Category Archives: Blog
MacBook Air 13″ Core i5 Impressions
In November 2009 I blogged about my new Core i7 27″ iMac, which I was an early adopter for (I ordered one almost as soon as they were announced). This year, I have done the same with the 2011 refresh … Continue reading
Lion, RVM and Ruby 1.8.7 woes
I’ve just one of the new Sandy Bridge MacBook Airs with a fresh copy of Lion and I’m really pleased with it. But that’s for another blog post. This blog post is about the massive issues I had getting a … Continue reading
Select Player Episode 6
This time we discuss our hopes for Super Mario 3D, and we’ve been trying out Glitch; a browser-based MMO in beta. Continue reading
Select Player Episode 5
We discuss the 3DS eShop: the games, trailers, pricing and what we want to see on it. Continue reading
Who cares about password security? NatWest don’t
In light of recent cracking events there has been a lot of discussion about password security, including from me about how I’ve switched to 1Password. Today I was reading a blog post about how Electronic Arts hate strong passwords and … Continue reading
LulzSec made me switch to 1Password (and you should too)
I’ve been using 1Password from Agile Bits on my Mac(s) for a couple of weeks now. I was spurred on by the recent password exposures across numerous sites (my passwords were thankfully safe, but some of the sites in question … Continue reading
Select Player Episode 4
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword are on the menu today! Continue reading
Inflation and product sizes/weights
BBC News recently covered the fact that family grocery products are getting smaller while their prices are staying the same. For example, Cadbury’s Dairy Milk chocolate bars lost 2 chunks in February. This is a business strategy to help cope … Continue reading
Times have changed; Twitterfall no longer shows trends
If you visit Twitterfall today (provided I haven’t had to roll back the change) you might notice something different. I’ve removed the Trending Topics from the left hand side. Trends are actually what started Twitterfall. I wrote a lot of … Continue reading
Installing pygame on OS X with a Homebrew Python 2.7 install
Solved this surprisingly quickly today thanks in part to this post by Basti am. His post was mostly correct but some parts have changed, so I’m going to document how I got it working. Note that this method will miss … Continue reading