I’m currently in the Cardiff Apple store playing on an iPad and I’ve got to say it’s pretty good!
The keyboard is much better than I thought it would be, plus you get all the benefits of the auto-correcting spelling. Actually, I’m really impressed that the keyboard keeps up with normal typing speeds!
The device is nice and responsive which makes the whole experience really great, it’s much better than my little first generation iPod touch.
Yesterday Apple released iTunes 9.2 touting the following enhancements: Read the rest of this entry »
Ars Technica published this article the other day which says how Apple are not awarding Mac applications the Apple Design Award this year and are instead focussing on the iPhone and the iPad. Read the rest of this entry »
Today I was sitting in the chair watching a film playing on my Mac Pro. After much getting up and sitting back down to turn the light off, tilt the screen, etc. I found that the sound was too quiet, and I was darned if I was going to get up again!
I had my MacBook sitting on my lap, and was sure I could change the volume from that.
After some searching, I found some magic AppleScript to do the job for me! After some remembering, I managed to execute that AppleScript on the command line. Here’s what I did: Read the rest of this entry »
I was just browsing through the /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources folder on my MacBook, just to see what was there, and I suddenly spied the iPad icon: Read the rest of this entry »
Ever wanted to store stuff online but couldn’t afford web hosting? If so, Dropbox is your answer!
Dropbox offers both free and paid for storage online, the free storage has a limit of 2GB, whereas paid sotrage has a limits of 50GB and 100GB depending on how much you want to pay.
If you use the free option, you’ll start off with so much storage, and if you invite friends to join the sservice, Dropbox will add more storage to your account!
If you want to help me out, click here 
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On the UNIX command line, the `which` command is great, it tells you where a command is in the system. However, if your system has two versions of the `ls` command, it will only tell you which `ls` command you are going to use when tap it in and press enter. To find all copies of any command, we need something Liam called `whence` (I inherited Liam’s bashrc file when working at Sun, and this little gem was right inside it). The .bashrc function for `whence` looks something like this: Read the rest of this entry »
I get mildly annoyed when using applications that are hosted on the web. For example, I’ll use web mail if I have to, but I’d much rather use Apple Mail or Thunderbird…
Anyway, I’ve been using Google Reader for the past year or so with some satisfaction, but then my browser crashed and for some reason, all of my feeds are telling me I’ve read everything… Read the rest of this entry »
So, I’m a little late to the blogsphere on this one, but then when am I not? I’ve read some pretty damning things about the iPad, it doesn’t have a SD card reader, it doesn’t have a camera, it has files and no file system, it doesn’t do Flash, and that the name suggests a type of adult nappy…
I thought that I’d look at these comments and generally give my views on the iPad and it’s hardware. Read the rest of this entry »
Well it’s been a while since I last posted here. Though it’d be right that I come back with tales of new desks, screens and computers!
So what’s new? I’ve left Camberley, worked for the MoD over the summer and am now back in Aber living with Faye (hopefully a film of the flat coming soon). Since being in Aber I have bought a new desk, a new chair (which is annoyingly not here), a pair of new monitors and a new shiney computer.
Let’s talk about the monitors to start off with, two 22″ things from Samsung (SyncMaster T220 apparently), here they are: Read the rest of this entry »
