I must say, I’m a little disappointed with Snow Leopard. I know Apple said it wasn’t revolutionary, and indeed, it isn’t but it does have a lot of nice little touches. One I particularly like is the fact that Exposé now shows minimised windows. In this screenshot, you can barely see it, but there is [...]
Tomorrow sees the opening of the 29th Summer Olympiad in China. It also sees Flickr attempt another social experiment, encouraging users to take a snapshot of life on 8-8-08. Despite having some sympathies to the commericalism of Flickr, I still have a pro account and will be taking part (even though it is open to [...]
I’m dismayed about the lack of reports about the problems with the iPhone 3G launch. Granted, it seems that any anti-apple or anti-iPhone stories are banned from most of the main media outlets, but there are fundamental problems with how Apple and O2 have handled the iPhone 3G launch. I am an existing, very happy [...]
It’s always nice when good things happen to people you know. I’ve been listening to the excellent Podcast Novel 7th Son since the third episode of book one, way back in 2006. Two years, and three ‘books’ later, the Series is coming to an end as author J.C. Hutchins winds up his trilogy in explosive [...]
There has been an awful lot of media attention in the last few months about the ‘virtual reality simulator’ Second Life. Mainly articles about how people have made or spent ‘real world’ money in a virtual environment. This is a far cry from the reports of Mr. Zhu who was killed in real life when [...]