I was stretched out in my easy chair trying to watch the Seattle Mariners beat up on the New York Yankees. The game was
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Pornography on the World Wide Web
My name is Pete Miner and I’m pissed! Normally I use the space graciously allotted to me by the friendly folks at MyMac.com to
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It showed up on my doorstep on a Sunday morning. I had just poured a cup of coffee and was going outside to smoke
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Well it happened. I was told it would happen and I’ll be dammed if it didn’t. I was told to be prepared for when
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January 1st, 2000 6:03 AM Sitting in front of the television watching a rerun of an old M*A*S*H episode, the scene changes from Colonel
Read MoreMiner Thoughts – My Mac Magazine #56, Dec. ’99
A couple of you regular My Mac readers may have noticed that I’ve been absent from these pages over the past two months. For
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Continued from the September issue Pete’s excuse: [I apologize for missing last month’s issue, especially since my most recent columns have been linked together
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The year 2000 computer bug. Commonly referred to as Y2K, the year 2000 problem, the millennium bug or just plain ol’ Oops! We all
Read MoreMiner Thoughts – My Mac Magazine #52, August ’99
I told you last month I was going to tinker with my iMac’s Speech Recognition and try getting more out of it than Apple
Read MoreMiner Thoughts – My Mac Magazine #51, July ’99
Help me! Help me! I’ve fallen behind and I can’t catch up! That’s how I feel now that I have this new iMac. Don’t
Read MoreThe Big Five-0
No, I’m not celebrating my fiftieth birthday, although that day is sneaking up on me so fast that I’m afraid to look over my
Read MoreThe iMacButton – Review
The iMacButton Company: Joseph C. Lee Company Price: $9.95 http://www.iMacButton.com Normally, I don’t write reviews. I told the owner of this magazine that I’d
Read MoreThe Upgrade
It’s been six years now since I made my first computer purchase—a Performa 550 with a weeny 68030 processor inside. I keep telling myself,
Read MoreTHE MYSTERIOUS POWERBOOK
Our second daughter, who is away at college, bought a used PowerBook 5300 a couple of months ago. It was one of those deals
Read MoreMinter Thoughts – My Mac Magazine #47, March ’99
I think we can all agree that the speed at which computer technology is advancing is nothing less than phenomenal. You can buy a
Read MoreJunk Mail in my E-mail
It used to rile my feathers when my email box got inundated with unsolicited electronic junk mail. I thought, “How dare these people have
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Continued from last month Stan ended his visit with the Individualist promising to get in touch with them if he noticed or heard of
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Whoa! Did I ever get lambasted for what I wrote last month. It seems a large number of you took umbrage with my poorly
Read MoreAugust 10th, 2019
August 10th, 2019 Mr. and Mrs. Walker awaken to what looks to be another day of blistering heat and high humidity in Garnersville, U.S.A.,
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My Mac Magazine #39, July ’98
Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to crush other software companies with a single stroke! Look! Up in Washington!
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