I listen to music on my desktop machines pretty much all the time. While I have bought a few tracks via iTunes I'm still buying physical CDs. Recently I've been using Spotify quite a bit, but I still like being able to listen to the music that I have in my own collection. My desktop machine in the office has a pretty large hard drive, so this isn't an issue. Unfortunately my … [Read more...] about I Might Have Too Much Music!
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Upgrading From An Ancient Nokia To Android Without A Data Cable
My mother finally got a smartphone today. Unfortunately we couldn't find the data cable for her old Nokia (Nokia 2330c-2) and as it's quite an old model it doesn't use micro-USB. So how could we get the contact numbers off her Nokia and onto her new Samsung Galaxy mini? There seem to be plenty of ways of doing it if you have the data cable, but if you don't your options are … [Read more...] about Upgrading From An Ancient Nokia To Android Without A Data Cable
Apple Christmas Ad
Short and quite amusing: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qcmCUsw4EQ[/youtube] … [Read more...] about Apple Christmas Ad
Quick Fix – Starting Firefox In Safe Mode on OSX
Firefox is a wonderful piece of software, but sometimes it has issues.. Trying to debug the problem can be made a lot easier if you start the browser in "safe mode" ie. with addons and plugins disabled On OSX you can do this by holding down the "option" key when starting Firefox (it's the key with "alt" on the top) … [Read more...] about Quick Fix – Starting Firefox In Safe Mode on OSX
Apple’s 1984 Ridley Scott Advert
I'm currently reading the Steve Jobs biography. I wanted the "dead tree" version, so I had to wait for it to arrive, so I'm probably a bit behind compared to other people. I don't remember the launch of the Macintosh, but I do remember the Apple stand at an exhibition in Cork around the same time. I have vague recollections of a video they were playing about IBM vs Apple, so … [Read more...] about Apple’s 1984 Ridley Scott Advert