Finally. The BBC has decided to add their TV shows to iTunes. A couple of gems include: Torchwood and The Catherine Tate show.
This is sure to be a winning combination with Apple TV.
I’m a sucker for great TV. However I don’t have time to watch TV shows when they are being shown live. Also, I enjoy quite a it of American Tv such as House, Lost etc. So what happens when I want to watch some good quailty (therfore not YouTube) and not wait ages for it download (aka. not Bittorrent) TV?
I go to Hulu.
Even though I got the post code wrong when I ordered it (doh!) my Moleskine notebook has arrived, after hearing some great things about the product I thought I’d give one a go.
If you were wondering I got the Large, ruled version - if your looking for a good quality notebook this is the way to go.
Today, my grandfather pointed me in the direction on a interesting showcase article on a camera, knowing that I was looking at buying a similar one. The article talked about the Canon 40D with a lens for £499.99! knowing this looked like a good deal I went to the website which the article pointed too. Empire Direct and saw the camera being offered for £816 - quite a big price difference if you ask me.
So I logged onto the newspaper’s website (The Telegraph if you were wondering) looking for an email to contact them about the mistake. I scoured the whole website looking for a way to contact them via email. During this I found a very similar article about the 400D which had been showcased. I noticed that they hadn’t mentioned that fact that the successor to this camera had been announced so I was also looking at mentioning that to them also.
Well… there is a way to contact them. A letter. A LETTER!?! To contact someone about their website! That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard in a long time. This boggles the mind… I mean it just doesn’t make sense to me.
If you wish to contact someone featured within the paper, a journalist regarding an article or the Editor, please address a letter to them c/o the relevant desk, i.e. Travel, Features, News, etc., Telegraph Media Group, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT. A reply is not guaranteed in the event of an editorially related enquiry or comment.
I am aware that this quote mentions the print publication but this the only possible way of contacting them that I could find. `Maybe there is an email address hidden away on the site; but I can’t find it so I doubt many other people can.
This is the whole problem with the way Old Media is working, they’re trying to join the digital revolution but they are missing out on the little things that don’t work for the end user. It isn’t seamless.
So my solution? I’m going to email someone who they do give the address for, maybe they will know the right person to speak to about this situation, but I don’t think I should have been put into it in the first place.
I used to use NetNewsWire (NNW) as my RSS reader, it looked and felt good to use. The interface was clean and best of all it was free. But as of late NNW has been giving me a lot of grief, freezing on me all the time. This is not an exaggeration. I tried reinstalling several times and scouring the interwebs for a mention of this problem - all to no avail.
So I have decided to switch RSS reader (something, I guess that Shawn might not agree with), the question was which to choose. I could take the online route and go with Google Reader, or instead try the free Vienna (which I did). However I found that when paying for something you get quality insurance; so I went for News Fire.
As you can see from bellow the interface is quite different.
And to tell you the truth I prefer NNW - if only it didn’t crash. However that said I am enjoying using News Fire and I think once I stop seeing what News Fire doesn’t have and NNW doesn’t I’ll start to see it vis versa.
I’ll report back in future on how News Fire is shaping up. So, what RSS Reader do you use?
UPDATE: I switched back, in the end I didn’t get News Fire’s interface, and I’m happy to say the crashing problem is now on-existent in NNW.
You obviously don’t love your wife if you get them a Zune for Valentine’s Day.
Chris, yesterday finally switch to the Mac as his main machine.
He’s got a beast of a machine as well. Two 3.2GHz Quad Processors. 16GB of RAM and (though he already had them), two Dell 30″ Displays.
You can check out his Mac experiences and watch his 24 hour live stream, every day at live.pirillo.com
I’ve been watching the Chris Pirillo Show for a while and really love the community behind it, I’m sure Chris will agree that without the community his show wouldn’t be anywhere near as good. As Chris is coming up to a year of streaming I look forward to the next.
As soon as I purchased my Mac I realized that just having that wasn’t enough, that to really make the most out of your computer you need to make some additions which will help you in the long run. So in this post I will explore five good looking and useful accessories to add to your Mac setup:
These amazing looking speakers will be perfect next to your iMac or Apple Display; they brushed aluminum finish goes for the pro look. With not only looking good they produce a good solid sound (though I have heard the bass isn’t fantastic at times). These powerhouse speakers are sure to drive the amount of music you listen to through the roof - and also your neighbours.
