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
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Audio Dedication To Jobs
This is doing the rounds on Youtube at the moment and it's pretty good - only Apple sounds and the voice of Steve Jobs were used in its creation: Related articles … [Read more...] about Audio Dedication To Jobs
Boing Boing’s Retro Hommage to Jobs
The frontpage of Boing Boing the day that Steve Jobs died: … [Read more...] about Boing Boing’s Retro Hommage to Jobs
Apple OSX Lion Keeps Re-Opening Documents!
One of the new "features" in Apple OSX Lion is "resume". The idea behind it isn't bad, but the execution is really annoying. Basically what happens is this. Say you open a Word document and then another and another, so you've got several documents open. You might have had to review them.. who knows? It doesn't really matter. In previous versions of OSX and in pretty … [Read more...] about Apple OSX Lion Keeps Re-Opening Documents!
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood – My New Addiction
I picked up a copy of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood a few days ago as it was discounted. While the range of games available on the Mac isn't exactly stellar, I'm not much of a "gamer" under normal circumstances and haven't even turned on my Xbox 360 in a few months.. With Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, however, I've ended up totally hooked. Again this afternoon I spent … [Read more...] about Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood – My New Addiction