In preparation for my move to Tallinn, I have bought a new MacBook Pro! :o)
Specs: -
Apple Macintosh MacBook Pro
OSX 10.5.2 “Leopard”
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB DDR2 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 6800M GT 512MB VRAM
It’s thinner than Olga’s PowerBook and so much faster. One of the main factors was the fact that my ageing iBook had […]
More me(!) over at Rational Geekery: -
Anyway, upon excitedly unwrapping my dongle I found that even though the instructions were idiot-proof and all the software was auto-installed from the device itself, I couldn’t connect from my iBook.
I tried several things, including downloading and installing different drivers and playing with the settings. Yet nothing, I […]
I have two posts over at my tech blog: -
A Blockbuster of a mistake:
Blockbuster wants to take on the might of Apple, Microsoft, netflicks and the cable companies, who stream (and download) content directly to their customers’ homes. And it plans to do this by buying an outdated electronics retailer. Hmmm.
The Mac upgrade conundrum: […]
Rational Geekery: The Guardian gets seriously online
The Guardian, understanding the limitations of dead-tree media, is diversifying beyond even its successful online news and comment portal model. The Guardian sees itself as a “platform” that will work alongside start-ups, offering support and sharing its resources. It’s unclear whether the new business will provide funding for projects […]
On Valentines Day, again, a US university was rocked when one of its own students entered a lecture theatre and shot at classmates with a shotgun.
Five students were killed, and sixteen wounded before the gunman turned his weapon on himself. As usual the 24hr rolling news channels descended on the university campus and the salivating […]
I’m having problems with my PowerBook. It’s the latest version prior to the MacBook launch.
Powerbook G4 15″ 1.67Ghz
512mb RAM
80GB HDD
It was left unplugged and the battery ran dry. It’s gone into a coma. It won’t start or make a noise, just sits there - no whirring or anything. The battery light blinks green quickly (one […]
Rational Geekery - The iPhone is not a revolution in computing:
…who is going to use a handheld device for production? No photographer I know is going to use a handheld for Photoshop. No accountant is going to build spreadsheets on his cell, and no writer is going to tap away anything more than an email […]
Wikipedia Is A Jokeby 1938media
BTW. He ripped the shit out of Robert Scoble’s new show yesterday.
Sphere: Related Content
More on this next week. But Political Penguin has some very juicy cutlets, about a scummy little company called Phorm, over on his blog.
How would you feel if your ISP (internet service provider) were to do a deal with a company so that they could analyse everything that you view online to then provide you […]
Been busy. Decorating. Setting up the BigPC in the spare room (or office, as it pretty much is). Had to re-route an ethernet cable from the router to the XBOX downstairs (via exterior of house). Can someone tell me why the XBOX doesn’t have built-in Wi-Fi? FFS it’s £70 for the Wi-Fi adapter. Rip-off […]
The Guardian - Filesharing law ‘unworkable’: -
The industry’s trade body, the ISPA, has spent months in discussions with music and movie companies about ways of preventing illegal filesharing, but buoyed by recent success in France, the major record labels and Hollywood studios have lobbied the government hard for faster action.
One senior internet industry executive, who […]
Christian conservatives. Gotta love’em.
(p.s. this video accompanies my *first* podcast… to go live sometime over the weekend, once I get everything sorted. Worked very hard today getting the first one ready. Am good. Deserve a present. )
UPDATE: Actually it may be Monday before the podcast goes live. It’s my first attempt and I’m not […]
As HD-DVD kicks the bucket, rumours are aplenty that Microsoft are planning a Blu-Ray add-on drive. On RatGeek I explain why this is pointless.
Over on Rational Geekery I have written about Microsofts $44.6bn bid for Yahoo! and why this will piss-off Google.
Read here.
