VirtueDesktops + Macbook = Smackbook
Comments OffLadies and Gentlemen, we now have a productive excuse to hit our computers. The Macbook has a weird motion sensor inside it, supposedly for detecting a fall and bracing the moving parts for impact. VirtueDesktops uses and abuses this feature, allowing you to change the virtual desktop you’re using without having to select some tiny [...]
The Truth About Switching – Moving to the Mac
Comments OffAs you already know, I’m a Mac User. I am still more of a PC gamer, so I have a foot in both OS camps. The PC’s for gaming and file storage, the Mac is for my work. Perfect. However, like many new owners of a Mac, I had to go through a learning curve, [...]
Apple G4 Fishtank – That’s About It
Comments OffQuick Post: Dude, that Apple G4 Fishtank rocks. I want one. And some fish too. (I said it was a quick one)
The Ups and Downs of Electrical Closing Down Sales
My sister, Charlotte, has a new credit card with an obscenely large credit limit. The computer she’s borrowing from a family member has also unceremoniously died, with a dead hard drive. So it was no surprise she was suddenly in the market for a new laptop. I talked to her about the possibilities of buying [...]
Wrap Your iPod Headphones Properly, Damnit!
Comments OffDo you have an iPod (other music players are available)? Do you have headphones for it? Do you do the idle-thinking “wrapping the headphones around the player and ending up with a mess each time” thing? Maybe, just maybe, you could wrap your headphones in this way to keep them tangle-free. Possibly. Note – This [...]
“I’m a Mac. And That’s Numberwang”
Comments OffI was getting a taxi home from work today (I couldn’t be bothered to wait for the bus tonight), and I noticed some new billboards. Gone were the adverts for some Channel 4 sitcom showing a woman on a toilet. In place, were some extremely familiar people doing something familiar to the US. Apple have [...]
The Malcolm Owen Portable Office Kit
Mr John Chow Owner of The Tech Zone, posted a list of things that he carries around as a mobile office on his blog. It’s a good list, which in itself is a good guide to those that have never owned a laptop before as to what they might possibly need to take their work [...]