With the product you get a Subwoofer and two speakers for your desk. One of the cooler features of the speakers is that they are wall mountable; just in case you think they take up to much desk space - but with their sleek design I don’t know why you would need to.
After being thoroughly disappointed with my LaCie hard drive I am on the hunt for a new one. Though I see myself getting a Time Capsule I still want to get a drive to put a load of files on. Many people have recommended the My Book drives, they are cheap, durable and have a very good build quality. They don’t look half bad either.
You can get the My Book in a varying amount of sizes and ports: some with FW800, FW400 and some with plain USB 2.0. The sizes vary from 250GB all the way up to 2TB. I’m sure you’ll find one to suit your needs.
John Foster says that one of the best ways of making your old Mac feel new again in getting a new Keyboard and Mouse - I agree. And with the endless combinations of keyboards and mice, sleek, ergonomic etc. there is sure to be one that meets your needs. Personally I am a fan of both Microsoft’s and Apple’s offerings.
If you want a good solid keyboard with a fantastic design then go with Apple. Of course, if you want wireless then you’ll have to give up the number pad; which for some could be more then they want. However I have not missed it at all. Many people don’t like the Might Mouse - I like it and I don’t really have any problems with it - in the end it is up to you.
Microsoft has a very good collection of keyboards, which I won’t go into to much detail about here, though they might not look as good they are some of the best in the business.
I uses a notebook as my main machine, that means that a lot of the time I am sitting at my desk looking down at my computer. This is not very good for you if you do it for a long time and can lead to back and neck pains. So enter the Elevator; a very simple laptop stand that does a very good job. Due to it’s design it stops your notebook from getting very hot as it leaves a long gap for air to flow underneath.
This is also a very good option if you are planning on running an external monitor (look bellow!) or if you just want to run both your iMac and MacBook together at the same height. Either way it’s a great deal.
Believe it or not, Apple doesn’t make the best displays - if you don’t believe me read this post. Adding a second display to your setup can increase your productivity dramatically. They can also enable you to; if you want both portably and a big screen compromise with being able to un-plug and take your notebook everywhere but also have a big workspace at the office.
Dell offer a massive range of sizes; from 17″ all the way up to 30″ (if you have the money). Even if you like Apple’s design, you can’t say the Dell monitors look ugly can you?
So there you have it folks, five great accessories to add to your Mac, got any that I missed out. please don’t hesitate to tell me!
Have you got any of these great accessories? OR are you planning on purchasing some of them? Leave a comment and tell us what you think!
Are you ever in the situation where you need to send a file to someone quickly, and they need it quickly but you don’t want to go through the process of uploading it via an FTP and it is to big for an email? Quite often I have this problem so I went searching for a solution and I found Senduit.
Senduit is a nifty little service from the same guys who came up with Tumblr. Some talk about how less is more, how you can beat the competition by creating something that though it may have less features, but for what it does it’s great. Senduit has; no ads, no pages you have to go through to upload things. Instead the front page has an incredibly simple interface letting you choose the file, how long you want it for and then upload it - no need to go through a whole palaver. In fact you don’t even have to sign up for anything!
You are, however, limited to 100MB which is actually pretty good when you compare it with a service like Pownce where you have to pay for that amount of storage. though it does not come anywhere close, disk space wise, to a service like Yousendit.
All you have to do is select the file you want, then choose how long you want it one their servers; you can choose between half an hour and a week and then you hit the upload button and it produces a URL (e.g.http://www.senduit.com/a random string of letters and numbers) for you to give people to download the file.
Senduit manages to do what many other services do with the one difference, being its ease of use. However that said there is still a space in the world for other sites with premium pay for services and no limit on server usage.
Doesn’t look to good for Photoshop Elements 6. From the get go people just aren’t happy about some of the interface changes.
Obviously, I’m not too happy with Elements’ new interface. If you are a semi-serious photo editor, I strongly recommend getting CS3. If you are running Tiger and are working fine with Photoshop Elements 4, I recommend keeping it that way. The only reasons that this is a must buy is if you have Leopard and cannot afford CS3, but must have Photoshop. The interface is by no means unusable, but it is definitely a step down from the previous version.
I’m pretty much happy with CS3. But not so much with Adobe’s support for the Mac platform - they take way to long to release fixes and patches.
