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I had all these great ideas about how I was going to approach this. I thought of looking into patents, to see if I could document my idea, protect it and then get someone to build it. But I realised fairly soon that this was a whole can of worms that I did not want [...]

And before I get flamed for that, I’m making a direct reference to one of Apple’s memorable announcements in days past, namely the time that iTunes was announced for Windows users. Mac fans around the world grumbled that their nice little music library application was being shared amongst the great unwashed but soon got over [...]

So, this new iPhone thing. It’s gonna be great isn’t it? It’ll be like the *new* white headphones – that screamingly obvious sign that says you are in ownership of some high value gadgetry. The oh-so-lovely (virtual) buttons seem to scream ‘Mug me!’ in their own delightfully lickable, tastefully designed finish. Only this time the [...]

…. fastest to go to the repair shop, that is?
Yesterday I took delivery of a brand new MacBook Pro – it has the uprated 7200 rpm drive, but it’s not the brand spanking duo core model. It was, after all, an eBay purchase.
The box was sealed so I revelled in unwrapping it (although I didn’t [...]

Interesting … I was considering whether to treat myself to another laptop, and the MacBook Pro was looking very tempting, but also just a little on the expensive side. Today’s announcements about the MacBooks got me all excited again and so I started putting together some prospective purchase scenarios. I have to say, the new [...]