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
Seems like some younger folks claim that the email is going the way of the dodo. Personally, I can’t see myself having to login to a dozen social networking websites just to keep up with my correspondence. Instant messaging replacing email on the other hand seems more likely, especially with the popularity of using mobile devices to send short messages i.e. SMS. And the (im)patience with which many people now expect an immediate reply to their messages! Don’t get me…
With the fifth Harry Potter movie out this week, and the final Harry Potter book launched next week, it’s only fitting that we take stock of just how much Harry Potter movies have evolved since the Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone in 2001. See this video analysis on New York Times.Â
Online PDF creation services are nothing new and I’ve never found them terribly exciting anyway, what with PDF creation being built into OS X and free (if basic) PDF print drivers freely available for Windows. And why bother uploading to convert when you can do it yourself by just clicking on the “Print” button? But this week I’ve found PDF Online capable of doing some that OS X’s PDF creation tool isn’t capable of – creating a single PDF file…