Each and every Friday I post a desktop wallpaper which I have taken personally on travels and outings with my Canon 350D. The wallpaper is sized at a resoultion big enough to be used on a 30 inch Apple Cinema Display, so no-one will miss out. | This image was captured using these settings: f/2.8 [...]
Macworld Lab Tests Out The MacBook Air
Macworld received its first baseline MacBook Air earlier this morning, and has posted initial benchmarks using its in-house Speedmark test suite courtesy of the lab. The results are not mind-blowing as expected, slower than all other current model Mac’s in the open market. Including the MacBook Pro and the MacBook. For this first set of [...]
Macworld Keynote In HD
After arriving back from Napier, New Zealand and sorting through a few dozen RSS feeds, I’ve come across a few cool things – one of them is the Macworld Keynote presented in high-definition Quicktime format, directly from Apple. If you haven’t already watched the keynote, now couldn’t be a better time. In 720P (1280×720) at [...]
The MacBook Air
Unbelievably thin. Astonishingly slick. Knocking on excessively expensive. The new Apple MacBook Air has turned more than a few heads in different directions since its unveiling on Tuesday morning. There are things in the MacBook Air that aren’t perfect, and some that aren’t even near acceptable. But these are the trade offs that must be [...]
Desktop Friday: The Forty Sixth
Each and every Friday I post a desktop wallpaper which I have taken personally on travels and outings with my Canon 350D. The wallpaper is sized at a resoultion big enough to be used on a 30 inch Apple Cinema Display, so no-one will miss out. Feel free to leave any comments or constructive criticism [...]
iPod Touch Software
One of the smaller announcements of the day are the new applications released in a software update for the iPod touch. Mail, Maps, Notes, Widgets, Weather, and Stocks are all included in the iPod touch software update pack, which retails for $20 USD ($27 NZD). Like many other Mac enthusiasts, I purchased the pack immediately [...]
Photo Storage
I’m still hard at work finishing up a NZ national computing course, hence the lack of recent blog activity. In the mist of an eventful past few weeks, I’ve sorted a solution to something which has been on my mind for quite some time, a reliable active photo storage system complete with a backup. The [...]
MacHeist 2 Bundle For Sale
Most will remember the recent controversy surrounding the MacHeist 2 lead-up. Thankfully, this is in the past and the MacHeist 2 bundle is now for sale. It’s those two weeks again, the two weeks which were labeled as the week of indie Mac developers by many last year. This years MacHeist bundle features eleven popular [...]
New Years Resolutions: 2008 Edition
I don’t have many resolutions this year, just four. Four simple goals I’d like to follow in the calendar year of 2008. I succeeded with each and every one of last years set goals, I hope I will be just as successful with these four things this year. Work Hard, Play Harder Most of 2007 [...]
Xbox 360 Initial Impressions
I feel the tag-line “next generation gamer” is far past its use by date, instead I now prefer the tag “current generation gamer” for those adopting a new console such as the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, or Nintendo Wii. This Christmas I picked up an Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 is one console I’ve had [...]