Category Archives: Software

Snow Leopard

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Nev

After waiting a decent length of time to make sure that there were no serious issues with Snow Leopard1 and with the release of OS X 10.6.1 I’ve finally got around to installing the thing. Here’s how things went for … Continue reading →

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Browsing around

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Nev

Internet Explorer 8 was released on Thursday but I have to admit that I haven’t touched it. The last beta that I saw (which wasn’t that long ago) still identified itself as being IE7 in the about dialog but there … Continue reading →

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A new level of browsing

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Nev

The Internet tubes today were mainly full of comments about two things: Gmail going down and Apple releasing a public beta of Safari 4. Had the Gmail outage coincided with Twitter going belly-up at the same time then I think … Continue reading →

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iPhone software 2.0

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Nev

The new functionality that is included in the version 2.0 software release fixes a couple of the few things that annoyed me with the iPhone. I installed it last night after people with too much time on their hands found … Continue reading →

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Toronto – Vancouver (2088 miles)

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Nev

Isn’t technology wonderful? I was worried about missing the Champions League final and probably would have had to change my flight had Liverpool beaten Chelsea in the semi but it turns out that I needn’t have worried. WestJet had ESPN … Continue reading →

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Bad manners

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Nev

Recently there was some amount of ill feeling directed toward Apple after they started installing their Safari Internet browser with their iTunes software update. (I also just noticed that “up to date” is no longer hyphenated in OS X 10.5 … Continue reading →

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Patently obvious

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Nev

US Patent law is frankly in somewhat of a mess. Any system that allows a man to hold a patent on a method for playing on a swing needs or awarded on a staple element of computing (like the linked … Continue reading →

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A little bit of history repeating

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Nev

This year has already started to see the blurring of the edges between online Web 2.0 and traditional desktop applications. The traditional downside to this software as a service (SaaS) has been what to do when there is no connection … Continue reading →

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The highest form of flattery

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Nev

“Bad artists copy. Great artists steal.” – Pablo Picasso Imitation is rife. Apple may just have been inspired by Braun design from the ’60s and ’70s for the iPhone calculator, iPod and G5 tower. The Apple vs. Microsoft vs. Xerox … Continue reading →

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A nice start to the day!

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Nev

Today’s (and probably the last of the year) Edinburgh Coffee Morning was the busiest it has been for a good while. The cryptic promise of some gifts that Ewan McIntosh left in a Facebook message last night turned out to … Continue reading →

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