iTouch – Part 1 Music

November 12th, 2009

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 [...]


15 of my favourite mac applications

November 24th, 2008

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 app allows [...]


apple fanboy 6 months on

October 28th, 2008

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 are [...]


sad mac

October 11th, 2008

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 [...]


belfast apple store opens

September 20th, 2008

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 me. [...]