Apple Otaku

With its excellent pedigree, I had high hopes for Hellgate London. In many ways, the addictive game play clearly shines but the flaws stick out like a steaming turd on a wedding cake.

Changing the default app for a particular file type is not an easy process under OS X. RCDefaultApp is a systems preferences pane that allows the user to make such changes from a centralized location.

As reported last week, I purchased a bunch of parts so I can construct my Windows Vista box. As much as I like the Apple platform, I prefer the hardware flexibility of a PC desktop for certain tasks (games, video transcoding, and other heavy duty chores).

Professional fighter Bob Sapp made a name for himself in Japan a few years ago. With his success in fighting came the endorsements. There was a time when you couldn’t watch TV without seeing a Bob Sapp comercial.

Usenet have been around for a long time but not a lot of people know about it. Originally designed as a message board, it has expanded into a huge holding bin for files of all kinds. If media files especially interest you (videos, music, pictures), you need to check out Usenet.

I’ll always remember actor Tommy Lee Jones as the tough, determined Marshal Samuel Gerard from the movie The Fugitive.

One annoyance of the white Macbook is how dirty the palm rest can get. I wash my hands regularly but it only took a month or so for the palm rest assembly to slightly darken in appearance.