Linux Coverage on Ars Technica
Posted by: Mark Hogben in Computing on July 28th, 2007
For a long time, my favourite tech site, Ars Technica, has been rightly criticized for covering Microsoft and Apple in great depth (as to which of these they are accused of focusing on… well, that seems to vary month to month , but not covering Open Source or Linux to any great extent.
In fact, [...]
And now, I buy Civilization IV… for the Mac
Posted by: Mark Hogben in Gaming on July 7th, 2007
Cheaper on the PC, possibly even less buggy.
So why, especially given my past posting on the “death” of OS X, would I buy this game on the Mac?
I have a shiny, relatively new, PC that plays all games I could ever dream of (I just acquired Outrun 2006 on it, because they don’t provide an [...]
Site has a new design
Posted by: Simon Wood in Computing on July 3rd, 2007
I have now uploaded my new site design. The site was starting to look dated so I have redesigned it. It now not only looks better but should be easier to navigate. I have not added any new features yet, but the new design should make it easier for me to add new features to [...]
Photos taken with my new digital camera
Posted by: Simon Wood in Photos on July 1st, 2007
Over the years I have been pleased with the results I have got from my old digital camera, but recently I felt it is time to upgrade and get something better. After dropping some hints to Mum and Dad I got a nice new digital camera for my Birthday. As my new camera, a Fuji [...]
Site updated to use tags
Posted by: Simon Wood in Computing on June 22nd, 2007
I have just uploaded some new code to hpoom so that you can now filter blog posts by tag as well as category. This is all part of the changes I have started to work on to update the site and give it a new look. I will now move on to redesigning the site [...]
Apple announce Safari for Windows and mix their words
Posted by: Simon Wood in Computing on June 11th, 2007
Today Apple has announced their Safari browser is now available for Microsoft Windows. Firstly I find this a joke as most people on windows use Microsoft IE as they don’t care about what browser they use, and those that do care about what browser they use will download Mozilla Firefox. I use a MacBook Pro [...]
Mark Ronson: Interesting Music
Posted by: Simon Wood in Music on April 23rd, 2007
About 6 moths ago I posted on the site about an artist called Plan B. Plan B was not like the music I normally listen to and neither is the latest artist I want to tell you all about. Mark Ronson has been on the radio lots over recent weeks with his single “Stop Me” [...]
So… my Macbook may be the last Mac I buy
Posted by: Mark Hogben in Computing on April 13th, 2007
Article: Leopard delayed until October, says Apple
In spite of what this article says, some doom merchants were predicting this release date for Leopard.
But so what? Why would I change my purchasing plans for this news?
It is not the OS release – I am not that excited by it anyway.
It is much more to do with [...]
A review of Squidoo
Posted by: Simon Wood in Computing on April 6th, 2007
I have been using Squidoo for about a month now. For those that don’t know what Squidoo is, it is a website where you can write a single page on a topic of your choice. This page Squidoo refers to as a lens, and these lenses can be made up of various components like RSS [...]
In Other News: Amiga and Atari ST To Wed
Posted by: Mark Hogben in Gaming on March 28th, 2007
Okay, maybe not. But reading this:
Mario and Sonic to race the 100m
makes the idea seem somehow plausible.
Hell is now officially a bit chilly…