Hijinks Inc.

Author: Aaron Nelsen

  • PC vs. Mac

    I ran across this Microsoft sponsored post on the blog of a friend, of a friend, of a friend… Or something like that. Anyhow, I found it rather humorous and thought I would share.

    I don’t know why Mac users get so defensive when you call them idiots. I mean, Apple is a company that has built its entire user base around the fact that its users can’t do simple things like turn their computers on. Most Mac users can’t even talk without using their hands, which ranks their intelligence somewhere between a simian and hog crap.

    Stupid user base aside, I will never own a Mac. It’s not so much that I’m a PC loyalist. I’m not. It’s that I’m not stylish enough to own one. Most iPod commercials feature guys with long hair, chicks roller skating, and guys wearing fedoras. I feel like in order to have a Mac, I need to be:

    – An artist.

    – In a band.

    – Unemployed

    You can read the post in it’s entirety at http://unfreakin-believable.blogspot.com

  • The future is here…

    It’s the weekend, and you know what that means? Super short posts that have links to random meaningless content! Yay!

    That’s right folks… The future is here! Remember Microsoft Surface? Well the fellows over at Sarcastic Gamer have put together a beautifully crafted parody of the Microsoft Surface promo video.

    Check it out after the jump.

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  • Oww… poor you

    Kevin Rose, co-founder of Digg and Pownce broke his iPhone *tear* That’s what you get for owning a $700 cell phone. Maybe he should try and sell it on eBay “Own a piece of internet history, bid on Kevin Rose’s broken iPhone”… oh wait, he’s not that famous.

    Kevin Rose

    Valleywag is running a caption contest, check it out.

  • Walt Mossberg disses on Ubuntu

    Walt Mossberg lays the smack down on Ubuntu.

    I agree that Linux isn’t right for a lot of people, but some of his points are a bit off base. For instance his complaint about having to download codecs just to play an MP3 or a video, he states that these codecs are included in Windows and OS X, however, there are quite a few codecs for both operating systems that you have to manually download and install in order to play content encoded in that format. DivX and Xvid come to mind right off the bat, neither of those formats is supported natively in either Windows or OS X. Sure MP3 support is something you’d expect out of the box, but it’s not the end of the world.

  • Best Free Mac Software

    Seeing as my fellow blogger Fred just made the switch to OS X, I thought I’d help him and other switchers out by posting a quick list of must have applications for OS X.

    [ Internet ]
    Firefox – Need I say anything else? My browser of choice no matter what OS you’re running.
    Aduim – A feature rich Instant Messaging client, with a broad range of supported clients makes this a must have.
    Tomato – A simple, easy to use BitTorrent client. I’m using it until the OS X version of uTorrent comes out
    Cyberduck – A departure from the normal two paned view you might be used to in FTP programs, but still a robust program with support for FTP (File Transfer Protocol), FTP/TLS (FTP secured over SSL/TLS) and SFTP

    [ Multimedia ]
    VLC Player – Fast, stable and wide ranging codec support makes VLC a fantastic all around media player
    Flip4Mac – Adds support for playing WMV files in QuickTime
    LiquidCD – Excellent alternative to the native disc burning in OS X
    Handbrake – It may not offer the widest range of options when ripping a DVD, but it’s straight forward and produces high quality rips with no hassle.

    [ Misc ]
    smcFanControl 2.1 – A must have for managing the fan speeds on your Macbook / Macbook Pro
    Cashbox – Simple and easy to use software to keep track of your finances
    Growl – Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications.