Archive for February, 2009

Beaten by Steve Jobs

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

So in my previous post, I explained how my Mac Mini died, just as I was feeling proud of my neat desk area.
I bought it in 2005 when they had only just been released. Since it proved itself incapable of running the GarageBand music software it was supplied with to any reasonable performance standard, [...]

Tidiness thwarted

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

We went to Solihull on Saturday. We had lunch at Wagamama. We bought valentine steak at M&S (having failed to find a proper butcher) and vegetables from a proper greengrocer. But the prime reason for going was so that I could get some audio bits and bobs from Maplin.
I love Maplin. I don’t understand [...]

Digital photo display: requirements

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

I was trying to read this morning, but as it happened my laptop was angled such that it was clear view, and the Picasa screensaver came on. I couldn’t stop looking at it: it has some pretty pictures and some good memories on it.
This got me to thinking: what would persuade me to cave [...]

Everything bad about it is on purpose.

Friday, February 6th, 2009

… although something about the YouTube beta uploader seems to have made my voice sound reedy and out of tune…



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