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1001 1.0.17

Posted on 1 June 2009 by Leefe

1001 The flickr upload software for MacOS X, 1001, has been updated to version 1.0.17. This release seems to fix the problems that I recently started to experience with 1.0.15: No sets were being listed, and Photos were not being … Continue reading →

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The Apple Buzzle Puzzle: Did AAPL control insolvent reseller

Posted on 7 May 2009 by digg

Apple Australia is being sued for allegedly controlling a failed reseller, trading while insolvent for months. This reseller (and by inference, its managers) was so grossly incompetent that Apple did not trust its management’s ability to manage and account for … Continue reading →

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Get on the iPod train

Posted on 21 January 2009 by Leefe

Looking back through the photos I have taken in Tokyo I found this one of a train covered in iPod advertisements. Not just the outside, but also all the ads inside. Being the major transportation form in Tokyo, about 70% … Continue reading →

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iSquint at PSP MP4 converters for Mac OS X

Posted on 16 January 2009 by Leefe

I have a nice new PSP 3000 and thought it nice to upload some video to it. But all the software I found for MacOS X crashes or produces bad files. All that is but one. Looking through the things … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs has menopause

Posted on 7 January 2009 by Leefe

In recent news I see that Steve Jobs is having hormone issues. Reports say that his current weight less is not due to a recurrence of cancer, just a hormone imbalance. Isn’t it obvious, at 53 Jobs, the mother of … Continue reading →

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Nano big at Shinjuku station

Posted on 29 December 2008 by Leefe

As you leave Shinjuku station via the west exit you can’t but notice the mass of advertising for Apple iPod Nano. The rise between the pedestrian level and the ceiling has a ring of iPod advertisements (pictured below). And many … Continue reading →

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Beijing Olympic Medal Count (BOMC 0.4)

Posted on 13 September 2008 by Leefe

Seeing at the Paralympic are now on I have updated the BOMC widget to display their medal results. I’m in the process of rewriting the backend of the widget (seeing as this is an experiment of using JQuery in Widgets), … Continue reading →

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Beijing Olympic Medal Count (BOMC 0.3)

Posted on 22 August 2008 by Leefe

It may be a little late, considering the Olympics are almost over, but I thought people might like it anyway. Here is a widget I wrote to display the medal count at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Since there is no … Continue reading →

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Download Xcode at 3000+ KB/sec

Posted on 12 June 2008 by Leefe

Yes, you read that correctly. I downloaded the Xcode 3.0 disk image at an average of 3000 KB per second. So the 1.1 GB file took less than 6 minutes. Ah the joys of having an optical link. Now if … Continue reading →

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OfficeOpenXMLConverter gone AWAL

Posted on 20 October 2007 by Leefe

404 error Ah, the joys of the new Word 2007 docx format. Had someone sent me a docx file today and needed to work out how to open it on a Mac. A quick search in Google found me the … Continue reading →

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