Monday, 31 January 2005
AlchemyTV DVR 2.2.3
AlchemyTV DVR is a PCI card that can be installed in a Power Mac. It allows us to watch and record TV programmes on our Macs. The software, version 2.2.3 is currently the latest, do check out Miglia's website for more details.
Thursday, 27 January 2005
Invasion of the Pods!
As if there is not enough hype to go around, it was announced today that the latest iPod Shuffle will be on sale in 7 eleven stores island wide. Has the iPod invaded our lives or lifestyle? Hmm... Only time
will tell. :-P
Reviews: Nikon AF-S VR 200mm F2
We came across a couple of reviews on the new Nikon AF-S VR 200mm F2 lens. Here's two reviews that we would like to point you to, one is wriiten by Michael Weber and the other by Moose Peterson.
Wednesday, 26 January 2005
Security Update 2005-001
Apple has just released Security Update 2005-001 for Mac OS X. Information of the list of fixes in this update is available here.
Monday, 24 January 2005
Movies not to be missed
Hotel Rwanda and The Aviator are two shows not to be missed! We especially love exceptional performance of the character Paul played by Don Cheadle in Hotel Rawanda. Leonardo DiCaprio did pretty well in Aviator too. So, if you have some time on hand, go catch these two movies, you won't regret it.
Saturday, 22 January 2005
Sunny Days!
Yeah! The sunny days are back; it's time to get into the field and start shooting some good images! :-)
Friday, 21 January 2005
Shalom
Life is full of surprises and bad encounters, and we believe this is a way to test our faith in God, character and so on. Fred received a rude awakening today, it is about how fragile friendships can get and what some can resort to do in order to discredit another. Guess we'll all face such incidents now and then, but we really hope that everyone can just be a little simpler and stop scheming against one another. Life is short, let's all live it to the fullest! Peace!
Tuesday, 18 January 2005
More RAM equals better Photoshop Performance?
Does installing more RAM in your Mac equates to better performance while using Photoshop in Mac OS X? Take a look at this article to find out more.
Monday, 17 January 2005
UnicodeChecker 1.6.2
UnicodeChecker will display that character along with its UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-32 encodings, XHTML entity, Unicode Name, mapping information and more. Do check out this page for more info.
Saturday, 15 January 2005
Miglia AlchemyTV/DVR PCI card
We've found a good replacement for the VCR of old... no it is not those expensive HDD recorder that you can find in all electrical superstores these days, but a simple PCI card by Miglia called the Alchemy TV/DVR that you can install in a PowerMac. Here is a resource which will be useful if you're interested in the card.
Friday, 14 January 2005
iPod shuffle has landed!
Yes, the iPod shuffle has landed in Singapore! We were hanging out around town today and saw the iPod shuffle on sale at AppleCentre @ Funan, we immediately rang our friend Adrian, and he rush down to capture two of these beauties.
We ended up giving the iPod shuffle a thorough inspection at Mcdonalds. We will post the photographs in our gallery soon, do look out for it. :-P
Wednesday, 12 January 2005
TextWrangler 2
Put simply, TextWrangler 2 is a powerful text editor by Bare Bones Software. And the good news is, it's free. Click here for more information and download.
iTunes 4.7.1
Apple released an update to iTunes today, version 4.7.1 included support for iPod shuffle, copying photos to an iPod photo, the ability to show duplicate songs in your library, and other performance improvements.
The update can be obtained through Software Update or direct download.
MWSF 2005 Keynote Webcast
Catch the Macworld Expo keynote address delivered by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at Moscone Center in San Francisco here!
Macworld SF 2005
During the keynote at Macworld SF 2005, keynote speaker and Apple's CEO Steve Jobs made the following Apple products announcements and lifted the veil to rumours that have been going round for the past few weeks.
- iPod shuffle - One of the missing pieces, in Apple's portable Digital music player lineup. Armed with capacity of 512MB or 1GB, up to 12 hours battery life and a well hidden USB 2 connector. The prices are SGD$178 and SGD$268 respectively.
