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Month: February, 2008

Going LEgit

Ho Hum, off to legit world I go.
After many years of leeching, scouting and looting , I  have finally settled down and INVESTED in some legit production software:
The Adobe Master Collection!
I now own CS3 versions of
Adobe Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator,  Acrobat, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Contribute, After Effects,  Premiere Pro, Soundbooth and Encore!
And the best thing about [...]

Safari HD for AppleTV

Brandon Holland has been cranking out some great plugins lately, including the excellent Skype Plugin. Now he’s at it again with a great Safari webkit plugin, check it out!

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AppleTV Take 2

Well Apple have officially released their latest update to the AppleTV dubbed “Take 2″. This update brings a heap of new features and an updated user interface. Of the new features we can expect movie rentals, and… my favourite, the ability to now use the AppleTV as an airtunes device from your Mac using iTunes [...]

Turkish Man Is Alive!

Just a bit of fun,
here is a character I made at my place of work. Sometimes I am fortunate enough to create original artwork. Its a Turkish Chef for a new restaurant opening up in the Gosnells area .
Here is the original scanned pen art

and here is the final cleaned up version!
if you are ever [...]

Update from the world of Yapp

Yo James and crew.
I know I know.. its been a while since ive reported from the world of Yapp.
Life and work have been kind but at the same time been absolutely demanding of my time lately!
Lots have shifted in my life since the start of the new year: New house, new responsibilities [...]

Time to work out

I really need to burn off the Christmas kilo’s, having put on about 6kg in around 6 months.
I just realised, I’m just not working out enough! (at all) I need to get out more, walk the dog more, etc.
Check out my last run with the Nike+ kit (iPod accessory, very cool)

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Skype on AppleTV

Well it’s done, and done properly. You know it was actually me that got Skype running on the AppleTV originally.
Well Brandon Holland has done the hard work and integrated it nicely into the AppleTV frontrow as a plugin. He’s also working on a really tidy Safari plugin
Check it out:
http://www.brandon-holland.com/skypeplugin.html

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The Wasp

I took the van up to the scooter shop on Saturday to pick up my new Vespa LX50. I could have ridden it home but it would have taken a while! Van was easier.
I’ve already named it… “The Wasp”. I took it for a cruise with some other scooter owners on Sunday and clocked up [...]