PC Memoirs

127.0.0.1 is a set of numbers that you may have heard a technician on the phone tell you to type on your computer screen. This odd number series is called a loopback address, which is also called the local host. These things may sound like very technical things but really they’re not. Add to that […]

July 25, 2012 an animal was uncaged by the Apple Inc. Aptly named the OS X Mountain Lion, it arrives as the ninth release in the series of OS X systems for Macs. This version of the operating system claims to fulfill the wishes of users who were disappointed with its ascendant’s and critics & […]

Windows 8 – one of the most anticipated operating systems of the year is scheduled for an October 26th launch. Its consumer preview version that released a couple of months ago was subjected to a mixed response. Like any other operating system, it too had its own set of issues and minor flaws and failed […]

Recently my graphic design class had a discussion on high end video editing.  Several types of software and hardware options were discussed and we got to visit a local company that does production work.  While touring the render farm, we were shown something I had never seen before.  The render wrangler pulled a drawer out […]

The Mountain Lion, touted as the most advanced desktop operating system in the world, makes Apple’s Mac machines, iPhones and iPads and work well together. The OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 is the latest offering on the OS front from the house of Apple. It is an upgrade from OS X 10.7. The latest version […]