Archive for February, 2008

Alex

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 owning your own software?  You get to read the manuals and the tricks docs :)

Adobe Master Collection

James

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!

SafariHD

Get it now

James

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 (cool).

Of course, if your in Australia, you won’t get movie rentals, infact the AU Apple website doesn’t really show anything new at all. We don’t even have the guided tour:

http://www.apple.com/appletv/guidedtour/

Compare the AU and US ATV sites:
http://www.apple.com/appletv/
http://www.apple.com/au/appletv/

WHEN Apple, WHEN will we get Movies and TV shows from iTunes, and rentals? sheesh!

The AppleTV hacker community is already buzzing with the new software update, with enthusiasts already cracking the update open to have a look inside at the new changes. Some of the questions floating around include “will my plugins still work?, what about my external hard disk?” etc.

I strongly advise that you do not update if you have “enhanced” your ATV with plugins and hacks until further notice, please keep your eyes peeled to www.awkwardtv.org

more on this subject soon!

Alex

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

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and here is the final cleaned up version!

if you are ever up that end of the woods keep an eye out for him ;)

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Alex

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 at work and at home, and most recently, a New Car!

Yes, I have defected to the darker side of motoring: The school of FORD. Not that I have much allegiance to any other car manufacturers out there. If I really had to choose, Im most probably a Subaru man.

After many late night research and obsessive review browsing online, I decided to listen to my guts instinct and go against my own sets of rules. Time to be different .. and the rest is history

Finance got approved yesterday and delivery should be next Wednesday! can’t wait!

Check out a review of the little pocket rocket here:

http://www.caradvice.com.au/3120/2007-ford-fiesta-xr4-first-steer/

ps. No Mine does not have the stripes. I got the boys in the dealership to REMOVE THEM.

“are you sure”
yes
“are you sure”
yes
“ARE YOU 100% SURE SIR?”
1000% YES

Ford Fiesta XR4

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James

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)

James

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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James

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 almost 100km’s on it! It will be good to really run it in and loosen it up a bit! It’s so much fun to ride! I love it.

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