Get Ur Geek On
Apple bowed to complaints that their Mac Mini add-ons were overpriced, dropping the cost of the Airport/Bluetooth, 1GB RAM and 80GB hard drive upgrades signifcantly [from Slashdot]. Hey, what's the point of having proprietary technology if you can't bilk people for the accessories? For those of you who thought what SFist thought when they saw the Mac Mini -- "Set-top Box" -- Engadget has a great how-to on turning your brick into a DVR and media hub for the house.
SFist Gets Anxious as Election Day Draws Near
Hopefully you've had a chance to read our interviews with Jennifer DePalma and Renee Saucedo, started doing your homework along with SFist Jon on all the propositions on the state and local ballots, cleared up any misconceptions with the Essefficist and clicked through to Gothamist's interview with Oscar-winning filmmaker Errol Morris. Check over there on the right hand side for links to our latest election coverage. We're not going to make any endorsements, since SFist is not unanimous in our opinions, but let's just say if you don't like your Windows machine crashing all the time, with massive loss of files, programs running mysteriously in the background and easily exploited security vulnerabilities, have you thought about switching to Mac OS X?

