Yes, you can enable Fusion Drive on older Macs. I'm not sure how this method will work with Macs older than 2011, but I know for sure that it works on mid-2011 iMacs, and quite possibly on other Macs made since then. I have just completed this process for my iMac and I thought it would … Continue reading How to create a Fusion Drive on a mid-2011 iMac
The Fisker Karma is an interesting and appealing car that's fully electric, with its battery charged by a gasoline engine, so you're never out of power. The more I learn about it, the more I like it. Things such as its sexy, uncompromising design, the fact that it's made out of renewable and recycled materials, … Continue reading The 2012 Fisker Karma
I've been using Waze for over a month and I love it. If you haven't tried it yet, you should. It's surprisingly accurate, even in a country where you wouldn't think there'd be a lot of users, like Romania. The traffic updates can get a little overwhelming in large urban areas like Bucharest and sometimes … Continue reading A couple of suggestions for Waze
ioSafe, the company famous for its line of rugged external drives that can withstand disasters such as floods, fires and even crushing weight, has come up with a new product: the N2 NAS (Network Attached Storage) device. The N2 device comes at the right time. The market for NAS devices is maturing and demand is … Continue reading Hardware preview: ioSafe N2 NAS
Hiriko is the name of this new foldable ultra-compact car, which is great for cramped city driving (and parking). It can turn sideways and fold upwards, reducing its wheelbase and allowing it to squeeze into spots where normal cars just can't go. And it's also 100% electric. From the videos (posted below) I can see … Continue reading A folding, fully electric city car
Here is Dieter Rams, one of the giants of industrial design. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncw3f4jgNP4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6-wA-7QIeE http://vimeo.com/18988687 http://vimeo.com/19742547 I love the man's approach to design and his clear avoidance of planned obsolescence. He is a great example of standing for something that you believe in and then changing the world because of your stance. Wonderful. You may also want … Continue reading Do you know Dieter Rams?
The TED channel published two interesting videos recently which present two points of view about the Earth, in terms of its resources and economy. The first is from Paul Gilding, entitled "The Earth is full", and the second is from Peter Diamandis, entitled "Abundance is our future". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZT6YpCsapg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BltRufe5kkI I invite you to watch both … Continue reading A look at what’s ahead in terms of resources and the economy
I made a video follow-up to my past articles on Sigma DSLRs (see this and this), where I talk about where Sigma is today and why I think they're lagging behind the market by 2-3 years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD0yFqWTtTw Sigma's R&D has not developed new DSLRs fast enough to keep up with market demands and the wonderful … Continue reading My thoughts on Sigma DSLRs
I had lost track of IBM after they spun off their consumer hardware arm (now known as Lenovo). I didn't get their software offerings, still don't, so I wrote them off. But then I found out stuff like this, which has reminded me of their great hardware achievements in the past and made me glad … Continue reading Good stuff coming from IBM
On June 28 at 10:17 PM UTC, I got an invite to Google+ from Brian Rose (a Googler). I was in for a treat! 🙂 Here's what the home screen looks like: After multiple previous tries, I think Google's finally got it with Google+. I've used both Wave and Buzz, and while they were interesting … Continue reading Google+ gets social networking right
