Black Holes and Snowy Mountains

An interesting article from the Wall Street Journal compares the market share and profit share of a few major handheld manufacturers. Surprise surprise- Apple and RIM both have extremely high profit/market share ratios, accounting for 35% of the industry’s profits from just 3% of industry market share.

I’m a big supporter of the school that says statistics can be molded to say whatever you want: It’s fairly obvious that cost does not scale linearly with increase in function- at some point the curve flattens out, mostly when you stop adding hardware features (that require more components) and start adding software features (App Store, anyone?). But I think this is pointing towards a larger trend.
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New on MakeTechEasier; Safe Guard Your Password with KeePassX.

This program is one of my latest open-source discoveries.  It’s a free password manager with almost all of the features of commercial programs like 1Password.  Well worth investigating if you are looking for such an application.

Technorati Tags: KeyPassX, password management, password, open source, Apple, encryption

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As I posted a few days ago, my beloved 2006 Core Duo MBP was stolen off a train in Lausanne. I guess it couldn’t have happened at a better time, since Apple just released updated versions of the Macbook Pros (as well as a price drop) in early June.

After spending a little time with my new machine (15″, 2.53 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 9400M), here are some general impressions. I also got the MiniDisplay Port to VGA adapter.
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Unfortunately it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to achieve my original goal of 365 straight days reviewing a piece or movement each day. My computer was recently stolen, so I’m busy trying to get things back in order. If anyone sees a 2006 Macbook Pro with the serial number W86230Z5WBH on the street in Lausanne, Switzerland or on eBay/Craigslist, let me know and I’d be eternally grateful. Things should be more normal hopefully by this weekend. Thanks for your understanding!

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How to Change Your Time Machine Backup Interval
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I’ve got another article up on MakeTechEasier.  As the title suggests, it contains 5 Ways to Un-Minimize Windows in OS X.
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My latest article on MakeTechEasier is up,

2 Ways to Batch Rename Files in OS X
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Sorry to those who have been trying to subscribe to my RSS Feed lately.  Apparently a plugin I was using created some chaos; it should be fixed now.  If you have further problems please let me know.

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I’ve recently started contributing weekly articles to MakeTechEasier.com.  My first is entitled, “Change Sidebar Categories in Finder and iTunes.”

The tutorial explains how to get rid of the annoying, capitalized sidebar category headings and change them to normal capitalization.

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Macrumors forum member r.j.s. is in the process of producing a useful series of OS X Tutorial videos.  So far, they cover:

• Changing Icons
• Installing Windows XP in VMWare Fusion
• Creating encrypted Disk Images (password-protecting folders)
• Installing and uninstalling applications
• Using Automator

They’re very well done, and sometimes it’s nice to see something done rather than read a step-by-step guide. If you’re a forum member, you can make suggestions in the proper thread.

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