While I’m still a staunch user of the Palm Centro, which I really love very much, I have been exploring the iTunes App Store for worthy iPhone applications (using my iPod Touch)…in case I do ever get an iPhone in the (probably distant) future. One of the best free gems I’ve seen so far is Zenbe Lists. Now, list type applications are common (some free, some not) but what reallys sets it apart from its competition is the ability to…
Looks like anyone wanting to run a different operating system no longer needs to fiddle around with partitions – you can do it in “virtual machines” and now for free too, with the release of VirtualBox. Also handy for the Mac or Linux user who needs to run that occasional Windows application Get VirtualBox for free
Right now, whenever I’d like to be able to view a movie I own on a portable multimedia device (e.g. my recently-acquired iPod Touch!), I’d have to “rip” and then encode the desired movie into a suitable format (e.g. H.264 or Xvid).Simple enough a process (if you know how to do it), but definitely time-consuming. It seems that the major movie studios are finally taking notice of this type of usage though, with the introduction of “digital copies”. Essentially, the movie DVD…
Panicked quite a bit last night (and earlier this morning when iMac seemed to be stuck at the grey “Apple logo screen”, never getting to the login screen. And all this after a power trip at home! Tried Techtool Pro – it reported the error, but couldn’t seem to fix it! Thankfully came across a tip on using fsck in Terminal after booting up from OS X Install DVD See this tip on Macoshints.com
I guess I should feel relieved that this blog is quite readable after all heh
Very excited to hear that the ASUS Eee PC will be available by the end of the month for around only S$650! With built in WiFi, webcam and solid state storage, it sounds perfect as a mini computer for short trips overseas! Not convinced? Check out the Eee PC Online Test Drive right here