There’s a limited time deal at the Apple Store for the Home and School edition of Microsoft Office 2008. $129.95 gets you the full package. Note that I’m not promoting Office per se. I find it bloated and often annoying. But there are times when Word in particular is necessary in law school. If you’re [...]
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Bar Prep iPhone App
MBE Timer costs $19.99 and is billed as a “powerful tool to help you improve your time management skills for the multiple-choice question portion of the state Bar Examination.” It’s new, it’s shiny. Will it really help you prepare for the bar exam? I have no idea.
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Tom Bihn Empire Builder Bag – 18 Months Later
Reviewing a product designed for rigorous day-in, day-out use can be difficult, because there’s no real way to tell how durable it is without using it for an extended period of time. With that in mind, here’s an update to my December, 2007 review of the Tom Bihn Empire Builder bag: It still rocks. The [...]
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Buying an Apple Laptop for Fall 2009
The new lineup of Apple laptops is the best yet for law students. There are now multiple options in both 13″ and 15″ sizes, and battery life is up across the board. Here’s the rundown: 13″ MacBook Smaller is better when you’re trying to fit your casebook, the handouts your professor handed out on Tuesday, [...]
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Free Open Source Laptop Antitheft Software for Your Mac
That’s a mouthful. I haven’t tried it yet, but I just came across a link to an interesting software project called Prey. It’s designed to help you recover your laptop in the unfortunate event of theft. I wrote an article waaaaay back in 2007 about two commercial apps that perform a similar function. If you [...]
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