Steve Jobs changed so much in his lifetime. He revolutionised the world we live in. He revolutionised my world. May he rest in peace. Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they [...]

The iPhone (3Gs) is bloody beautiful! I still can’t believe some of the stuff it does, it does those things so well — and it’s a phone! I’ve owned an iPod Touch for almost a year and gotten to know many of the apps, its general workings (does being able to almost touch-type count for [...]

I’ve felt slightly inadequate for a while now. I don’t have an iPhone. People are shocked when I tell them, but it’s true. The next best thing is surely the iPod Touch, you know, without being tied to a overpriced contract with O2 for all eternity. Having been with it for a few weeks I’ve [...]

As a continuation of my Mac evaluation I’ve broken down each of my favourite Mac specific applications that I’ve come to love since the switch. 1. smcFanControl The Mac gets pretty hot at times. By default the fan speed fluctuates depending on the temperature (I think), but often it won’t cool it down enough. smcFanControl [...]

I still can’t believe that I use a Mac sometimes. Even after owning one for 6 months. I was something I never, ever, thought I would do. I Always hated Macs. I’ll start off by saying that, yes, it has crashed a few times, the occasional Kernel Panic, the odd application crash etc. However, these [...]

Unfortunately there will be no live-blogging at the Irish Blog Awards tonight as my macbook died a few hours ago. It had been charging, I was using it, then pulled out the cable and it just went off. It has not come back on again since. The light on the charger is on when plugged [...]

After months of anticipation a beautiful Apple Store opened this morning in Victoria Square, Belfast. Although I’ve only been a mac-geek for 5 months, I tend to not do anything by halves, and so I was there bright and early to queue for my t-shirt, along with those who had been there for hours before [...]