Posts in "Mac"

Thanks to your feedback on my Twitter and Facebook, I went for the MacBook Air i7 instead of the i5. Have no idea what the speeds of the i5 would have been but the MacBook Air i7 is incredibly fast - so fast that I became confused at why it was faste...

Available now for your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch is Mirai Clock 2 - a free download Available now from the iTunes store. Just released but its already top 18 in the Japanese iTunes store under "entertainment" ^^;

Tis been announced - iPhone 4. Reservations in Japan start on the 15th and it goes on sale on the 24th. The iPhone has helped me improve my workflow and brought much productivity to my life. But as a blogger, I've always been miffed by the incredibly...

As luck would have it, a meteorite did hit our house and yes it did have an iPad inside. I'm not about to say "no thanks" to a free iPad ^^; So here is my zakkuri review. "Zakkuri" [ざっくり] in this case means "quick n dirty."

I've been poisoned. Didn't think much about the iPad when it was first announced but now that I've poked about with one, I think I want it ^^;

Gizmodo and Engadget both have the "first" hands on with the new iPhone, er I mean iPad. http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/apple-ipad-first-hands-on/ http://gizmodo.com/5457757/apple-ipad-first-hands-on Steves Keynote below. And the promo vid below...

While Mac otaku anticipate the announcement of an iTablet/iSlate/iBook at the end of this month, I'm most looking forward to the iTransform. Via Ken Lee.

Got mail just now from a dannychoo.com reader who said that he'd like to share one of his projects with me - and boy is it one helluva project! The AR Drone is a remote controlled quadrotor helicopter with built in wifi and 2 cameras - controlled via...

Photo taken yesterday at the Sapporo Bic Camera. The next Mac OSX OS Snow Leopard is out and looks like it will be the first time I make a complete fresh installation instead of just transferring my home folder again. My home folder has been the same...

Its been about 9 months since the Mac Life 3 article and I've been stocking up on Mac bits n pieces for today. The first photo is the latest office layout - taken after Tokyo CGM Night Episode 3 in Harajuku.

Was featured in Mac Fan - one of Japans major Mac magazines.

As some of you know, my MBP (MacBook Pro) decided to die on the day of my speech in Germany last month. Arrived back in Japan without the use of my main machine but was able to get back up n running within a short amount of time. First thing I don...

If you are following the Mac scene, you will already know that Steve Jobs yesterday announced the worlds thinnest notebook - the MacBook Air. If you have time, watch Steve's keynote speech. Highly entertaining and amusing. Even if you are not inte...

Announced the other day was the release date of the new OS for the Mac - Mac OS X Leopard on October 26 2007. From having a look at the 300+ new features, I cant see too much stuff that makes me go fwoarh apart from the Stacks feature. Theres on...

A quick look at the new wafer thin apple keyboard and how its helped me organize my workspace a bit better. Been waiting ages for a decent keyboard to come out for the mac. Never did get used to the previous bulky one.

Update: Video by <a href="http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2671" target="_blank">James</a> just added to the end of the post. For those who don't follow the <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/" target="_blank">Apple scene</a> and think that this is an <a href...

The iPhone. Not Japan related (yet) but definitely otaku related - especially when you get a bigger screen to look at your ero images during that important lecture or when your CEO is running up n down shouting "I love this company!"...(MS) Not fo...

A few of you asked how Mac life was lately. Been using my MacBook Pro since last Nov and cant believe how fast it is compared to my previous PowerBook. Ran into a few annoyances when moving my data over from the PowerBook - mainly permissions and a f...

Just for those who asked for it – the old flash header is back. Sorry to keep have kept you waiting - you can click on the "Display old header" in the subnav on the top page (top index page only for now) to switch and save the old flash header. When...

When I introduced the polls to the site, I only knew of one method to do it and that was to use iFrames but I am glad to say that I've finally been able to do the polls using Ajax - but not without *many* sleepless nights... So that you dont have to...

Google Pagerank is an important factor when it comes down to making money on the net. In general, the higher your Pagerank, the higher your results will show up in Google which usually leads to more traffic. One of the factors that influences Pager...

After the last Software Update ( it could have been a security update - I forget ) for my powerbook, I had problems connecting to MYSQL and couldn't perform anymore GD functions on localhost. Using phpinfo() to see what on earth was going on I saw......

<style type="text/css"><!--.style1 {color: #0000FF}.style2 {color: #000000}--></style>So I read most of the "penultimate-tutorial-to-installing-php-mysql-apache-gd-on-tiger" and you know what? They just don't work - most of those tutorials being abou...

<div class="BlogImgContainer"><img src="/blogimg/switch_3.jpg" alt="The Switch 2" width="400" height="300" border="0" class="BlogImg" title="The Switch 2"></div>I have some fantabulous news - my wife has given into my Mac sales talk and accepted the...