Oct 12 2009
Sep 25 2009
Fix for perpetually empty “Open Recent…” items in Xcode 3.2 on Snow Leopard
It’s been bugging me for a while now that – ever since upgrading to Xcode 3.2 and Mac OS 10.6 – the list of recent projects in Xcode’s initial window and in its “Open Recent File” and “Open Recent Project” menus are all blank.
Aug 14 2009
Foxconn A79A-S Final verdict: Unfit for use
I must admit that I forsook my vow never to build a PC again, and as a result am now more than convinced of its validity than ever…
Read on for a final look at the Foxconn’s flagship A79A-S AM2+ motherboard, and how it is eclipsed in almost every way by the Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P board with which I have now replaced it.
Jul 28 2009
New music…
Last night on Radio One, Zane Lowe played an interesting track from a Folk band named “Mumford & Sons“.
Jul 17 2009
Upgrading a netbook EFI install of Mac OS to 10.5.7
I wrote this answer in response to an email, and thought it would probably be better to share it with everyone 😉
Jun 17 2009
Microsoft Outlook #fail
Since I’ve just re-installed my ageing work desktop PC with a shiny new Windows Vista Business installation (which has its own share of quirks) I thought I’d also give Microsoft Outlook 2007 a try over my standard PC email client, Mozilla Thunderbird.
Nov 10 2009
Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala” Problems & Solutions
Having bought a Unibody MacBook Pro and running Mac OS 10.6, I decided to upgrade my Samsung NC10 from running Mac OS 10.5.8 to running the latest Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) from Canonical.
Canonical have completely revolutionised the concept of Linux on the desktop by packaging a distribution that is lightweight, fast, attractive, functional, and is – above all – actually usable as a day-to-day computing environment by your average computer user: as with OS X, the powerful underpinnings aren’t exposed and so don’t scare away the casual user.
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