Mac utilities that bring me joy
During the past 12+ years I’ve used a Mac, I’ve had dozens of little utilities that I swore by for a time, many of which came and went. Some were binkies of a sort, easing the discomfort of using a...
View ArticleOffice on Windows. The Standard.
Whether we’re talking Office or Windows, I’ve often encountered situations where open source advocates will stand, pitchfork in hand, and denounce the evil and cost of Microsoft software, and the ill...
View ArticleUNLESS
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” — Dr. Seuss, The Lorax. Next month marks 12 long years since I joined Twitter. I distinctly recall an early...
View ArticleWelcome to the PC Malaise Era
It has long been said that from 1973 to 1983, the American automotive industry was stuck in a rut that is now referred to as the Malaise Era. This period of time, marked by some of the most...
View ArticleOn dancing pigs and ACLs
Earlier today, I saw this tweet go by, and it resonated loudly: Why, oh why, oh why, do people assume the solution to any problem is to apply more permissions rather than investigate the issue!? And...
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Windows on ARM on Apple Silicon – An Open Conversation
Microsoft has never sustained Windows on any platform besides x86. What would make Windows on ARM succeed where others have failed? I first wrote those words almost 11 years ago in Jan. 2011, and...
View ArticleCan you run Windows on ARM on an Apple Silicon Mac after all? It depends.
Last year, I wrote a long post about using Windows on ARM with Apple silicon Macs, the licensing and support problems with it, and why I felt like it was a bad thing for Microsoft to come out and...
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What applications and devices work with Windows on ARM?
In my last post, I discussed the fact that Microsoft seems to have clarified whether people can license and run Windows on an Apple silicon Mac – and by and large, I think the matter is settled from a...
View ArticleFrequently Asked Questions for Windows on an Apple Silicon Mac
As I worked on my last blog post, it hit me that there are a ton of “frequently asked questions” that I’ve already seen around Windows on ARM running on Apple silicon Macs. I’ll try to keep these...
View ArticlePlaces that are Lost
“There are places I’ll rememberAll my life though some have changedSome forever, not for betterSome have gone and some remain”“In My Life” – The Beatles When we would go visit the river, I don’t ever...
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