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Chronicling the life of Mac evangelist John Hood. He collects Star Wars memorabilia and has an insatiable appetite for consumer culture!

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• Moving Parts: A Droid's Life

  Posted on Thursday July 24th, 2008 at 02:44 in apple, apple computer, ben burtt, disney, eve, george lucas, mac, pixar, star wars, steve jobs, wall-e

  Due to personal reasons, I've decided on a haiku review format! WALL-E (voiced by Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt) is deserving of so much more!PIXAR's artisans have, most literally, rendered their...

• The Big "Push" Tour

  Posted on Wednesday July 16th, 2008 at 16:16 in apple, apple mail, idisk, iphone, ipod, ipod touch, isync, mac, mail, mobileme, PC

  This afternoon I, along with many existing .Mac subscribers, received a surprise e-mail from Apple!MobileMe Services Are Now Available.We have recently completed the transition from .Mac to MobileMe. ...

• Me.com address working for me

  Posted on Tuesday July 1st, 2008 at 16:12 in apple, colchester, essex, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.5, mac os x 10.5 leopard, Mobile, mobileme, ps3, xmb

  July starts with a software salvo for gadget geeks!Following my weekend away in Colchester, Essex. I've returned home to news of the long-awaited PS3 XMB firmware update, Mac OS X 10.5.4 and a working...

• Apple+Twitter

  Posted on Monday June 9th, 2008 at 14:19 in apple, claimid, iphone, iphone 2, iphone 3g, mac, network, social, social network, social networks, steve jobs, twitter

  Follow tomorrow's Apple WWDC 2008 breaking news on Twitter and discover whether or not I'll be buying an iPhone 2! It'll be up to Steve Jobs to convince me!Friend me on popular social networks: claimI...

• The O2 Arena

  Posted on Friday June 6th, 2008 at 14:21 in 10.5.3, 10.5.4, 10.6, 3g, iphone, iphone 2, mac, mac nano, mac os x 10.5, mac os x 10.5 leopard, macworld, Mobile

  The halo of geek chic is in full effect and WWDC enjoys a public profile comparable to Macworld!The buzz surrounding next week's WWDC 2008 is bordering on the feverish! Only a brand with Apple's minds...

• iCalamity

  Posted on Sunday June 1st, 2008 at 09:20 in apple, ical, leopard, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.5, mac os x 10.5.3, time capsule, worldwide developers conference, wwdc, wwdc 2008

  In the wake of last week's release of Mac OS X 10.5.3, the Apple Discussions forums have been flooded with myriad threads related to innumerable iCal problems! I can concur that the latest Mac OS X 1...

• Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5.3

  Posted on Wednesday May 28th, 2008 at 16:29 in address book, airport, automator, combo updater, ical, ichat, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.5, mac os x 10.5 leopard, mac os x 10.5.3, mail

  After weeks of comprehensive testing, and compulsive nail biting, by the developer community, Apple has finally released Mac OS X 10.5.3 ahead of next month's WWDC 2008.The Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update is r...

• Twitter adores ASUS Eee PC

  Posted on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 16:02 in apple, apple computer, asus, asus eee pc, computer, eee pc, gadget, gadgets, laptop, mac, macbook, macbook air

  Last night (GMT) Twitter was awash with excitement regarding the award-winning ASUS Eee PC range of portables! Of particular note was the all-new Eee PC 900; the latest weapon of choice for discerning...

• Re-Tweet

  Posted on Wednesday March 26th, 2008 at 08:41 in blogger, darren rowse, mac, Mac OS X, os x, problogger, tweet, twitter

  Last night (GMT) I read a tweet by Darren Rowse (whom I'm following on Twitter), inviting his followers to submit their best blog posts from last week! The best of these, as selected by Darren, would ...

• Seven

  Posted on Wednesday March 26th, 2008 at 06:59 in apple inc, beta, cheetah, jaguar, leopard, mac, Mac OS X, os x, panther, public beta, puma, tiger

  Mac OS X turned 7 years old this weekend! Where has the time gone? It'll soon be graduating from Primary to Junior School! What will adolescence bring?Mac OS X was launched on March 21, 2001 and you c...

• Mac OS X 10.5.2 released to the wild

  Posted on Tuesday February 12th, 2008 at 08:45 in airport, Dashboard, dock, finder, ical, ichat, isync, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.5, mac os x 10.5 leopard, mac os x 10.5.2

  Tonight Apple released the most significant Mac OS X iterative update to date! Mac OS X 10.5.2.The 10.5.2 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating sy...

• Link Love

  Posted on Monday January 21st, 2008 at 14:23 in american idol, bloggers, blogroll, forbidden planet, London, mac, PC, squadcast, usa today, usatoday.com

  My BlogRoll, despite resistance, had link detritus surgically removed at the weekend! And I'd like to introduce you to these very cool bloggers:Christina Warren who does both Mac and PC!Christina was ...

• Time Capsule Craft

  Posted on Wednesday January 16th, 2008 at 10:51 in keynote, leopard, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.5, mac os x 10.5 leopard, macbook, macbook air, macworld, steve jobs

  Of all the announcements during Steve Jobs' Macworld Keynote, the all-new Time Capsule is, for me, the most enticing!MacBook Air looks, at face value, style over substance and I can't justify £1200 (...

• Warner Bros. Do Blu Only

  Posted on Sunday January 6th, 2008 at 12:11 in apple inc, Batman, batman begins, blogburst, blu-ray, DVD, hd dvd, i do blu, lord of the rings, mac, macworld, matrix

  The news Blu-ray supporters have been waiting for! Reuters confirms that Warner Bros. is to back the Blu-ray format exclusively!"The window of opportunity for high-definition DVD could be missed if fo...

