Author: John Martellaro

In honor of 2009, the International Year of Astronomy, I’ve just published a feature review of all three of the major astronomy/planetarium/sky simulator programs:

My wife bought a used camera from a friend last month. It uses Compact Flash storage, and all the extra CF cards were on

Yesterday, I published an essay, “Hidden Dimensions,” over at The Mac Observer. After exploring some of the positive things Apple is doing with Apple

When my Lexar Compact Flash card turned out to be defective, I posted a story about my experience with Lexar customer support right here

The first article talks about an illusion, drawn from my experience skiing, that seems to apply to the entertainment industry and their fixation on

My wife works for the U.S. Antarctic program. Often, at work in the Denver office, she checks in with what Jeff Gamet and I

Back in the days before Safari, I used OmniWeb. It was very nice and free. Then I switched to Safari when it came out

Thanks to feedback, I suspect, by picky users, TurboTax just seems to get better and better. So I wanted to chime in and concur

1. The Antarctic is a continent. It’s quite large. At 90 South is just one of several U.S. Antarctic research stations, the Amundsen-Scott South

1. Apple Class Service, David Sobotta, Sep 02 There is no position at Apple that trains you to replace Steve. http://viewfromthemountain.typepad.com/applepeels/ 2. Mercury Rising,

I’ve written before here about how HD-DVD may get the jump on Blu-Ray and win the format war. I’ve changed my mind. What got

I have been fortunate to find (or be directed to) some respected books by people who actually were engaged in the geo-political affairs that

People responsible for our control systems that manage the nation’s critical infrastructure and utilities have been installing Windows and then providing access via the

John Farr introduced me to Applelinks.com back in 1998, and together, we launched my new column. Farr did the artwork, and we laid out

A very good way to calibrate what goes on in the Macintosh community is to look at the activities in other industries: automotive, beverages,

The 78th installment of The Warp Core has been published over at Applelinks.com. “The CEO and the Internet Fritter-Factor.” The premise is something I’ve

Throughout the years, I’ve devised a standard to help determine when to buy a new Mac. I call it the 4X rule. That is,

This is not a review, just a tech note. I tried for years to get Apple’s Backup 1.0 and 2.0 to work for me.

A new Warp Core column (#80 in the series) has just been posted over at Appleinks.com. How to Become a Literate Mac User Simply

Thanks to ABC’s fairly nifty Website, I have been able to experiment with some non-iTunes shows, namely Six Degrees. ABC has an archive of