Blogs

Safe sleep Sunday 31 December 2006 The Intel-based Macs have a new “feature” called “safe sleep”. On the Windows side, it’s called “hibernate”.
Confessional Thursday 7 December 2006 Where have I been? Well, if you have one of those new Core 2 Duo based MacBook Pros, don’t press ctrl-option-apple-], because that activates the “time-warp” hidden feature, which jets you about a month into the future.
It’s here!! Tuesday 31 October 2006 TNT dropped by the office at 10:50 this morning and dropped off my new MacBook Pro!
It’s a race! Sunday 29 October 2006 A few months ago, around when Intel started shipping the first Core 2 Duo CPUs, I asked the Powers That Be at my employer for some money to buy a C2D based server.
US to build $6 billion dollar wall Friday 27 October 2006 This is fantastic. After the great success of the Berlin Wall (it *did* manage to keep East Berliners out of West Berlin), Bush II has decided that [building a massive fence](http://www.
Michael J Fox Thursday 26 October 2006 Marty McFly, Alex P Keaton, and of course Teen Wolf. And there is the whole “boy from Burnaby” (immediately to the right of Vancouver) thing.
Art, modified for widescreen format Sunday 1 October 2006 It really bothers me when they take film, made for widescreen, and pan-and-scan it down to the more squarish television screen.
The state of “broadband” in Australia Monday 18 September 2006 My office has two Internet connections. One of them went down in the early hours of the morning.
I’ve had a few days off work… Monday 11 September 2006 Aside from a couple of minor interruptions from my brilliant programmers and lovely ~~drinking partners~~ co-managerial staff, it’s been a work-free five days.
Gondry with the Lid Off Friday 1 September 2006 I remember watching a music video a few years back that really blew me away at just how cool and inventive it was.