• Gears of War Boot Camp

  Posted on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 at 08:18 in boot camp, games for windows, gears of war, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.5, mac os x 10.5 leopard, windows vista, xbox, xbox 360

  This time last year I was Wii-living my childhood, and Gears of War was garnering critical acclaim! I couldn't justify purchasing an Xbox 360 - especially after my first generation Xbox had failed. We...

• War Games

  Posted on Monday November 26th, 2007 at 12:26 in aspyr, boot camp, games for windows, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.5 leopard, windows vista

  I have it on excellent authority that Games for Windows titles should run perfectly under the aegis of Boot Camp!As discussed previously, there's really no need to wait for third-party developers, suc...

• Mac-O-Lantern

  Posted on Wednesday October 31st, 2007 at 18:21 in halloween, happy halloween, i know what you did last summer, kevin williamson, mac, mac performa, mac-o-lantern, nintendo wii, performa, scream, wii

  Happy Halloween or Hallowii to fellow Wii owners!No treats (Halloween 2006) this year! Here's a cool Mac-related trick!How would you like your very own Pumpkin Pimped Mac-O-Lantern? Read the following...

• Vanquishing Vista

  Posted on Tuesday October 23rd, 2007 at 15:47 in apple inc, boot camp, half life 2, leopard, mac, mac os x 10.4, mac os x 10.4 tiger, mac os x 10.5, mac os x 10.5 leopard, os x, windows vista, windows vista home premium

  Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is released to retail on Friday October 26th and Amazon.co.uk is offering 6% off the pre-order price for both client versions:Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Single-user license)Mac OS X ...

• Double Leopards

  Posted on Friday October 19th, 2007 at 09:04 in apple computer, apple inc, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.5, os x

  Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is released to retail on Friday October 26th and Amazon.co.uk is offering 6% off the pre-order price for both client versions:Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Single-user license)Mac OS X ...

• Wii Transfer

  Posted on Wednesday September 26th, 2007 at 09:41 in application, halo, halo 3, mac, Mac OS X, nintendo wii, riverfold software, SanDisk, wii, wii transfer

  Whilst trawling the web, avoiding Halo 3 hype, I stumbled across this gem of a Mac OS X application for Nintendo Wii owners!The following information is taken from the Riverfold Software website! Plea...

• BioShock Boot Camp

  Posted on Sunday August 19th, 2007 at 05:56 in bioshock, boot camp, mac, Mac OS X, xbox, xbox 360, xbox 360 elite, xbox live

  BioShock (Xbox 360) is the "genetically enhanced" first person shooter that lets you do things never before possible in the genre: turn everything into a weapon, biologically mod your body with plasmi...

• The One

  Posted on Monday August 6th, 2007 at 18:05 in idisk, mac, Mac OS X, oem, onecare, windows live onecare, windows vista, windows vista home premium

  Looks like there's a bug (or three) with the latest Windows Live OneCare 2.0 Beta! OneCare Tune-up appears to run correctly, but upon completion reports innumerable errors! For example an unknown erro...

• Mac Users vote now!

  Posted on Tuesday July 3rd, 2007 at 15:30 in beta, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.4, mac user, messenger, windows vista, yahoo, yahoo messenger

  Looks like Yahoo! hasn't completely forgotten about us Mac Users! The Yahoo! Messenger Blog is currently running a Poll for Mac users.If you want Yahoo! Messenger sooner rather than later, and avoid f...

• That's it man, game over man, game over!

  Posted on Tuesday June 26th, 2007 at 06:52 in boot camp, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.4, parallels desktop, virtualization, windows vista

  Avid gamers should read A gamer's look at Parallels 3 and its ability to play games for Windows when compared to Boot Camp's native OS support.The conclusion is unsurprising given the inherent limitat...

• Dirty Pop

  Posted on Sunday June 24th, 2007 at 15:26 in apple inc, Intel, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.4

  Tonight I noticed that the widely reported "speaker popping" issue, affecting Mac OS X 10.4.10, has blighted my Intel-based iMac too! Lets hope Apple quickly issues a patch! ...

• Windows Experience

  Posted on Friday June 22nd, 2007 at 15:14 in boot camp, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.4, windows vista

  After installing Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update (Intel), repairing permissions both before and after applying the iterative update. I rebooted into Windows Vista!Last night I noticed my Windows Update ...

• Games for Windows

  Posted on Monday June 18th, 2007 at 16:36 in leopard, lost planet extreme condition, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.5, windows vista, xbox 360

  Having now settled into Windows Vista sans WOW, I'm forewarned of Aero's influence on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard's translucent menubar (Apple's worst decision since Mac OS X Public Beta)! However, for the ...

• Free DivX Pro limited offer

  Posted on Friday June 8th, 2007 at 04:18 in divx, mac, Mac OS X

  DivX Pro is available gratis, for a limited time, on both Mac and Windows. I wouldn't go without this codec and nor should you! ...

• New Year Toy

  Posted on Thursday June 7th, 2007 at 15:12 in beta, dashboard widgets, dashcode, leopard, mac, Mac OS X, mac os x 10.5, mac user, rss, space opera

  A very warm welcome back. This year marks the 30th anniversary of a certain Skywalker space opera and the release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard amongst many more memorable moments!Mac Users can now downloa...

• The Ultimate View

  Posted on Friday June 1st, 2007 at 10:21 in halo 3, mac, Mac OS X, windows media center, windows vista, windows vista ultimate, windows xp

  The past few days I've been using Windows Vista Ultimate, installed on an Intel-based Mac! Installation was a breeze, thanks to Boot Camp 1.2 and built-in Apple Software Update (available directly fro...