The Ad Contrarian: 10 for '10
The 10 Commandments of Advertising. Tell your clients the truth. Speak in plain English. Put your clients’ interests ahead of your own. Be guided by principl...
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Technical notes and observations from years of supporting creative businesses on Mac.
Quick MKV to MP4 conversion without transcoding
I've got a number of videos in Matroska MKV format that I want to play on my PS3. The video in the MKV container is MP4, so the PS3 can handle it, but it doe...
Read post →How far games have come in 15 years
From the original Alien Breed on the Amiga, which was a 2D top-down shoot-everything-that-moves game, to the new Alien Breed Evolution - same genre, but with...
Read post →Kufatec Fiscon Basic - Bluetooth Handsfree for VW/Audi
I have just installed a Fiscon bluetooth in the TDI, and for anyone else wanting an aftermarket bluetooth solution, it's pretty good. There was an Aussie dis...
Read post →Sony Open Source Code Distribution Service
Sony use a large amount of open-source code in their products, and seem to be complying pretty well with the licensing model (mostly GPL) by releasing the so...
Read post →Audi’s “Unbox The Box” Commercial
I'm a sucker for a well executed ad - and this is one of them: KN | Kitsune Noir » Audi’s “Unbox The Box” Commercial .
Read post →Credit Card Payments are G-O
Automatica can now accept Credit Card payments. Due to the rates that the banks charge me for my merchant account, and the thin margins on tech these days, t...
Read post →Hell has just frozen over...
I would have said that I'd need a whole squadron of pigs, fuelled and ready for takeoff before this would happen, but it seems that Telstra have given us som...
Read post →Sony come through with a decent car stereo
Sony have come through with the goods with their new flagship car stereo - the MEXBT5750U . Whilst it's a great looking unit , with impressive specs, they ar...
Read post →Mr Speaker presents: Parcycle. A HTML5 Canvas Particle System
Whilst I'd love to herald the death of Flash, it's simply not going to happen any time soon. There is hope that it's stranglehold will be released, if ever s...
Read post →A color perception optical illusion
Should you encounter someone who doubts the importance of context in color perception, you might try whipping out this little demonstration: via John Nack on...
Read post →Lotus Notes 8.5 Mac - Bypass Installation Checks
Lotus Notes 8.5 on Mac has a wonderful little installation preflight check to prevent you from installing the software on a PPC machine. At least, that's the...
Read post →Can you read this headline?
If so, the Earth hasn't been swallowed up by a black hole... Atom-smasher sets energy-level record .
Read post →Out of the Box Experience - Mac vs PC
I had to set up a couple of new Sony VAIO laptops for a client recently, and I was amazed at the difference in the Out of Box Experience between a premium PC...
Read post →Using a 27-inch iMac as an external display
If you want a glorious desktop with two large monitors, it may make sense for you to use two 27" iMacs, with one configured in Target Display Mode. With Targ...
Read post →Navy-Trained Sea Lions Ready to Arrest Enemy Divers - Navy sea lions - io9
And I, for one, welcome our new aquatic mammalian overlords... Navy-Trained Sea Lions Ready to Arrest Enemy Divers - Navy sea lions - io9 .
Read post →Dr. Grordbort's Rayguns from Weta
Dr. Grordbort has made some beautiful rayguns in the past - hand made at Weta in Kiwiland, very desirable and quite expensive. They're now making some raygun...
Read post →Google Wave Invites...
Email me if you want a Google Wave invite. No, I've still got no idea what on earth Wave is all about (or //ave as Google spell it) but maybe if I invite you...
Read post →Everything You Wanted To Know About The PS3’s iView | Gizmodo Australia
Looks like the v1.0 implementation of ABC's iView for the PS3 isn't fantastic, but improvements are already in the pipeline. Everything You Wanted To Know Ab...
Read post →Does Snow Leopard Server have Greylisting enabled by default?
In trying to diagnose an issue with delayed receiving of emails on a fresh install of Snow Leopard Server, I noticed some error messages in the logs that loo...
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