“There’s no evidence that people want to use these things…”

San Francisco Examiner, John C. Dvorak, 19 Feb. 1984
The nature of the personal computer is simply not fully understood by companies like Apple (or anyone else for that matter). Apple makes the arrogant assumption of thinking that it knows what you want and need. It, unfortunately, leaves the “why” out of the equation — as [...]

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Windoze 7 party …

I’m hearing that Windows 7 is going to be a good system. (Well, much better than Vista…!) Though it does sound like the upgrade process might be hard for some.
Whatever, Windows 7 had better be an improvement on the party ideas in this video. (But if you’re having one, feel free to invite me, what [...]

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I like Macs

I was at a two-day meeting of the Working Group on Worship last week, sinusitis just starting to wane, when my MacBook Pro died. Logic board failure. I was out of warranty and hadn’t got AppleCare. The cost of fixing it was prohibitive.
And, I was on the penultimate draft of my PhD thesis which disappeared [...]

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To change the world, get the right system

President Obama’s people in the White House are ‘miffed’ at the clunky old PCs they have inherited from the previous regime, with six-year old versions of Microsoft and few laptops. Obama’s team are used to working with Macs. Some people are hoping they’ll refurbish the White House’s technology the same way! See here and here.

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I cheated, just for you

Yesterday I downloaded Advent08, an iPhone/iPod Touch app which provides daily devotions for Advent.
Not supposed to open it till Advent starts, which as you all know is 30 November this year.
But I thought I should look at the first day in advance, so I could decide whether it’s worth telling both my readers about.
Well, I [...]

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iPod Touch? iPhone? (2)

On 1 October I talked about the decision to get an iPod Touch rather than an iPhone, and said:
First thing: I’m not disappointed one little bit with my iPod Touch. Second thing: next time, I’ll get an iPhone.
(Sorry about quoting myself…)
Well, I now—much earlier than expected—have an iPhone. Why? Several reasons:
It was precipitated by my [...]

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BibleXpress

Hmmm…
I wrote the other day that BibleXpress doesn’t have the capacity to email the notes I make. I wuz wrong! I found out how to do it over coffee today. (But why do you need to press the Edit button to get to the email part of the app?) Still, I did it—thunk some thoughts, [...]

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iPod touch? iPhone?

Something from the shallow end, having preached recently on simplicity… Oh, the contradictions! (But what’s a Mac fan to do?)
It was my birthday last July, as it seems to be each year. I told my longsuffering wife I didn’t want anything, but I was wrong.
I wanted an iPhone. And it was being released in Oz [...]

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Here’s the photo…

The photo of the bloke cutting a cake with a MacBook Air is here. Along with disclaimer…

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Don’t try this at home, kids!

The MacBook Air: Thin Enough To Slice A Cake
Erick Schonfeld
TechCrunch.com
Sunday, June 1, 2008; 9:09 AM
Rahul Sood, the CTO of HP’s gaming systems division (formerly VoodooPC), has found a new use for the MacBook Air: slicing cake.

Handed a MacBook Air as a “present” at his birthday, he wasn’t quite sure what to do with it. So [...]

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