When I decided to get a small acoustic with a mahogany body, I began to check out the available models. Having played a D-28 Martin for many years, I was partial to the brand but the 00-000-18 models were more than I wanted to spend. I looked at Taylor instruments but did not care for the tonal mix. I then tried the 000-16 Martin GT and found that it had every thing I required. A balanced ton...

You know something? If you go to the Apple site and read the reviews on iLife '08, the software suite which includes Garageband 4, you might think Apple was selling something that plain did not work. Well, if you read further, you would see that the majority of negative reviews have to do with the program iMovie and that is simply a matter of long time users of that program spouting off becau...

I don't work in an office. I'm a semiretired musician who does some home recording and some writing. Doing these things requires me to be conversant with a computer and because I use the Macintosh platform, I have had to rely on Microsoft Word in order to work in the PC-centric world of business. There are other word processors which will save to the .doc standard but the ubiquitous word jus...

It seems the field of digital home recording products gets more crowded on a daily basis. While that is not really true one can certainly expect to be hit with major product changes at least twice a year during the musical trade shows and new plug ins, samples and loops pop up every month or so. Still, like so many other magical computer help mates the majority of these programs are built al...

Hi, it is Texino. I fix computers as a part time job. and I have a certain "Look" that I give my clients when they suffer a system failure and admit they have not backed up their data. The look conveys a bit of sadness, a touch of pity and just a tad of "How could anyone be so foolish." The truth is, however, I only back up certain important files on a hit and miss basis my self. Why? Well it...

Howdy, it's Texino.  As part of my day to day scheme to get by in this world, I fix Macintosh Computers.  I do it as a free lance technician with no advertising.  My clients come by referral. I tend to like them and we often become friends to an extent, however; regardless of how much I suggest they do so, very few of these good people ever back up their systems or important ...

Howdy it is Texino reporting that after 25 years of cold and efficient service, my former refrigerator died in it's sleep.  I did some figures and came up with the average cost of running it was 1 penny per week .  Pretty reasonable and well within my budget.  So now comes the time of the new cold box and this one may not hold the fixings that made the huge diners if our youn...