I've just switched to using a mouse instead of a trackpad on the mac as I get pain in an old broken finger from using the trackpad especially if I've been using the laptop's trackpad directly. What was odd was the second I switched to a mouse I noticed that…
The Apple Mighty mouse is an expensive piece of trash. To be fair I do appreciate Apple's kit, especially when the majority of their hardware is, on the whole, a good blend of form and function. Now I'm pretty sure everyone remembers the ball mice of yesteryear that were great…
On the weekend I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of the awesome mobile Python book by my brother for my birthday. After hitting an issue with updating my PyS60 install I thought it would be a plan to re configure my phone so that I could start…
Apple have announced their new ultralightweight Macbook Air today at MacWorld. Whilst it's hard not to be dazzled by shiny things, I'm personally not that impressed. Given that the cost of the basic spec model is £1199 in the UK this is a significant premium to pay for a…
You're probably sick to the back teeth by now of all the coverage of the new iPhone but there's no wonder there's such a buzz around this device. It's a geek's dream with it's combo of useful features in one small package. Looking at the info at http://www.apple.…
There's not been that much in the world of software that I've as eagerly anticipated as the release of the beta for Disco. Made by the same people that made appZapper disco is a CD/DVD burning app like no other. The interface is certainly eye-catching, but at the same…
Today whilst I was working I noticed that my system (a MacBook Pro) had slowed to a crawl. To investigate I ran top from the terminal only to see this: I then noticed the following dialogue when I switched to iTunes: iTunes was updating my iPod with the few thousand…
You can watch the WorldWide Developers Conference Keynote address from apple's site (requires quicktime). Having gone through the highlight's on many of the apple blogs, the most exciting news for leopard is that it's going to have a proper virtual desktops tool called spaces and some useful productivity enhancements to…