Tonight I was in a very retro mood. I was also bored. In the end I set OSX to black and white then browsed the net for an hour or so. Its very refreshing actually. If there was some filter to apply small amounts of static/graininess or dramatically reduce exposure that’d be cool too. Kind of like what […]
I see you
One of the funky new features on the MacBook is the built in iSight. OK, let’s not beat around the bush, its a webcam that is built into the screen, which is a pretty useful gadget in some cases. Currently though, I’m yet to find it anything more than a toy. As its the only webcam that I […]
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No surprises here
Just to set the scene…. The MacBook is running like a charm. Its been on basicaly since it arrived with only 1 or 2 reboots due to OS updates, but certainly no crashes. So just another day at the office for a Mac really. I goto install Windows on it1… Within 4 minutes I have received a bluescreen […]
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MacBook
Well it finally arrived. OK finally is probably a bit unfair as it was a week before Apple’s original arrival date, but it seemed like a damn long while. That’s right, the MacBook. What can I say that anybody reading this probably hasn’t seen 10 times before? I’ve yet to really notice any flaws with the unit, its […]
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Beep’s not good
Its been coming for a while but today I decided that I’d upgrade the memory in the trusty MacMini. The 512mb it had in it was fine but open a few applications, or start playing Wow, and it really starts to chug. Put your ear up to it (I love how quiet the little thing is!) and very […]
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SIMD: Altivec & SSE
Well I’ve finally finished the write-up for my Altivec vs SSE testing. Believe it or not its quite an interesting read (Even if I do say so myself) and if you’ve ever wondered about what exactly SIMD is then its not a bad place to start. The report is available here
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IM Tales
As much as it pains me to admit this so unequivocally, the Frog was right. I’m referring to the MacOS multi protocol messenger, AdiumX. This product is simply amazing. Everything is infintely customisable and tweaking it into the perfect, unobtrusive IM client that still provides the necesary notifications is not only possible, its made to look gorgeous at […]
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SIMD Part 2
AS promised here are the results from the testing with the SIMD code. If you have no idea what I’m talking about see my previous entry here and As can be seen there was quite a bit of variance accross the different systems. The P4 2.80 really seems to come out on top everywhere and I can only […]
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Impressed
Well I’ve been having problems with the Mac. Disapointing I know. Its especially difficult trying to convince people how good the system is when it dies. Anyway I decided that the only step forward (Other than sending the damn thing back to Apple again) was to reinstall OSX. So I start doing all the things I normally do […]
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