It’s been a while since I’ve made a post, so I figured what the hell, lets throw something together.
My little girl is four and a half months old this week, she’s growing so fast and learning all the time, it’s really amazing to watch her as she talks, dribbles, puts things in her mouth and does all those neat baby things. Keeeeep on learning!
I picked up an iPhone 3G on the day of release here in Australia. It’s a long and funny story that I won’t go into. Lets just say I queued, only one phone arrived at the store I was at, and I somehow managed to score that single delivered phone.
I’ve configured this site with a plugin that re-formats how it all looks when you browse it on your iPhone or iPod Touch. It’s just totally cool.
I’m loving the iPhone so far, it’s really given me the technology to do remote system administration and other things.. way cool. thumbs up. Battery life sucks however. But you get that (charge every night just about)
All you AppleTV people, I need to get you visiting cinemamac.com instead of here.. (a new dedicated site).. perhaps I’ll redirect all the links in this site to point at cinemamac.com hehe
It’s been a while since I updated the blog, so here goes… been busy, having a baby will do that to ya!
Picked up a Canon HV30 video camera last week, mainly to shoot video of Charlotte, but also for monkeying around with video stuffs!
I picked up a Rode VideoMic for it, which I’ve not really used, just tested, sounds nice. Looking forward to doing some more shooting. Waiting on tapes to arrive
The Pantone Huey Pro arrived. It’s an advanced colour correction system for your monitor, enabling you to make photos and designs more accurate and true-to-life. It gives creatives and photographers control of colour from monitor-to-print.
blurb aside, I’ve only calibrated my work Samsung 215TW (21″) so far, it’s drastically improved. I can’t wait to get it home and calibrate my Samsung 2243BW (22″) which is a real mess at the moment.
I might even consider offering a monitor calibration service as part of my IT Consultancy business! See how we go.
I just picked up a new 22″ monitor. I really needed just a bit more than my Macbook Pro’s built in 15″ widescreen display. I’ve been doing a fair bit of web work and photo post-processing lately, so it was probably well due.
I picked up a Samsung 2243BW after doing a little research on displays. I didn’t want to fork out for an Apple display at this stage and I’ve had good luck with Samsung monitor’s in the past.
It cost me $375 AUD, it has a cool stand that lets you rotate the display for portrait work, it’s bright, it’s fast, the controls are good, BUT it looks like crap on my Mac straight out of the box. Talk about in dire need of calibration. I’ve done my best to calibrate this thing by eye using the OS X calibration tools, but it still needs more work. Because of this, I’ve ordered a Pantone Huey Pro calibration device. So much for a cheap monitor. The Huey Pro cost me $181 AUS. Suddenly my cheap display isn’t so cheap! (should have bought an ACD?)
For most things this monitor is great, and doesn’t need careful calibration. For doing my photo work in Aperture however, it badly needs work. My Macbook’s built in panel puts this thing to shame.
In any case, I’m loving the display, I’ve been working on it exclusively (except for my photo’s, until I calibrate it). It’s nice how the Macbook Pro can operate in ‘closed lid mode’. I’ve also got the Apple Wireless Keyboard going, and I picked up a Wireless Might Mouse just yesterday to compliment the keyboard, I like it!
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:
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
There’s been a lot of rumours (or should I say hope?) that Apple might release an updated Apple TV at Macworld 08 (as well as ultra portable laptops, new cinema displays, etc, etc).
Do you really think Apple will release an updated Apple TV? I dont.
If you haven’t checked it out already, head to www.kitchenmac.com and take a look. Not because it’s one of my sites, but because it’s different, bordering crazy! (apparently).
I installed a mac in my kitchen! it’s pretty cool, visitors love it. I hope to have some software reviews and even perhaps some recipes online in the future
I love my laptop, and I love the bag that holds it securely (Booq Viper EXO M).
Whats the point? Rushfaster are having a SALE. Rushfaster sell bags, cases and accessories from all the leading brands like Booq, All the Kings Men, Diesel, J.Fold, Mandarina Duck, and more.
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Wow this is cool. I just found this with a but of Apple TV searching. You can use your iPhone or iPod touch (or any web browser device) as an Apple TV remote control! Why you would want to I do not know, but here’s the link anyway:
No this isn’t a post about Apple releasing updates to the Apple TV. It’s me asking you guys what you’ve been doing with your ATV lately!?
A lot of you have emailed me or posted questions and comments on the site regarding ATV.
Did you get your unit patched/hacked? Did you get that application running? Can you plug in a USB hard disk, or stream content from your other machines?
