Archived posts for April, 2006

Not another PSU

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

I have three words for you…

Proprietory. Power. Supply.

Arrrrggghh!

Can anyone tell me why there are so f*cking many different PSU’s, and so many different damn plugs on the end of them?

I mean, why? What is the problem with having an industry standard?

And virtually none have the device manufacturers name on them, just some [...]

Apple Boot Camp - Official Windows for Intel Macs

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Apple today released Boot Camp, a beta preview of a new feature coming in OS X Leopard later this year to allow Mac’s to dual boot with Windows.

Well I have to say I’m pretty surprised by this. I’m sure it’ll be just fine but it seems really weird to have Apple releasing offical software to [...]

Apple Macs and Windows Sharing

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Most of us freelancers know, through necessity (ok,ok geekiness!), that Macs and Windows machines play nicely together most of the time; that compatibility is no longer a reason to stick with Windows if you really fancy some Mac action in your life.

We also know about Apple’s switch campaign and information about moving between platforms. [...]

Star Wars Lego II

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

My Wife has suggested, in none too subtle ways, that I am occasionally prone to sad ‘geek’ tendencies.

I therefore present the image to the right as clearly mitigating evidence of such slander.

Fast ship? You’ve never heard of the Millennium Falcon?

...and I’m still not allowed to buy a Lego Millenium Falcon. At [...]