Mail.app and it's Offline Cache
I had an issue recently where I started to send an email with a HUGE attachment, before realising I didn't really need to send that file, so I tried to cance...
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Technical notes and observations from years of supporting creative businesses on Mac.
YouTube using open standard
Youtube are now running a public beta for HTML5 open standards based video. Only works with Google Chrome, Safari and Chrome Frame in MSIE. Giddy-up! YouTube...
Read post →Apple was granted a patent for eSATA Target Disk mode
This is a really good thing. One, it means that eSATA will be coming sooner rather than later to Macs. Apple even sell a RAID unit, the Promise SmartStor DS4...
Read post →Boot Camp Software Update 3.1 for Windows - 32 & 64 bit
OK, it's taken some time, but it's here. Apple have updated their Boot Camp drivers to support both 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 7. Downloads available...
Read post →Dispersion of Sound Waves in Ice Sheets « silent listening
The most striking thing about these recordings is the synthetic-sounding descending tones caused by the phenomenon of the dispersion of sound waves. The high...
Read post →Playback of Matroska MKV Files on PS3 with no transcoding.
A previous post mentions some difficulties I've experienced trying to remux a Matroska MKV file to something that the PS3 can handle natively. I assumed that...
Read post →OiNK founder free after two-plus years of legal troubles
OiNK founder free after two-plus years of legal troubles A UK jury has found OiNK admin Alan Ellis not guilty of conspiracy to defraud copyright owners more...
Read post →Avatar's Designers Speak: Floating Mountains, AMP Suits And The Dragon - Avatar - io9
You may think you've been living inside Pandora, James Cameron's imaginary world, for a while after seeing Avatar. But just think what it's like for the desi...
Read post →Gallery of Light calligraphy
Beautiful Arabic calligraphy, painted with light in long-exposure photographs... Gallery of Light calligraphy - No Photoshop :: Typography Served .
Read post →Robotagger: GML + ABB4400 on Vimeo
And I, for one, welcome our new Giant Robotic Graffiti-writing Overlords... via Robotagger: GML + ABB4400 on Vimeo .
Read post →The Ad Contrarian: 10 for '10
The 10 Commandments of Advertising. Tell your clients the truth. Speak in plain English. Put your clients’ interests ahead of your own. Be guided by principl...
Read post →Quick MKV to MP4 conversion without transcoding
I've got a number of videos in Matroska MKV format that I want to play on my PS3. The video in the MKV container is MP4, so the PS3 can handle it, but it doe...
Read post →How far games have come in 15 years
From the original Alien Breed on the Amiga, which was a 2D top-down shoot-everything-that-moves game, to the new Alien Breed Evolution - same genre, but with...
Read post →Kufatec Fiscon Basic - Bluetooth Handsfree for VW/Audi
I have just installed a Fiscon bluetooth in the TDI, and for anyone else wanting an aftermarket bluetooth solution, it's pretty good. There was an Aussie dis...
Read post →Sony Open Source Code Distribution Service
Sony use a large amount of open-source code in their products, and seem to be complying pretty well with the licensing model (mostly GPL) by releasing the so...
Read post →Audi’s “Unbox The Box” Commercial
I'm a sucker for a well executed ad - and this is one of them: KN | Kitsune Noir » Audi’s “Unbox The Box” Commercial .
Read post →Credit Card Payments are G-O
Automatica can now accept Credit Card payments. Due to the rates that the banks charge me for my merchant account, and the thin margins on tech these days, t...
Read post →Hell has just frozen over...
I would have said that I'd need a whole squadron of pigs, fuelled and ready for takeoff before this would happen, but it seems that Telstra have given us som...
Read post →Sony come through with a decent car stereo
Sony have come through with the goods with their new flagship car stereo - the MEXBT5750U . Whilst it's a great looking unit , with impressive specs, they ar...
Read post →Mr Speaker presents: Parcycle. A HTML5 Canvas Particle System
Whilst I'd love to herald the death of Flash, it's simply not going to happen any time soon. There is hope that it's stranglehold will be released, if ever s...
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