from stripes to spots a microview of OS 10.5

What we have is Apple new OS, its an improvement on tiger in many was

Best installation experience I’ve had for a long time on a OS. I started the instal and followed the prompts. Then I went away for a few hours (itook the GF home), and when I came back, it was rebooted, and ready to work away. Excellent installer easy to fellow and use no major problem on install.

Its UI is fast and snappy no really delay on loading any thing no lag when loading applications and just loads ease.

I am unsure on the 3D dock. Nicer its is though. But the small dot saying an application is open is nigh-invisible on my screen i like the black triangle it really showed up and was easy at a glance to see what was open. Also, the stacks are very useful, its keeping my downloads of the desk top.

I set up mail to view Gmail its was easy as punch and consisted of enter Email address and password and mail sorted the rest out.

So far very happy and very useable

Ubuntu a first time experience

So in preparation for getting a Asus Eee PC (hopefully from st Nick) i decided really i need to find out about Linux as i know nothing, well about Linux anyway.

I use three OS (four if you count Mac OS 10.4.11/10.5) Mac/Vista/XP so switching to another OS is not a issues its a challenge.

So i picked up a copy of Ubuntu 7.10.

Its very different yet familiar all at the same time, its UI is modern sleek and rather uncluttered everything is tucked away in drop down menus across the top. Its so easy to set up and everything was done practically for me on start up,

its new and i am still looking how things worse but the main things that i need to work, work with very little set up Firefox, IM, and open office are all there and just work. its good just need that laptop now, oh well i just have to wait

Assassin's Creed

A short view on a long game,

So i picked up this marvel of programming. What can i say on the Ps3 its stunning the cites and landscape are beautifully rendered and the game-play once you get use to the controls is challenging at times but has lots of small side missions apart from the main quest to keep you in hours of entertainment, there of course a few problems. you have to find towers to view the area which is a tad annoying and the PS3 glitches during game-play ,

Oh well nothings perfect

A 8.5 out of ten

And the beat goes on

Everything moves on an i am no exception,

Two new things have been brought to my attention the OLPC initiative and the Asus miniBook, both have produced small light wight laptops and both will be available for general purchase some time soon in the UK if the plans of both companies go well,i like the concept of both of these and having only a passing knowledge of Linux, I thought that i may acquire one to increase my knowledge on this and see what can be done,

Its always good to have a small laptop,

LG Viewty

So its a really silly name for a phone, but it is a good phone. I am on T-mobile so i had no choice about getting the iphone it just was not an option, so after talking with the chaps in the shop, we can to the following i need a phone with an excellent camera, good clear screen and easy to use. It came down to 3 phones the LG viewty, Sony K850i and the Nokia N95, I discounted to nokia as i dislike slider phones. the Sony was cool and had excellent camera and was easy to use but it has the worst keypad i have used in years so it came down to the Viewty, it is excellent it has a large touch screen and a fantastic camera.

It has handwriting recognition but its best to use they onscreen keypad as it has a steep learning curve, though when using the Keypad the phone vibrates every so-slightly so it gives you feedback as you type which means you can, with a bit of practice touch type.

There are downsides and a major one for me it does not allow you to sync to the Macs address book, it can be lived without but it is a bugger.

Its not a Iphone killer but its sleek its smart it has nice features and is free on most contracts.

Bill Bailey not very geek related

Tonight i am of down to the Manchester Evening News Arena to see Bill Bailey,

Can't wait

So your a 21st century Geek?

What makes a Geek? and what makes a 21st century one at that?

Well as clothes makes the man the geeks gadgets make him. The images displayed are what is termed my "office" its the smallest room in the house but most likely the best place to be. A geek is defined by what he surrounds himself with, here we have an Imac (its not running OS 10.5 yet) a vista PC a PS3 and Xbox 360 and a samsung 26-inch TV,

I have what is termed Neophilia its the love of new things and well mine is technology based, so if its new i tend to want it.

This room is my home away from it my getaway.

In here at my fingertips is the world sort of, if a computer has no net connection is there a point to it. i can surf from the desk play from my desk. I needs a net connection it is its life blood, this is the place i come to relax

around me a various items that are here as keepsakes. a Skull (vampire) with sun-glass, Spawn, Green Goblin and a small cardboard model of a Mac computer circa 1984. i would panic if any of these were not there, they are my lucky charms, so to speak,

The room has to be this way its layout is set in my mind if its not right i would rearrange till its rights its sort of a Geek Obsessive-compulsive disorder,

This room isolates me from things and also allows me to expand on my own ideas and thoughts through writing drawing and talking online.

GEEK/DORK/NERD

Three very powerful words mostly used to insult people and very really used as a complement.

lets look at each word and its dictionary definition

Geek |giːk| noun informal

an unfashionable or socially inept person. • [with adj. ] a person with an eccentric devotion to a particular interest : a computer geek.

Dork |dɔːk| noun informal

a dull, slow-witted, or socially inept person.

Nerd |nəːd| noun informal

a foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious : one of those nerds who never asked a girl to dance. • an intelligent, single-minded expert in a particular technical discipline or profession

Well okay, there good arent they?

They all display the same thing "socially inept person" so they have no social skills. But Geek and Nerd have also smiler worded passages "expert in a particular technical discipline" so there technical.

Its bugged me for years that Geeks are portrayed as unfashionable and socially inept. I am a self confessed Geek with a high case of Neophilia but i am not locked in the basement with just my computers i have a active social life with freinds i enjoy tech but i enjoy a drink (IPA Please) and food and nights out (nor do i have a basement).

Sometimes its good to be the geek