Archive for April, 2008

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Getting Lucky?

April 27, 2008

Okay so on Tuesday (April 22, 200 8) I got 328 Page hits.

Dan thinks it could have been my host’s bots but im not sure, who knows. It’ll be interesting to see what happens in the next few weeks ;-) *keeps fingers crossed*

 

OH! Question: What should I do with a personal blog? Combine it on here? or just make a separate page on my site :-|

I think it really depends on if this tech blog gets a following. If not….then who cares if I have a personal blog too on here! :-p

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Leopard Tip: Searching System Files

April 27, 2008

Here’s a useful tip on how to search for system files in Leopard:

Click Here to watch the video

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Can I Haz Live Dock?

April 27, 2008

Apparently the folks over at Apple forgot to code in the Live Dock Previews in Leopard

Click Here to watch the video

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Justin Long to be Crucified!

April 25, 2008

So TUAW posted a article Titled, “Justin Long: PC User.” Now, the Article states:

[Best Buy's John] Beck said that he showed Long a variety of machines, however he was not really interested in the products that Apple had. “He said that he’s got a few of them at home, but doesn’t really use them much. He said that you can’t really get any good games for them and that he doesn’t like the mouse since it only has one button. He also said that his started crashing a lot ever since he got the latest updates for iTunes.”

Now….seriously….DOES HE WANT TO GET EATEN ALIVE BY THE MAC USERS!?!?!?!?!?

Anyone remember John Scully? After, Steve Jobs came back and freed the mac users, Scully was hung in the center of Infinite Loop. Okay, just kidding! However, this might become a big blow up for multiple reasons.

  • Apple could sooooooo fire him for this, seriously he’s supposed to be their “celeb” spokesperson, kinda like Bono and Madonna. And then he’s found “whining” about mac!?
  • The Mac users could totally get fired up at him, because he did get bash Mac. Not terribly, but he wasn’t praising it. Or, the mac community could get upset because these “disadvantages” of macs aren’t accurate as TUAW pointed out.
    • Mac has right click.
    • Mac can do games (not many), & you can install Windows to play windows games.
    • Seriously? He can’t whine about some crashing on a Mac. Has he used a windows?
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A Look at the Past

April 24, 2008

So I found these two videos via. Archive.org on Apple’s site this was a Tiger Preview. Look at what the interface for Tiger almost was.

www.chrismward.com/media/spot.mov

www.chrismward.com/media/dash.mov

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“I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want!”

April 24, 2008

So basically I was flipping through my “Apple Rumors” RSS feeds (I’m subscribed to multiple ones) and one of them mentioned that we should probably be seeing new iMacs soon. Now, yes the iMacs need hardware updates, and thats fine (bring ‘em on!).However, i’d like to see some cosmetic changes to the Mac Mini (its 3 years old), the MacBook Pro (its like what…..5-7 years old; depending on how you’re counting), and the MacBook (2 years old).

Now, if I had to pick only one to receive the Facelift, it’d be the MacBook because its the only one that’s not fitting in with the rest of the Mac product line. After all, ALL mac products have that metal design, except for the MacBook. So Johnny Ives, GET ON IT!

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A video we should all see

April 24, 2008

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1078966384/bclid1137812485/bctid1517472316

 

This really does show that Apple is taking over the industry, the computer industry, it already has the MP3/Music industry. So yeah, congrats to Apple, I  just hope that if Apple becomes this big big big computer company….that they won’t fall as far as security AND just their product quality. I hope they can stay the company that I love and so many love when and if they get really popular.

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Waves of Terror for WWDC!

April 23, 2008

So I was looking at my post about how Apple has posted a WWDC “banner” so to speak on their front page. This made the think about the possibility of what could come out of WWDC, obviously we might see some new products, but WWDC is after all, about the software and the “Developers, Developers, Developers.” However, a thought passed through my mind. What if we see or hear about 10.6    =-o The thought absolutely blew me away, well sure it would be an appropriate TIME FRAME, since Apple usually releases updates each year. However, I just don’t think OS X or its customers are READY for 10.6

Sure, Apple could stick with the normal, major upgrade every year thing (except when they skipped in 06′ because of iPhone), but it wouldn’t be wise. When Apple followed this “update every year” pattern, the current OS was up to like 10._.9 or so! Leopard on the other hand is only at 10.5.2 and its users are gasping for the fresh air that 10.5.3 will hopefully provide (whenever it comes).

If I were to put Leopard on a “stability” grading scale It’d receive a C (no pluses or minuses on this grading scale only letters). The reason being because it’s just not 100% stable like Tiger is. Tiger, in my personal opinion, is one of the most stable operating systems ever. Now, Leopard is on the path to getting there, but its just not there yet. Because, as much as I hate to admit it, Leopard still has issues with programs stalling or ever worse the dreadful Kernel Panic.

So, just to wrap it all up, sure it’d be really cool to see what Apple has in store for OS X, but the operating system is just not ready. However, i would like to see some software updates for Leopard overall, iWeb, iTunes, and almost every other app!

~Chris~

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In….Tech News….

April 23, 2008

Apple has posted WWDC “ad” on their front page

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Meh!

April 23, 2008

Felt like doing a blog - no reason for wanting to do one, but then those usually end up being the best. :p Oh! How about a question to entertain you all? Well, there are a lot of photo hosting websites out there, such as Photobucket, Flickr, Picasa (I think), etc. So what would you recommend I use? I don’t actually have a problem with my current Photobucket account, but hey if there’s something better out there……….. Just a thought, its so weird how vast the internet is, theres so many different sites that are LIKE Youtube, but not YouTube, but you only find these groups of people (usually a few thousand) who use them because the mass media hasn’t found them yet. Its really weird how the internet is divided up. I like it, but at the same time It’s so weird. It’s vast. Pretty much endless. Oh! So does anyone wanna tell me what the deal is with this fear that the internet is gonna fill up or whatever? Can it actually do that? Isn’t it as simple as putting in a new server and bam you got more space?   Just some thoughts and questions to entertain you all, comment away :-)