Category Archives: Joe’s Garage

The FUTURE circa 1986

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Joe

Bubo the Rat is one of my earliest digital illustrations. I drew it on a digitizing tablet called The Animation Station which plugged into a Commodore 64. The print was output on a Panasonic dot matrix printer.

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Thinking Differently

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Joe

We were in the market for a new computer and I was hearing great things about the current Mac mini with Apple’s new M1 chip. The video reviews I watched were mostly enthusiastic for Apple’s entry level desktop computer so … Continue reading →

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OK, Now We’re Done

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Joe_Williams

With the addition of 16GB of RAM (four matched chips of 4GB RAM) my used/new-to-me Mac Pro is ready to go!

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Swimming in the Low End

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Joe_Williams

I just purchased a used 2009 Mac Pro to use as a replacement for my recently departed dual G5 Mac Pro which I also purchased used. It served me well as a graphic design and digital illustration production machine, and … Continue reading →

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Not Quite Dead

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Joe_Williams

Having received an email about the obsolescence of my Roku HD from the company that manufactured it,  I recently wrote an obituary for my dear departed media player. I was in mourning, but it seems that the reports of my … Continue reading →

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Not Fade Away

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Joe_Williams

I’ve sung the praises of the Roku set-top box before. For the uninitiated, Roku’s website can be found HERE or you can chase down articles I’ve written for this site HERE and HERE. The short story of the Roku is … Continue reading →

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A Hiccup

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Joe_Williams

My Independence Day project didn’t work out as I hoped.

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Okay — the third and a half time!

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Joe_Williams

I was upgrading and swapping parts and watching videos and plotting and planning, and what I thought was going to be a pretty good setup for new or at least newish rigs for my son and me didn’t quite work … Continue reading →

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