So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Quiz
Helvetica really does look quite a bit better than Arial, it's a smoother and cleaner design that is more pleasing to the eye. I scored 19/20 - the Mattel lo...
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Technical notes and observations from years of supporting creative businesses on Mac.
CSIRO earns $200m Wi-Fi windfall
CSIRO, having invented and patented some of the key technologies for high-speed wi-fi networking, has had their case held up in court and is on the receiving...
Read post →$10k to produce an iTunes LP?
Apparently Apple are charging artists or labels $10k to produce an iTunes LP (Album download from iTunes Music Store with cover artwork, full graphical inter...
Read post →I've tried to tech the tech, and it won't work
Interesting opinion piece by British Sci Fi Author, Charlie Stross concerning the downhill slide in scriptwriting for big-budget sci-fi TV series. To resolve...
Read post →SuperDuper!
There's a new version of the fantastic backup utility - SuperDuper! . SuperDuper is what you should be using if you're not using Time Machine, or if you're t...
Read post →The Time Capsule Memorial Register
Got a dead Time Capsule, one that's dies before it's time? Register here | Time Capsule Memorial Register . I haven't bought a Time Capsule, but having had a...
Read post →iPhone OS 3.1.2 may cure iPhone "coma" - Ars Technica
If you haven't seen it elsewhere, or haven't seen it in iTunes yet - there's iPhone software update 3.1.2 available now. iPhone OS 3.1.2 may cure iPhone "com...
Read post →Trip down memory lane with Aqua
Here's a good look back on the not too distant past, with the first public release of Aqua - it's revolutionary transparency effects, that classy pinstripe a...
Read post →Charlie's Diary: Jeff Bezos Eats Kittens
A post on why the Kindle now being sold worldwide isn't to everyone's liking - this is from the sci-fi author Charlie Stross. Basically, Amazon are screwing...
Read post →John Nack on Adobe: Image science radness o' the day
I missed this when it was originally posted, but it's worth checking out as it takes something like Content Aware Scaling to the next level: John Nack on Ado...
Read post →Make: Online : Mechanical reproduction of digitized speech on a piano
This is very cool - using mechanical actuators to work a piano's keyboard (a proper piano, not an electronic one) they generate recognisable speech. Make: On...
Read post →User Interface Hall of Shame
Here's the first entry in my very own User Interface HALL OF SHAME. (Yes, it's in all caps, as it's in a deep, booming voice with plenty of reverb.) This is...
Read post →Adobe Creative Suite 3 Known Issues with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Here is a list of known issues from Adobe for Creative Suite 3 on Snow Leopard: Adobe Creative Suite 3 Known Issues with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard . None of...
Read post →How Mac OS X reports drive capacity
Interesting technote to read from Apple - they are changing the way that Mac OS X 10.6 reports the size of a disk. In the past, they have used 1MB=1024kB and...
Read post →Adobe Snow Leopard FAQ
The sky isn't falling - Adobe clarify their position on the Creative Suite apps and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Essentially Adobe aren't going to divert deve...
Read post →Tech Support Cheat Sheet - xkcd
This is pretty well spot-on - print it out and keep it handy to save calling me. xkcd - A Webcomic - Tech Support Cheat Sheet .
Read post →Fast Wireless Data
This is simply incredible A 13-inch-long tube, called a Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier, is making it possible for scientists to receive massive amounts of ima...
Read post →Weird iCal Server Issue
I had an issue today where a client's iCal Server logs would show lots of: "Unable to find any record with GUID..." events, constantly. iCal was slowing down...
Read post →Outlook for Mac OS X
Over on the Office for Mac Team Blog is a rather exiting announcement that Outlook is to make it's long awaited return to Mac OS X . Back in the day, there w...
Read post →Managing UI Complexity
A really good article for anyone interested in User Interface design on managing complexity. There are some great points raised that it's not overall complex...
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