Friday 26th October was a special day for two reasons, firstly it was the day that Apple launched it’s new OS – Leopard and more importantly for me it was also the day that I ordered myself a shiny new iMac.. Unfortunately I had to wait over two weeks for it to arrive on my doorstep. Why it takes so long, who only knows.. it was dispatched on 31st! Like they say good things come to those who wait (and I hate waiting!) and man was it worth the wait.. the little beauty arrived safely on Monday.
Apple just have the art of presentation down to a tee, from the stylized box, to the inner packaging it just all made me go ‘wow’.. It’s just the attention to detail, the little touches like the lint-free cloth for example (for cleaning the screen) that was carefully folded and packaged, but came with discreet apple logo on it. Nice.
The iMac itself is really a sight to behold.. Man do they know how to make good kit. Lifting the 20 inch iMac out of its box, you can’t help but notice the quality of the build, it felt so sold and sturdy with its aluminum finish. Oh it’s sexy! I have to say that I really didn’t like the previous white iMac at all.. It just seemed way to big and bulky for my liking! This on the other hand is slim, sleek and sexy.
The new apple keyboard is something that I really had my doubts about.. Having seen one online – I really wasn’t that taken with it to be honest.. It is just wafer thin and the keys, what happened to them? OMG, how can my first impressions be so wrong, I have been using the new keyboard for a couple of days now, and have been so impressed with it. The keyboard just feels so much nicer to type with. As its more flush with the desk, you dont have to raise your fingers so high to reach the correct keys – it really does enable you to write better. This has got to be a winner with people that suffer from RSI as it gives such a better ergonomic position for your hands.. I really do love this new keyboard.. Kinda makes me want to have one for my PC at work!
One thing that you can’t help but notice about the new iMac is the lovely glossy new screen – it really is stunning especially when you are watching a Hi-Def movie trailer.. This Mac is really starting to blur the boundaries between computer and TV.
What with all this and Leopard, it really is one cracking bit of kit..
It would seem that Google have decided to make a dramatic move away from the internet and search to open a fashion shop as you can see from the photo below:
OK, so the shop may be real, but I have a sneaky suspicion that this particular outlet selling knock-off branded clothes doesn’t really belong to Google.
I took the picture while I was holidaying in Turkey during a day-trip to Marmaris. Whilst out and about walking in one the the many markets I happened across this particular shop, and just had to take a pic.
I wonder what the Google Lawyers will make of this?
I got myself a Nintendo DS just before Christmas last year but no matter what I did I was unable to connect it to the internet using my wireless home router. I found some router information on Nintendo WiFi site but no matter what I did it just wouldn’t connect. It seemed that I wasn’t alone as a quick Google found other users unable to connect to the Nintendo WFC service either. One of my colleagues at work who had a brand new Netgear Router was also unable to connect. With this I kinda gave up and just enjoyed my DS as it was.
With my new BT Home Hub installed I thought that I’d give the DS another go and see if it would connect to the internet. A couple of clicks later and I was in for a surprise – it connected!
A whole new side of the DS has been opened for me… It’s so much more fun competing against people around the world! It’s just a shame that don’t get to find out a bit more about who you are playing against, like having a country flag or something as an indicator.
How it’s come along since the days when I had my first (original) GameBoy and used to play Link-up Tetris with my friends by plugging in a cable between the two devices…
I got my home broadband connection upgraded last week to BT Total Broadband. With the upgrade in package I get unlimited downloads and an up to 8mb download speed (unfortunately where I live I’m lucky to get 3mb!). I also have a brand new wireless router – the BT Home Hub – which means that I have finally upgraded my home wireless network from a 802.11b network to a 802.11g network!
Unlike most home networking equipment, the BT Home Hub is a rather sexy piece of equipment. BT have taken a leaf out of Apple’s book and created something that actually looks damn good on display.
In addition to the new router BT Total Broadband (Option 3) comes with a BT VoIP Handset that enables you to make free evening & weekend calls over the internet.
This really is the hub of my home connecting 2 Macs, a Wii, my N95, and my wireless Network Camera.
I love how mobile technology has developed so quickly in the last few years, with my N95 being a great example of that! People have just been amazed at the quality of the images that are produced using the 5 mega-pixel camera and that’s even from some serious SLR friends of mine.
Because of this I thought that it would be fun to have a step back in time to compare all of my previous handsets and picture qualities. Coincidently I got my first cameraphone just as I was getting Harvey as a puppy back in 2003, so I thought it would be fun to see how he and the cameraphones have changed over the years!
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Look out for the yellow one!
Update: Sorry for the random video – I enabled cross-posting from blip.tv (when not uploading direct from their website) and forgot all about it. I was trying out UpperBlip the Mac client to upload direct from your desktop.
The video is of some ducks at work – a mother with her 10 ducklings (with one solitary yellow one). Quack Quack!
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Look out for the yellow one!
Update: Sorry for the random video – I enabled cross-posting from blip.tv (when not uploading direct from their website) and forgot all about it. I was trying out UpperBlip the Mac client to upload direct from your desktop.
The video is of some ducks at work – a mother with her 10 ducklings (with one solitary yellow one). Quack Quack!
With the long Easter Bank holiday weekend, I was out an about with my new Nokia N95 – and decided that it was time that I put the video capabilities of this powerful handset to the test.
Sunday was a day trip to Weymouth, Dorset here in the UK and with my N95 in my pocket I tried to capture some of the sights and sounds of this glorious sunny day at the beach.
The video below was captured all on a Nokia N95 – all I did was stitch it together with some photographs (also taken on the N95) and added some music all using iMovie.
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Alternatively there is a version on YouTube.Video includes:
I am no certainly no expert at videoing or using iMove – The results are far from perfect, and could have been edited down a little bit more. The idea was just to demonstrate how easy it is to get pretty decent content together quickly and without much effort!
Let me know what you think..
I hadn’t really paid much attention until I was reading an article on Darla’s blog the other day that there is in fact another colour N95 being sold – Silver/Grey. It wasn’t until I actually looked at my new N95 to see that it was in fact said color:
As I previously mentioned when Darla got her Pink N95, the official Nokia N95 site lists Plum & Sand as being the only available colours:
I have to say that I was so excited to actually have a N95 in my hands, that I didn’t even notice the colour! To be honest I was a little concerned about the colour choices available (as they are not really me). Being a man of many gadgets the Silver/Grey is just up my street and looks very sexy too!
Update: Just had a look at my N95′s Box and it is marked as CPW Warm Graphite -Â I guess it’s a special edition for the Carphonewarehouse.
I have now had my N95 for a couple of days, and have been out and about after work taking some snaps. I have to say that I have been very impressed with the quaility of the pictures. Macro Mode is just stunning as you can see from the flower pictures at the bottom.
Go to my N95 Flickr Set to see a load more.
See a collection of other peoples Nokia N95 Images here.
