Posts Tagged: Apple

Of London Samuel Johnson famously said When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. I was starting to become tired of London when I was working there; experiencing too much of the tedious, overcrowded public transport side of London and not… Continue Reading ›

Jonny Ive, Apple’s design overlord, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours list. It’s fantastic to see the importance of design being recognised. Jonathan Ive is responsible (with a little input from Steve Jobs, I’m sure) for the iMac, Cube, iBook, Powerbook, Mini, and of course, the iPod range. Apple is renowned… Continue Reading ›

Because of the bloody French, your iPod will have a very low and very annoying volume limit. Back off, Brussels!  I’m a grown-up and can operate a volume control. Thankfully, it’s possible to hack the firmware on the iPod and remove this Nanny State nastiness. To do so is pretty tricky, but some very clever… Continue Reading ›

I was beginning to wonder if I was just unlucky or fussy or both, as almost everything I buy these days seems to be faulty when I get it home or goes wrong quickly; I’m pleased to see that I am not alone. I mentioned this to a friend after his second Apple PowerBook power… Continue Reading ›

I’ve just upgraded the memory on my iMac from 512Mb to 1Gb, and it was amazingly easy. Just undo three screws that hold the back of the iMac on, remove the back, pop out the old memory stick, pop in the new sticks, replace the back, do up the three screws, cross your fingers, and… Continue Reading ›

I collected my second iMac from John Lewis this morning. I rushed home, plugged it in, and with my breath held switched it on… There’s fan noise, but the awful whine the first one had is not there. Hurrah. I’ve spent the day loading it up with my software, and I’m very happy indeed. I’ve… Continue Reading ›