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Bookmarking in the iTunes store

Do you ever find things in the iTunes store and think “I don’t want that now, but might be interested later”? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bookmark feature in iTunes? Well its good to see that I am … Continue reading

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The weather will be mild, and blazing hot

If you are using a Mac, there is a nice Dashboard Widget that displays the next 7 days weather forecast in Australia, Weather Australia. Drawing its data from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). Much better than the widget that comes … Continue reading

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Restart your Mac for PowerPoint Help

On needing to install a new PowerPoint theme, downloaded from the web, I found these useful instructions in the help menu. Save the template to /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/My Themes. Restart your Mac. I suppose these instructions are written for all … Continue reading

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StarCraft2 Beta & StarCraft on Intel Macs

Recently read on a tweet that Blizzard are looking for people to Beta test StarCraft 2. Seems nice. You have to login to Battle.Net, and tick an ‘opt me into beta testing’ box. But I can’t seem to remember what … Continue reading

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1001 1.0.17

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

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

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

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

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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