the … Continue reading →

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There he goes, folks…

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Russell Finn

Rick Downes, writing at Rixstep, has gone off the deep end (and not for the first time, either). If I understand this post correctly, he believes that Apple’s engineers are spending so much time reading his misanthropic ravings that they’re … Continue reading →

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