Archives for May 2007

YouTube and 160GB Apple TV

It seems to be an Apple day today, what with iTunes Plus, iTunes U and all. Now there’s more: In the press release announcing YouTube videos for Apple TV, Apple also reveals that they will be introducing a 160GB Apple TV for [US]$399. [Via MacRumors.] It’s not on the NZ store yet, but in any […]

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iTunes Plus in New Zealand

Maria wrote an excellent post with 9 Quick and Easy Steps to Upgrade Your iTunes-Purchased Music, so I went to have a look at iTunes Plus. A while back, Apple announced that it had entered into an agreement with EMI to sell DRM-free music in the iTunes store. It promised that iTunes shoppers would have […]

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iTunes description text size bug

The iTunes Store (with iTunes 7.2) now offers music free of Digital Rights Management, and a thing called the iTunes U(niversity), so I was having a browse around to see what’s new. But I’ve just filed a bug report with Apple (iTunes menu > Provide iTunes Feedback) because the text size in the Description area […]

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Clear skies magnified

I’ve had enormous fun with my giant 20*80 binoculars, but over the last few weeks was hankering for even better views of Saturn, Jupiter and assorted other objects in the skies. Probably this can be at least partly attributed to the phenomenal run of excellent weather we’ve been enjoying. We seem to have had an […]

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My life as a space explorer

Space … Where were you when Neil Armstrong said: “One small step for a man …”? I was 14 years old and in school. The school broadcast the moonlanding on the intercom so we could all join in on the moment. Funny how I recall listening to the intercom, but don’t remember watching it on […]

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Control Click Other Pref Panes

Recently I tried out a bunch of applications offering multiple clipboards to replace good old Copy Paste X. I finally settled on Jumpcut (see From Copy Paste X to Jumpcut and TextExpander). Along the way I tried PTHPasteboard. Today I realised that PTHPasteboard still shows up in my System Preferences and idly wondered the best […]

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The Rosellas come to visit

From time to time a flock of Rosellas pass though. This seems to be one of those times. Earlier today I spotted a few Rosellas feeding on the flax out the front. Getting photos was tricky, but I was able to slip out of the front door and sneak up on them to some extent. […]

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Coding fun and games

Get your web fun and games downunder! Webstock and WIPA have just announced the launch of the Olympics of web coding (and design): FullCodePress. FullCodePress is a series of international web competitions. In essence it’s a geek Olympics! Web teams take each other on, at the same location, to build a complete website in 24 […]

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Puppies and my back

· Ten days ago I hurt my back. It’s exhausting, apart from anything else. I saw the osteopath on Friday and Monday. By Tuesday I felt like a real human being again with energy. Then yesterday I had a ginormous coughing fit from The Cold That Won’t Go Away and did my back in again. […]

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Really working in the world

Today’s the first time in maybe a month or more that I feel like a human being. After ongoing weeks of feeling unwell, tired and hazy it’s a delight and almost a surprise to have energy, ideas and the feeling that I can do a full day’s work. (See Working in the real world.) Yesterday […]

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Sneak-peek for NetNewsWire: 3.0a8

My favourite software, NetNewsWire is constantly being developed. I’m privileged to be a beta tester, so I get to stay up-to-date with what’s going on. At last version 3 is going public, though it’s not even a beta yet. NetNewsWire 3.0a8: sneak-peek release: NetNewsWire 3.0a8 has bugs and unfinished features, but it’s getting closer to […]

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Poison in the system

I use Basecamp for managing projects. Clients can upload files for me, leave messages and other things, and I can download from there when I’m ready. Basecamp provides: … tools tailored to improve the communication between people working together on a project. It’s been working well, until last week when suddenly I was unable to […]

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