Author Archives: Justin

Happy Birthday Macintosh

On this date in 1984 personal computing changed for good. People were already getting used to the concept of a computer in their home, albeit the IBM or the Apple ][. Then on this day Apple introduced the original Macintosh … Continue reading

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Apple’s take on schools delivers over 350k iBook Textbooks in 3 days

Global Equities Research, a consulting firm that tracks iBooks sales, has gone pubic telling the world that since Apple updated their popular ePub reader, iBooks to now read textbooks, over 350,000 textbooks where downloaded within three days of being available. … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday to US!

It was 4 years ago I started Virtua Computers. I can’t believe how much has changed both in technology and me personally. Thanks to everyone who made these 4 years possible, and here’s to another 4 years!

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Steve Jobs resigns…I think they should have made me CEO, but no Tim Cook wins

So Steve resigned late last night, and the Apple Board of Directors appointed Tim Cook the CEO. I heard that when Steve texted the board he wrote “I reign as the CEO of Apple”, but the iPhone autocorrected it to … Continue reading

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No Apple isn’t out of business, just their online store is down!

Apple closed it’s online store this morning with the very famous yellow sticky: And everyone expected it to be back up pretty quick, considering it was a Wednesday. But something terrible happened and the store is not only down with … Continue reading

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More on the Nigel Project – twitter responses

Ok, since I haven’t yet finished justinesgar.com to post my twitter updates, I’m gonna keep posting them here. Today, I got a mix of python and AppleScript to get Nigel (my DLA) to tell me when someone mentions me on … Continue reading

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I’m in Lion H-E-Double Hockey Sticks

So Lion did finally come out last Weds, and while I have purchased a new MacBook Air and a new Mac Mini Server – I have to say I’m in Lion HELL! I’ve only been using Lion Server, but they … Continue reading

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No Lion for you!

So it’s currently 1020am, and more than likely Lion will not be arriving today. Now all the sites are saying “Lion coming Wednesday”. What I find funny about this is all these other sites will be like “it’s coming tomorrow” … Continue reading

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VC vBlog 7-18-11 – The Boy who cried Lion!

Today we discuss Lion NOT coming out last week, a little about the MacBook Air, and the iPad’s production schedule.

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VC Video Blog – July 7, 2011

Today we discuss OS X Lion’s possible release date, jailbreak me 3, the app store’s amazing amount of downloads, and how to turn your iPad into a MacBook Air. Link to iPad to MacBook Air case: Click Here

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