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Living on the iPhone

Oliver Haslam — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:58:31 +0000

Since I discovered my MacBook’s MagSafe connector had died, I’ve been computerless. Now granted, that’s only been three days, but for someone who lives on their machine it’s a pretty big deal. Thankfully though, I’ve survived admirably. How ? Thanks to my iPhone, that’s how !

Here are a selection [...]

Video 2: More app launching

Oliver Haslam — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:28:01 +0000

I’ve done another video of me launching yet more applications using the SSD,mainly because I wanted to try out some screencasting software for a future post !

On a related note, are there any particular file operations, or application launches people want to see? Let me know in the comments and I’ll do [...]

Video: Applications launching with the SSD

Oliver Haslam — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:22:10 +0000

I’ve had a few requests for a video showing off how quickly my MacBook launches a few apps with the OCZ SSD so thought (original post here) I’d throw up a quick and dirty effort for your viewing pleasure.

The applications are Safari, Mail, Evernote and iCal, all launched after a reboot.

Vid after [...]

Your unibody MacBook not jazzy enough? Laser the thing !

Oliver Haslam — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:59:40 +0000

This is so cool, I’ve got to find somewhere to get it done !

Once again boredom got the better of me, and I found myself browsing through the wonderful world of Flickr. During my random clicking of all things Mac related, I stumbled upon one of the greatest things to grace my eyes since [...]

Who needs to spend £500 on an SSD ?

Oliver Haslam — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:26:14 +0000

Anyone who follows me on Twitter will know how I’ve been a little obsessed with my MacBook’s hard drive over the last week or so. For everyone else, allow me to recap….

A few days after getting my shiny new 2008 MacBook home, I noticed a sound coming from the area where the HDD [...]

Make your MacBook drop to standby quickly

Oliver Haslam — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:10:44 +0000

Yet more good to come from reading Paul Stamatiou’s blog is this handy little tip to make your MacBook go into standby mode quickly.

If like me you’re an impatient so-and-so, you’ll no doubt be bored of closing the lid on your machine and waiting for the standby light to start flashing. [...]

Have you missed any MacBook gestures?

Oliver Haslam — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:20:53 +0000

One of the things I’m finding myself really liking about the new MacBook is the gestures used for things such as Safari navigation and image resizing. The new larger trackpads make it a pleasure to use, and even better than using a mouse.

On one of my recent internetz trawls I found a video over [...]

How to fix your MacBook’s slanted keys

Oliver Haslam — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:31:04 +0000

I’ve had a read around the interwebs and it seems this is a common thing with the new Aluminium MacBooks and MacBook Pros, mine included. It’s not something that bothers me too much, but I know a lot of people don’t like it.

Basically, the keyboard’s keys are slanted to the left along the top. [...]

Apple notebook event video up

Oliver Haslam — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:47:13 +0000

So the event’s come and gone with pretty much what we expected. Not entirely what I was hoping for, but hopefully everyone will be happy with their new Macbook Pros.

I’ll be posting more thoughts after watching the video of the event. Should you wish to do the same point your interweb browser at [...]

What do you want from tomorrow’s notebook event?

Oliver Haslam — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:42:28 +0000

So Tuesday sees the Apple notebook event, and the end of what seems like months of Macbook speculation. Reading around the interwebs it seems everyone and their Grandmother has their own thoughts on what we’ll be seeing from his Steve-ness this time round. Everyone seems to want something different too.

Personally I’m after a [...]