Month: February, 2009

Put your tabs back where the should be in Safari 4 beta

25 February, 2009 (22:43) | | No comments

I’m not going to go through all the bells and whistles Safari 4 brings to the table, that’s been done to death all over the internet. Instead, what I do offer you is a way to get around what according to Twitter is the main reason people are divided over the latest beta of Apple’s [...]

My 5 favourite Mac and iPhone podcasts

16 February, 2009 (17:09) | , , , , , , | 1 comment

I regularly get asked what podcasts I listen to be it iPhone related, Mac related or about gaming. I’ve been meaning to put this post on the blog for a while now, so here it is. This is a list of my 5 favourite Apple podcasts, and is in no order whatsoever.
 
 

Handy dandy iPhone app: Free Memory

16 February, 2009 (13:57) | , | No comments

It’s happened to all of us. Fire up a fancy new game you’ve bought on your iPhone and it crashes as soon as you see the splash screen. An iPhone restart usually fixes it, but that isn’t exactly a quick solution, and certainly not an optimal one. So why does a restart fix it ?
Imagine [...]

Build a battery powered USB charger

12 February, 2009 (23:05) | , , | No comments

I watch a lot of video podcasts, and most of them are made by the guys over at Revision3. One of said podcasts is Systm, hosted by Patrick Norton and friends.
Systm is a show dedicated to giving you the skills and knowledge needed to build funky things, or just do funky things such as stream [...]

GuerillaMail.com – throwaway email for everyone

10 February, 2009 (00:28) | , | No comments

It’s happened to all of us. You’ve found a new forum, website or online vendor that you want to use, but you need to hand over your email address for the privilege. OK, no problem. Until your inbox starts getting filled up with junk email, all thanks to that website you used once and won’t [...]

Microsoft shoots itself in the foot – sings as it does it

3 February, 2009 (16:59) | , , | 3 comments

What is it about Microsoft and and trying to make itself the laughing stock of the internet? First we had the debacle that was the Mojave Experiment and now we’ve been treated to Songsmith.

Macworld 2000 – OS X gets shown for the first time

2 February, 2009 (23:02) | , , | No comments

With Apple celebrating the Macintosh’s 25th birthday recently, I went on a bit of a youtube searching spree and came up with a video of Macworld 2000. This wasn’t just any macworld. This was when we saw Mac OS X for the first time.
A lot’s changed in the last 9 years, but you can see [...]