I’ve had to move my computer into a new room now that my daughter needs my old space, and I’ve not really had the time to do any drawing since her birth 5 months ago. My new location means that I don’t have space for a drawing board or a scanner either, so I’ve been [...]
Somehow, I managed to overlook the fact that Wacom have released a new driver for older Intuos tablets like mine. I’m pleased to see that they have finally ditched the clunky old OS 9 style control panel for a swanky Aqua Preference Pane (about time too). The release notes (PDF) list several other changes to [...]
My trusty G4 Powermac turned 3 years old in April this year, and I had been considering upgrading to a shiny new G5. However, the recent announcement that Apple will start switching all their computers to Intel processors within the next 12 months has made me shelve this idea. Traditionally, Apple machines have always had [...]
Apple finally launched a European version of the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) yesterday. At the moment, it is only available in the UK, Germany, and France, with the rest of Europe expected to be covered by October of this year. You need a localised version of iTunes to access the store. I tried it out [...]
Oh dear, oh dear. I made the mistake of going in to Alf England in Bedworth on Saturday. They have a nice array of the new Yamaha FZ6 Fazers in there, and I am afraid I fell instantly in lust with a pretty red one. Take a look at this bad girl and tell me [...]
Apple has released a new version of iTunes, their extremely cool juke box software. The update adds some nice new features like Lossless Encoding, and a funky new Party Shuffle function. Party Shuffle is one of those features that sounds a bit naff until you first start playing about with it, but it has already [...]
The Mozilla Project have just released a new version of their lightweight browser, Firebird. They have also changed its name to Firefox. Firefox is still only a beta version, but it is showing all the signs of being a top class product. It uses the superb Gecko rendering engine found in the flagship Mozilla browser, [...]
Apple have just released iChat AV 2.1 beta, which allows audio/video conferencing with Windows users running AIM 5.5. iChat AV is an excellent little app, and since getting my iSight camera, I have been talking to other Mac users all over the world. So I am looking forward to being able to chat with friends [...]