Jon Simpson’s Weblog

Recently, i needed to write some scripts to deal with large numbers of websites that needed screencapped, thumbnailed and uploaded. Not wanting to attempt to get Windows to peform this task, I obviously looked to my powerbook’s bash scripting capabilities to get the job done. In doing this, i was stopped in my tracks by [...]

A few points (in no particular order) on the new version of Mac OS X, Tiger.

Safari: I like the new error pages a lot more than the modal error sheets the previous versions had, works much better with the tabbed browsing ‘thing’. The RSS reading is nifty but I’ve found it pretty useless as it [...]

An entry to bring this weblog back to life.. About time.
I finally broke down and ordered Tiger. I read enough about it through Slashdot and several blogs that I decided it would be worth the cash. Apple’s decision to remove the Family (5 licence) pack from the education store was a bit annoying, but [...]

Ok, so the replacement for my previously damaged PowerBook arrived today. It’s as expected, and at this point I think I’m going to wait a few days before making any sweeping statements about its functional state.
Again, it seemed just as I had got used to the iBook, the PowerBook came along and impressed me with [...]

As I was in the process of moving all of my e-mail, documents and other trivial pieces of data back to the iBook pending the PowerBook’s departure, the large difference between the two hit me. Having gone from the iBook to the PowerBook, I had obviously noticed the improvements that the new system had brought, [...]

I’ll use a timeline to indicate events:
Timeline -20 days: Order PowerBook.
Day 1: Get new PowerBook
Day 2-3: Enjoy excellent new laptop & get all my docs/settings transferred.
Day 4: Find ethernet port not accepting any cables. Contact Applecare to arrange replacement.
Isn’t life great? I waited almost 3 weeks for this one to ship. I wonder how long [...]

So the much rumoured PowerBook updates emerged at lunchtime on Monday of last week (01/02/05), and underwhelmed the Mac masses anxiously awaiting the Powerbook G5 (any Tuesday now, right?). Not content with bringing you this ‘news’ a week late, I’ll continue with random information about how the update affected the PowerBook range, and why [...]

My (delayed) thoughts on the announcements from Apple at Macworld SF 2005.

A concise guide to cross-compiling and installing the development kit for the Acroname Brainstem on the Sharp Zaurus from Mac OS X 10.3

A collection of my thoughts after 7 weeks using a Mac & OS X as my primary desktop environment.