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Once in a while I come across simple tools that just make sense. GrabUp is a tool that does one thing only, and does it well. I’m hooked!

Matt Mullenweg and the WordPress community announced the release of WordPress 2.5 today. It continues to be Bust Out Solutions’s publishing platform of choice, and probably will be for a while as it keeps getting better! Way to go Matt, and the rest of the code contributors.

According to a study by PCWorld, the fastest Windows Vista laptop is the MacBook Pro. That’s not a misprint, but it is pretty damn funny. I may be biased since I use a MacBook Pro for all my needs, including running Windows applications via Parallels. I’m a big fan of using the right machine/technology/platform/etc. for the right job. For me, it happens to be a Mac, but if someday I find myself more productive on Windows I’ll make the switch.

Yes, I use Apple products. No, I am not a groupie. Well, not totally.

I have been using Apple products since the 8th grade, when they were cool but before they were really cool. So I guess in some ways Apple hooked me young and is now just reeling it in. I’m not one of those die-hard, religious fanatics that won’t touch a PC for moral reasons. In general, I’m a pragmatist, using the appropriate tools to solve the problem at hand, and finding out what makes me the most productive. With computers, this happens to be Apple products 90% of the time.

For other products, such as cell phones, it’s my junky Nokia that makes great phone calls and wakes me up in the morning. The iPhone looks awesome, but it’s not really something I’m interested in at this time, only because I’m not a big fan of bells and whistles on anything, be it a cell phone, camera, or a website. Again, I’m not totally against cool features, as long as they make sense. For a lot of people the iPhone is their holy grail of PDAs, so they really should run to the nearest Apple store, fight the crowds and buy one of those suckers NOW. I’ll wait until I find a need for one, then get one after the bugs are worked out and the newer versions are released.

At any rate, congratulations to Apple for pushing the envelope yet again.