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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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