Something that happens to me quite a lot is when I’m trying to type into the search box in Safari I accidentally type into the Address field, and end up going to latest-news-on-apple.com which of course drops out with an error. But when you think about it URLs almost never go in the search field [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Search vs URL
January 25, 2008MacBook Air Target Disk Mode
January 22, 2008Target Disk mode is such a useful thing to have on a Mac. In fact it’s the number one I think when dealing with problematic PCs … “If only I could put this thing into Target Disk Mode”. The MacBook Air is a worrying development because of the lack of firewire it would seem TGM [...]
MacBook Air: Ugly (keyboard)
January 17, 2008No-one could deny that the MacBook Air is a thing of beauty. And that having a full size keyboard with backlighting is great.
But why oh why is it that butt-ugly black? Why not MacBook Pro grey like the rest of it?
iPod Touch upgrade charge forced by iPhone agreement?
January 17, 2008Regarding the $20 charge for the iPod Touch software upgrade that gives it the same apps as the iPhone: Am I the only one that thought Steve looked a little uncomfortable when he said the price, like it was something they’d had to put in but he wasn’t happy about it? Here’s my take – the [...]
Sneaky BBC
January 10, 2008I’ve been enjoying watching catchup TV on the BBC online iPlayer, shows like Top Gear, Never mind the Buzzcocks and Lead Balloon. Since I have a Mac of course I can’t download shows like my WinXP friends can. But I have a secret weapon – Parallels! So after installing the downloadable iPlayer manager in WinXP [...]
