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Monthly Archives October 2007

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

So, the review at ars has to be the best review so far, and the most comprehensive. I agree with Siracusa on every point he’s made about the user interface, especially the points about the transparent menu bar and the dock. Just to illustrate the stupidity of the transparent menu some more, I notice that depending [...]

Posted 30 October 2007 † chrome § Tech Stuff ‡ Comments (0) °

Why Sony have failed with the PS3

So, I recently bought a new Samsung 1080p native LCD TV and Yamaha AV Receiver and a samsung 1080p upscaling DVD player and all this stuff set me back about 4 grand, and it works great. Loving it. Now the next thing on the list is a gaming console. Either an XBox 360 or a PS3. Initially [...]

Posted 25 October 2007 † chrome § Tech Stuff ‡ Comments (0) °

Pat’s words of wisdom

Love this guy:

Posted 13 October 2007 † chrome § Tech Stuff ‡ Comments (0) °

Finite Bandwidth

In a post on newteevee.com, Allan Leinwand posits that infinite bandwidth is possible. Er, what? I have often found that people who talk about infinite bandwidth lack a basic understanding of what bandwidth is. Like you, good sir, who seems to think that its possible. We can expect to see bandwidth increase to the point [...]

Posted 11 October 2007 † chrome § Tech Stuff ‡ Comments (0) °

Contemplating a Mac Pro

I’ve been contemplating purchasing a Mac Pro for a while. They’re simply a fantastically powerful machine. The only drawback on the current model is the lack of a decent video card option. I’d like to see at least a nVidia 8800GT in the thing, and thats just not possible right now. The rumour is that they will [...]

Posted 05 October 2007 † chrome § Tech Stuff ‡ Comments (2) °

Opened up comments ..

Well, I’ve enabled comments on my site again, after a long time with them disabled because of the spam. Hoping that Askimet and the Capcha! will stop the spam. If you’re a spammer, don’t bother posting here because I have a low google rank and I delete all spam quickly anyway. So sod off.

Posted 02 October 2007 † chrome § Tech Stuff ‡ Comments (0) °