I decided to take a departure from my typical ramblings about tech and gadgets, and instead write about another of my favorite topics, Coffee. Today, September 29th, is National Coffee Day, well, at least it is in the USA and by proximity, Canada. I’m not certain the day is celebrated worldwide. Even though the drink [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Celebrating National Coffee Day with a cuppa & some blogging
Posted: 29th September 2010 by tcg in UncategorizedTags: beverages, coffee, national coffee day
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iMovie on an iPhone. iLike it.
Posted: 21st September 2010 by tcg in Apple, iphone, softwareTags: Apple, apps, imovie, iMovie for iPhone, iphone
At first I thought “why?” but that was quickly changed to “why not?” after using it. Using an editing app on a small screen like the iPhone may have you squinting so much your brain hurts, but thankfully it looks like Apple realized this as well and reworked their consumer grade movie editing software iMovie [...]
Passing along old tech: the upgrade shuffle
Posted: 14th September 2010 by tcg in Apple, hardware, iphone, software, technologyTags: iphone, iPhoneUnlocking, jailbreaking, pwnagetool, technology, unlocking iphone
Part of staying current with new toys and tech is figuring out what to do with all the old stuff, some of which still works fine, just slow or is missing a few features compared with the shinny new version. Sometimes its a simple case of the “upgrade shuffle” as I like to refer [...]
MacBook Pro 13″: overheating causing graphics problems.
Posted: 8th September 2010 by tcg in Apple, computers, hardwareTags: Apple, heat issues, MacBook Pro, Second Life, smcFanControl
I love my MacBook Pro, but i have noticed that it does get quite warm. Most of the time it’s on my desk on a laptop riser, so its not an issue, lots of airflow around it to help it stay cool. The thing is, I bought a laptop. Or more correctly, I thought I [...]
AutoCad & Apple: This. Is. Huge.
Posted: 1st September 2010 by tcg in apps, iPad, iphone, iPod, Mac OSX, softwareTags: autocad, Autodesk, iPad, iphone, Mac OSX, Project Butterfly
The timing may not be great since Apple is doing its own event today and the news, twitter, digg and other social media will be all abuzz about that, but for those in the architectural design business ( by that I mean, architectural, civil, structural, mechanical and electrical ) the announcement that AutoCad was coming [...]