So there seem to be some people out there who have had problems with their Leopard install. All I can say is that I installed it as a regular upgrade option (not clean install) on a MacBook Pro (latest model), two MacBooks, an intel mini and even a PowerBook G4 (clean) without a single hiccup. […]

Not the greatest picture, but here’s a peek at mission control (that’s Helen on iChat).

(Picture taken with iPhone — remarkably better camera than you’d expect for a cheap 2MP component)

So now iPod is officially a member of the OSX party, it’s finally a platform and not just a cool little device. Yes, I’ve got my iPod touch ordered (ship baby ship!) and an updated 8GB Product (RED) nano. Calling this thing “fatty” because it’s a little wider is not quite an accurate description, since it’s […]

 Well, given that the current iPod is 4.1″x2.4″, if they shave 1″ off the height, and keep the screen size the same, they’ll have to shrink the Click Wheel and possibly end up with something like this. Given the dimensions, I wouldn’t be surprised if the final form factor is closer to a square (the face […]

So while I was on holiday (which explains the blog silence), I picked up an Elgato Turbo.264 - basically a hardware H.264 encoder. The results are fantastic: my 1.66GHz intel mini now converts iPod/iTunes-ready video in faster than double realtime. Whereas a two-hour movie in AVI format took 3-4 hours to convert, it now takes […]

From the man who’s threshold for acceptable dialog includes:
ANAKIN: I want to go.
QUI-GON: Then, pack your things. We haven’t much time.
ANAKIN: Yipee!!
and
Howard the Duck
George Lucas sums up the travesty of Spiderman 3:
“It’s silly. It’s a silly movie. There just isn’t much there. Once you take it all apart, there’s not much story, is there?”
No, George. […]

Plot synopsis:

man gets flyer in amazon delivery for “FREE business card printing.”
man visits advertised website and fills out details to create new business card, notes offer is for a single run of 250 cards.
man accepts that there is a standard order fee of £3 (wait, wasn’t this a FREE offer?)
man is offered shipping options, forgives […]

This is the appropriate facial response to having seen Spiderman 3 (including camp mask).
A movie who’s trailer is better than the actual film.
No, wait. The POSTER is better than the film.
Avoid.

[10:01] EMMA/JOE: ……. just trying to sort out a blocked bath.
[10:01] EMMA/JOE: which is now full of acid, so hopefully that will clear it.
[10:02] EMMA/JOE: otherwise our bath is blocked,… and full of acid

The secret to using the new Airport Extreme 802.11n base station seems to be choosing a good channel.
I’ve got 3 802.11n machines on my local network, unfortunately one of them is a US-chipset, which only works on channels 1-11. The ‘n’ draft spec goes up to channel 15(?) so if I set the network to […]