This Geek Life

Last weekend the Western Digital MyBook that I keep my iTunes library on died a horrid death leaving me high and dry. The unfortunate part was only a portion of my library was backed up to another drive. If I couldn’t find a way to recover my files I’d lose over $200 worth of music. [...]

You’re a designer and a Mac user but your boss is a PC guy. While working on a project he sends you a Microsoft Word XML doc. You don’t have the newest version of Microsoft Office nor do you relish the idea of spending your hard earned cash on it. What are you to do? [...]