I used to be a blogger
but it’s grinding to a halt
There’s lots of things to blame for it
It’s really not my fault.
Replying to Obama posts
has brought me to exhaustion
I can’t get round to writing blogs
with all the time it’s costing.
I used to write insightful stuff
on life and on religion
but now I seem to spend more [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Computing’
November 6, 2008
Ballad of the Lazy Blogger
August 13, 2008
Blog Stats Update…
My friend James blogged about his blog stats and the popularity of his Dark Knight post. I decided to check out where things ore going on my stats and was pretty much horrified to see the following -
How ludicrous is that??
February 28, 2008
MacBook Pro Case Redesigns?
As regular visitors to this page may be aware, I’ve just sunk a whack of cash on a new MacBook Pro to replace my ailing Powerbook G4. The new machine should make mincemeat of tasks that the PB toiled over as it limped on with a nearly-full hard drive and one dead RAM slot. I [...]
February 26, 2008
It’s Ordered!!!
MacBook Pro 15″
Part Number: Z0EZ
Apple Remote 065-7478250GB
Serial ATA @ 5400 rpm 065-7451
Country Kit 065-7241
MacBook Pro 15-inch Glossy Widescreen Display 065-7449
SuperDrive 8X (DVD+R DL/DVD+RW/CD-RW) 065-7453
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM – 2×1GB 065-7443
2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 065-7441
Keyboard & Mac OS 065-7459
Oh yay, oh yay, oh yay!!! 4GB Ram kit also on way from Crucial! Oh yay, oh [...]
December 5, 2007
Macworld ‘08 Rumors
Oh boy…The MWSF ‘08 Rumor Mill is hitting full-grind now. So what’s it to be this year? Let’s face it, after last year’s iPhone mania, it’s bound to be something big simply to avoid losing momentum. A brand new gadget? A tablet mac? Steve wearing bootcut jeans?I would hazard a guess that due to iPhone [...]
October 3, 2007
Condemnation of my Efforts
Gosh, how’s this for negativity? Even my Apple Mac is telling me that my worship is a waste of time…
August 16, 2007
Top Ten Reasons for Buying a PC, not a Mac
1. All your friends are doing it.
2. Solitaire is your crack cocaine.
3. You love the visceral knife-edge thrill of wondering if your app will remain stable until you save your work.
4. You think that processor power and RAM are better employed running Antivirus than on doing anything productive or useful.
5. You have had a designectomy.
6. You enjoy the irony of the [...]
April 23, 2007
WoW – My Scramble for a Mount
Disclaimer: This post has nothing insightful to say on life or spritual matters. It is not clever. It is quite possibly a bit sad for those who don’t see the point in spending time on video games. However, I do, and it’s my blog. So NYAH.
Right. Back to Azeroth…
Well, Having reached Level 40 with my [...]
April 4, 2007
New Mac Pro
Oh my word. Check this bad boy out!
Specifications
Two 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
16GB (8 x 2GB)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB, Stereo 3D (2 x dual-link DVI)
4 x 750GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Two 16x SuperDrives
Both Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and AirPort Extreme
Quad Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI Express Card
Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse – British (wireless)
Mac OS X (English)
Apple [...]
February 26, 2007
The New 486!!
Found this in a drawer in my classroom the other day…
Gasp in wonder at its 25mhz Intel 486 processor!
Flinch at its magnificent 4mb of RAM!
Marvel at its collosal 80 mb hard drive (yes, mb)!
Gaze upon its mighty 1mb video RAM!!
I shouldn’t mock too much, because in 1994, this was pretty impressive spec. Things have fairly [...]
