Mike Cohen

links for 2007-03-05

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Wii!

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WII!

I got a Wii today! It was the last one in the store. I caught the sales guy as someone else was buying a Wii and asked him if they had any more in stock, so he gave me the last one. He wouldn’t let the Wiis out of his site. Instead of letting us carry it, he took them straight to the cashier.

Setup was fairly easy. I was a bit disappointed that it comes with an AV cable rather than a component video cable, although that worked out better for me since I wasn’t using either of the AV inputs on my TV although I was using both component video inputs and the HDMI input. It connected to my wireless network without any problems and immediately downloaded a software update.

The only game I have is Wii Sports, which I played right away. It’s a pretty good workout; almost as good as going to the gym. However, I found that I still stink at baseball, just as I did when I was a kid.

links for 2007-03-01

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Site Change

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I’ve converted my old WordPress installation to a DreamHost one-click installation so I can manage it through their control panel. I’ve also been trying out different themes since I’ve been getting tired of the old one.

Safari Slowness

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I’ve always found Safari to be slower than other browsers, especially if it’s been running for a while. It also slows down other applications as well. Macenstein confirmed this, with some figures to back it up. Dave Hyatt gives some insight into what could be causing the slowdown. On the other hand, I find that Camino & Firefox also have the same effect.

A few days ago I tried Opera and found that it doesn’t slow down as much and it uses much less CPU time, so doesn’t slow down other applications. However I finally got annoyed with its quirkiness last night and switched back to Firefox. I found that using an unfamiliar browser and missing the extensions I use regularly slowed me down and made it more difficult to work.

links for 2007-02-27

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Trying Opera

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After reading Low End Mac’s praise for Opera 9, I decided to take another look at it. I’ve tried Opera before, but I always end up going back to Firefox because of some annoyance. This time I’m going to give it a real chance.

The first thing I notice about Opera is that it’s FAST. Much faster than Firefox, Camino, or Safari. It also uses less memory and CPU time, so as a result my machine feels much faster. It’s still kind of quirky, but it doesn’t feel quite as alien any more. I still miss Firefox extensions, especially browser sync & del.icio.us.

links for 2007-02-26

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