Covered a lot of ground today and made some good Christmas memories.
https://johnbollwitt.com/2017/12/24/walking-in-a-vancouver-winter-wonderland/
People have said it many times. When you had a cellphone about 10 to 15 years ago, the battery lasted for days. Now, you can barely go a few hours before you find yourself needing to juice up you...
https://johnbollwitt.com/2017/01/10/when-it-comes-to-smartphones-thin-being-in-seems-not-so-smart/
It’s great that Apple releases new versions of Mac OS X for free, but there the problem becomes when you have to do a fresh install. You can’t go into their stores to buy a copy or do the sam...
https://johnbollwitt.com/2015/01/21/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-installer-for-os-x-yosemite/
Not too long ago, I found myself on top of a high rise in Yaletown for a work related project. The only camera I had on hand was my iPhone, but I knew I had to snap some photos of the city, no ma...
https://johnbollwitt.com/2012/05/21/high-atop-downtown-vancouver/
My PowerBook is five years old now, and doing a little research the other day, I figured that it wasn’t in such bad shape that it couldn’t handle a bit of an upgrade when it came to the opera...
Yes, it’s true that I turned 30 almost a week ago now. Age is but a number, and I hardly feel old. Lord knows I hardly act my age, so it was actually pretty nice to get numerous gift cards to F...
https://johnbollwitt.com/2008/10/01/lucky-to-replace-what-was-lost/
The day has finally been set, so we can finally stop all the complaining about how the neighbors closest to the country who originated the iPhone can finally get the same ability to use and abuse...
https://johnbollwitt.com/2008/06/09/july-11th-is-the-day-for-the-iphone-3g-in-canada/
Last Christmas, I decided to help upgrade Rebecca’s aged DVD player by getting something that would help us enjoy home time together. Her old player would get picky about what it would or would...
https://johnbollwitt.com/2008/05/25/dvd-player-from-rca-that-keeps-on-giving/
In less than twelve hours, the first Apple Store in Vancouver will be open. Photo credit: gregeh on Flickr In the wee hours of tomorrow morning, the crowds will descend, a line shall form, and ma...
https://johnbollwitt.com/2008/05/23/welcome-to-vancouver-apple-store/
Getting caught back up with the world today, I surprised to hear about Think Secret shutting down their operation due to some legal issues that they ran into with Apple, Inc. The fact that they w...
I know that the post title is grammatically caveman in nature, but that’s exactly what I typed into Google. “how to clean might mouse”. This is what I came up with. Photo credit: duanestore...
https://johnbollwitt.com/2007/11/06/how-to-clean-mighty-mouse/
I’ve had a few folks ask about Mac OS 10.5 Leopard. Have I seen it first hand? No. Have I upgraded to it? No. Do I want to? Yes. I’ve been reading a lot about it, and it seems like something ...
https://johnbollwitt.com/2007/10/30/leopard-is-cool-i-get-it/
My mom did something interesting the other day. They purchased one of the new Apple keyboards, the new, ultra thin aluminum ones that now come standard with most of their desktop machines. Taking...
https://johnbollwitt.com/2007/09/20/comparing-loonies-to-the-thin-aluminum-apple-keyboard/
There are still things that could be better with the new iPod Touch, but overall, I can’t complain too much. This is one step closer to what could be really good for the realm of podcasting. Pu...
https://johnbollwitt.com/2007/09/05/wifi-enabled-ipods-are-here-bonus-for-podcasters/
Prior to seeing the Simpsons and after a mind-blowing afternoon on the job (i.e. playing radio at a car dealership in Port Moody), we linked up with John Biehler for some pre-movie, post-BarCampV...