The conventional wisdom has it that Mac OS 10.4 was Apple’s most reliable system upgrade ever, with millions of users depending on Tiger for work and play. The combination of performance, useful features and stability placed Tiger at the pinnacle of Apple’s operating system achievements. As for Leopard, the jury is still out. There remain […]

First-time Web developers are probably surprised to learn all the silliness that you have to endure in order to get anything more more than the simplest site to look good in the various browsers. Sometimes it can become a total nightmare, where one browser makes everything look perfect, while another messes up tables and text […]

There, I’ve said it! The ultimate blasphemy, and indeed the millions of people who are busy saving their pennies for a new iPhone will probably think I’m crazy even to suggest such a thing. Indeed, I plead guilty, but I also think there’s a lot to be said for this point of view, without denigrating […]

We like to think of The Beatles the way they were in 1965, when that legendary mop-top band with their goofy personalities and incredible musical talent dominated the pop world. But let’s not forget that the surviving members of that band and the heirs of John Lennon and George Harrison are, today, aging baby boomers […]