How to create a Fusion Drive on a mid-2011 iMac
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…
Tag: innovation
The 2012 Fisker Karma
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…
A couple of suggestions for Waze
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…
Hardware preview: ioSafe N2 NAS
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:…
A folding, fully electric city car
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…
Do you know Dieter Rams?
Here is Dieter Rams, one of the giants of industrial design. I love the man’s approach to design and his clear avoidance of planned obsolescence. He is a great example of…
A look at what’s ahead in terms of resources and the economy
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,…
My thoughts on Sigma DSLRs
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…
Good stuff coming from IBM
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…
Google+ gets social networking right
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…
Solar windows finally feasible
Back in 2004, I wrote about an idea of mine, to integrate solar panels into house or apartment windows, and thus help offset the cost of electricity. I’m glad to…
Hardware preview: Apple iPad 2
The new iPad 2 will become available on March 11th (see a neat video from Apple introducing it). In my post about the original iPad, I said the following: “In…
