For the last year or so, I have been using Bank of America’s “My Portfolio” feature to aggregate bank accounts, retirement accounts, loans and credit cards to generate a snapshot view of my finances. Boy am I broke!
Setting aside the gloom of seeing how poorly my investments have fared and how much debt I have, [...]
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Review: Mint.com beats BofA’s aggregator feature
Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Zombie fire ants! On the loose in Texas!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Peter is our chief zombie correspondent, but I couldn’t resist this one:
It sounds like something out of science fiction: zombie fire ants. But it’s all too real.
Fire ants wander aimlessly away from the mound.
Eventually their heads fall off, and they die.
continued…
Review: BlackBerry vs. iPhone. An Apple Zombie’s Perspective.
Posted in Steve Jobs, zombies, tagged BlackBerry, iPhone, Steve Jobs, zombies on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am an Apple Zombie, a brain-numbed follower of all things that come from Cupertino. So, I should be carrying an iPhone, right? Well, not so fast.
I have written extensively about my iPod Touch, the entertainment device, identical to the iPhone, without the phone. So, before deciding on a smart phone, I [...]
Apple TV, Pt. 2: What Apple fixed (and didn’t)
Posted in Apple TV, iTunes Store, tagged Apple TV, Comcast, iTunes Store, Jeff Zucker, NBC Universal, Netflix on January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Earlier this week, I posted a brief history of Apple TV from concept (iTV), to initial release (1.0) to the update announced last week at Macworld (2.0). Today, I’ll look at what Apple got right, got wrong and what lies ahead for Apple TV.
The full post is after the jump.
Apple TV, Pt. 1: A brief history of Apple TV
Posted in Apple TV, iTunes, tagged Apple TV, iPhone, iTunes, Steve Jobs on January 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Believe the hype. Apple’s movie rental announcement is a game changer for the maligned Apple TV, which should finally get some traction after a rough start. We don’t know yet whether the studios will stock huge catalogs of movies, but the iTunes Store-Apple TV-movie rental ecosystem is ready for its close-up.
A brief history [...]
Brit? A Zombie?
Posted in zombies, tagged brains, Britney Spears, Custody, Macworld, San Francisco, zombies on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I type, Britney Spears is late for a custody hearing regarding her two children. At the same time, the preliminaries for MacWorld are on-going, just up the road in San Francisco.
Could these two seemingly unrelated events be coincidental, or is it something more?
Perhaps Britney munches the occasional brain? Lord knows, she needs [...]
Hey, Martha, where is Dancing with the Stars?!
Posted in Apple TV, Uncategorized, tagged ABC, Antenna Towers, Apple TV, Dancing with the Stars, DTV transition, KATV, KETS, Little Rock, PBS, Robin Roberts, Target on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A little while back, I wrote about the impending analog TV shutdown, which is just about a year away. On February 17, 2009, every last analog TV station in America is due to sign off, making room for the digital TV revolution.
If you live in Little Rock, misfortune may have brought that date forward, [...]
Review: using the Playstation III as a Blu-ray player
Posted in Product review, Uncategorized, tagged Blu-ray, HD DVD, HDMI, Jagermeister, Playstation III, Sony Bravia, Talladega Nights, zombies on January 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Lately, Scott has been writing a good bit about the Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD (why is this in italics? It’s a Blue Book thing. Dang lawyers.) question. And, as you might recall from a previous post, I was on the fence as to how to handle the ticklish decision situation. [...]
And, the winner is…
Posted in zombies, tagged Awards, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Jagermeister, Xenia, zombies on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Elvis would say, “thank you; thank you, very much.”
The results are in. AppleZombies is proud to announce we are first runner-up in the competition for “the best new blog owned by two originally Tennessee-licensed attorneys, focusing on Apple Computers, entertainment, and zombies.” We are so honored.
The glistening statute, depicting a less-than-attractive, [...]
Seeing a bull’s eye in sparkling analog
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Analog, Aunt Martha, Digital Television, DTV, DTV Conversion, Target, Television, zombies on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over the next year, you are going to be deluged with commercials and articles about the “DTV Transition,” the change-over from traditional analog television to swanky, new digital television (“DTV”). The final step in the transition, the shutdown of the old style analog transmitters is close — February 17, 2009.
This should not impact you [...]
Notes: iTS movie rentals, non-DRM music, Radiohead
Posted in Steve Jobs, iTunes Store, tagged Apple Insider, Blu-ray, iTunes, iTunes Store, Jeff Zucker, MacRumors, Macworld, NBC Universal, Radiohead, The Beatles on January 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There are so many rumors and news items blowing around, I’m going to need oxygen to keep from hyperventilating between now and Macworld. Let’s go:
Macworld. Steve Jobs’ keynote address is Monday, Jan. 14, 2008 — one week from today — starting at 12 p.m. EDT.
Movie rentals. BusinessWeek says today that Apple is [...]
What’s a boy to do with his new toys?
Posted in zombies, tagged Blu-ray, HD DVD, Michael Jackson, Wives, zombies on January 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am more overwhelmed with options than Michael Jackson at a Cub Scout Jamboree.
The geeks came yesterday and mounted my new TV (that’s about the only kind of “mounting” those guys do, but, I digress.). As you can see, the wall is still opened up, as I have numerous wires and cables to snake [...]
Meg discovers the “killer app”
Posted in iPod touch, zombies, tagged Chicken Salad, Hannah Montana, iPod touch, Nurses, Star Wars, zombies on December 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
So, last Friday, my wife and I were eating dinner together without kids. This probably hadn’t happened since Britney Spears was a virgin, and Hillary Clinton still had thin thighs. Yup; it had been quite a while. And, we were so enjoying eating without constant prattle about Hannah Montana or Star Wars [...]
Competing formats holding back HD disc, player sales
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Apple TV, Blu-ray, HD DVD, Macworld, New York Times, Steve Jobs on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The New York Times has a good piece today on the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format fiasco. Basically, the studios and equipment manufacturers have continued to dig in their heels over agreeing to a single format and — surprise! — consumers are still sitting on the sideline.
The impulse Apple angle is to say that [...]
Macworld: Fox, Disney will kick off iTunes movie rentals
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Comcast, Disney, Fox, iTunes Store, Steve Jobs on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Half full: Movie rental downloads in iTS. Half empty: Only two of five major studios are on board — not enough to justify buying an Apple TV and dropping Netflix or Comcast.
Variety says Steve Jobs will announce Jan. 14 in his Macworld keynote that 20th Century Fox and Disney movie titles as pay-per-view downloads [...]