- Final Cut Express HD - offers high-definition video (HDV) capability to beginners and experienced editors.
- iWork '05 - Brings ideas to life with Keynote 2 and Pages.
- iLife ’05 - Enhance your Digital lifestyle with iPhoto 5, iMovie HD, iDVD 5, GarageBand 2, iTunes 4.7.
- Mac Mini - Taking what iPod has done by bringing more PC users over to Mac further, Mac Mini is sure to turn a more than a few heads in the IT world.
- 1.25GHz G4, 256MB RAM, 40GB HDD, DVD-ROM/CD-RW - SGD$928
- 1.42GHz G4, 256MB RAM, 80GB HDD, DVD-ROM/CD-RW - SGD$1088
Tuesday, 11 January 2005
An Apple site for IT Professionals
A new website specifically designed to cater to the needs of IT professionals has been posted by Apple. Information on products, solutions, resources and support are currently available, this should make it easier for IT professionals and satisfy their needs.
Nikon D70 firmware B ver 1.03
Nikon has just released D70 firmware B version 1.03. The firmware update addresses problem with the embedding of color space while the camera is set in various exposure modes. Do check out Nikon's website for more details.
Sunday, 09 January 2005
Meet the Fockers
Meet The Fockers is a very good show that is currently being screened on cinema across the island and is definitely a MUST WATCH for all parents! Yes, the show is hilarious, but pay attention to the different values that the parent of the two families imparts on their children of grand children.
It is indeed very sad to see that so many parents these days behave like the character that was played by Robert De Niro in the movie. Cut some slack on the way you're trying to mould your children, sometime what you think is best for your children, may not be the best in the end.
Saturday, 08 January 2005
A Review of the ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
ATI announced the 800 XT Mac Edition graphics card a few days back, here is a review that I've found on the web. Pretty interesting performance figures compared to the Nvidia 6800 series I should say, time to save up for this baby. :-P
Wet wet wet
It has been raining on and off for more than half a month :-( Hope the wet spell will go away soon, we have lots of shooting (photography) to catch up. :-P
Friday, 07 January 2005
Cocktail 3.5.1 (Panther Edition)
Cocktail 3.5.1 (Panther Edition) is a new maintenance update to Cocktail. Version 3.5.1 includes lots of improvements and is strongly recommended for all users. Requires Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server 10.3-10.3.7 with BSD subsystem (included in default Mac OS X installation).
Thursday, 06 January 2005
ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
Finally it's here! ATI Technologies has just introduced the Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition graphics card for PowerMac G5. Equipped with dual digital display connections, one Dual Link DVI and one ADC port, the RADEON X800 XT supports 30-inch Cinema HD Display as well as legacy Apple Digital Displays. Armed with 16 pixel pipelines, six vertex pipelines, 256MB of GDDR3 memory and occupying only a single slot-space, this graphics card is what high-end Mac users are waiting for.
Wednesday, 05 January 2005
Price revision for Apple Cinema Display
A new year, a new pricing. Apple has reduced the pricing for its Cinema Displays; this is surely a welcoming news for Mac users. Time to get yourself a new display? :-P
- 20-inch Cinema Display - $1848
- 23-inch Cinema HD Display - $3288
- 30-inch Cinema HD Display - $5488
Tuesday, 04 January 2005
Xsan & faster Xserve G5
Here's some update from Apple! Xsan, a high performance Storage Area Network (SAN) file system began shipping today. Xserve G5 has been upgraded with a faster processor among other minor updates. Do check out the respective website for more details.
Monday, 03 January 2005
The Phantom Of The Opera
We've just watched The Phantom of the Opera with a couple of close friends from MUGS this evening. We enjoyed the show less the additional sound effect from the audience behind us.
Fred felt that it was a good show and throughly enjoyed it, his only complaint was the less-than-perfect sound system of the cinema which did not bring out the full dynamics of the soundtrack.