Tag: Apple
One week without a dataplan.
I’m not a novice, and I’m certainly not the “typical” iphone user; however, it has been my first week with one, so I could be...
But, Apple Dumbifies their software.
Sometimes I forget that a tech divide exists between me and the world around me. This seems to become more and more obvious as I...
Macnification from a biologist.
As part of my PhD project, I have had to dabble in microscopy. This did not involve sitting for hours with my eyes glued to...
Common Ground
I shouldn’t be blogging right now. Really. There are roughly 254 “more important things”, at last count, that I should be doing before I blog....
Split & Concat: Putting files back together again
Rogers is not the only service provider that messes with their customers bandwidth and data transfers. Most online email providers and webhosts also limit your...
MacGourmet: Manage those Recipes on your Mac
I’m not a cook, but I love cooking. I’ve yet to have someone give me the skunk eye over something I’ve fed them, so I...
Holy Crap – Mac Lock Pick, time to bust out the tin foil hats.
I stumbled across this product over at macmod.com and instantly felt sick to my stomach. Sure, we’re more secure then windows, sure I can get...
5 Fun Apple Wallpapers
As much as we like to pretend that our love for the Mac has nothing to do with aesthetics and everything to do with it...
Apple Releases 10.5.4 Update
Yeah that’s right, go and check your software updater, as Apple has left a nice little surprise for you. 10.5.4. Yeah for Updates! Go get...
The State of Mac Gaming
I’m no gamer. I’m a geek. I spend most of my days writing PHP, or blogging / reading blogs, or wasting time on <insert favorite...
Greenpeace changes the rules to the game.
I’m all for protecting the environment and I’m certainly all for limiting the chemicals we throw out on a daily basis. Now, I’m not convinced...
Macbook Air Super Drive is only for the Air
I took a nice little walk over to my local Best Buy today, looking for a Wii Fit, but left extremely annoyed. Living in Canada’s...
Sydney Apple Store MADNESS!
(Thanks to Ren and Stimpy for the name for this post). A homeless guy, a globe-trotting father-and-son team, a LONG-time Apple fanatic and his son...
Psystar thoughts: One month later
In our last podcast, we talked with Don Reisinger about a whole slew of Apple shenanigans. Well, by we I really mean Jeremy. He did...
Blackberry’s might just be getting some native OS X support
I spent today catching up on my RSS feeds, which I seriously neglected over the last month, and I stumbled across some news from a...
Checking Drive Health in OS X from Terminal
All Mac owners should know how to check drive health in OS X using Terminal. While it may seem intimidating if you’re not used to...
8800GT finally come to first gen. Mac Pro’s
After the new Mac Pros were released, you could get an upgraded video card; but for some reason, Apple failed to release this update for...
Safari gets a kick in the security ass.
Apple decided to grace us with some updates yesterday. I have a sneaking suspicion that these updates were completely related to the “hacking” that occurred...