Blu-Ray misadventures part 2: MCE’s missing Support

I wrote email to MCE’s technical support last Wednesday, with details about the problems their drive was causing my system. I heard nothing back, so I wrote to their customer service address on Friday. I have still not heard back from either…

MCE Blu-Ray Burner: So Far, So-So

Almost four weeks ago I took the plunge and ordered a Blu-ray burner from MCE Technologies to install into my Power Mac G5 tower. It was on back order for quite a while, as was the media I ordered from Meritline (which I expect to finally show up this week)…

Effective Java™ Second Edition: Worth the wait?

If you’ve not yet picked up a copy the second edition of Effective Java™, do it now.

A Happy Reader

Ryan noticed a very nice review of Harnessing Hibernate on Amazon this Friday…

We Have Book

Woo hoo! When I heard that I had a FedEx package from O’Reilly today, I just knew it had to be my new book. Sure enough, I now have a real printed copy…

Typing Pretty on your Mac

A brief introduction of how to type accented characters, typographer’s punctuation marks and other useful symbols using Mac OS X. OK, not as brief as it could be, I do love to digress. But that’s why it’s my blog…