November 2011
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August 2011
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We'll Miss You Steve
As you probably already know, Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple a couple of days ago. This is sad news to everyone. The good news is that he is not leaving Apple altogether, as he is becoming the chairman of the Board. (Steve Jobs’s Letter, Apple PR announcement)
Personally I don’t think that Apple’s products or marketing are going to change at all - the company still has...
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Why Instagram is (too) awesome
I’ve been posting on Instagram recently (my username’s jonomuller if you want to follow me) and I thought to myself about why it got so popular that so many people use it. And I realised that it makes bad/average photos appear much much better with the use of filters.
An example - this is a photo I took of Green Point Stadium in Cape Town from a helicopter:
The photo is clearly out...
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The Move to Posterous
Over the past few days I have moved my blog and in fact my entire website over to Posterous. I was getting fed up with Wordpress’s manual updates and the problems with it and my FTP server. I wanted something more simple where I didn’t have to worry about all these things. I immediately thought of Squarespace as I had heard great things about it but it was just too expensive for me,...
November 2010
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PadStand
A few weeks ago I purchased a PadStand as an affordable accessory that could go on my desk when I want to watch movies or TV on my iPad. I had already bought an iPad Keyboard Dock when I first bought my iPad and I love it - I use it to input lots of text, and occasionally do work on there. My only problem was when I wanted to watch anything on my iPad as the Keyboard Dock is portrait-only. I...
May 2010
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iPad
So the iPad has been released in America and will be released in the UK on 28th May. I am very excited. The prices of the iPad in the UK will be as follows: £429 for the 16GB, £499 for the 32GB and £599 for 64GB Wi-Fi models. The Wi-Fi + 3G models price at £529 for the 16GB, £599 for the 32GB and £699 for the 64GB version. There has been a lot of controversy over whether the iPad is being priced...
March 2010
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Invictus
I have recently seen the film Invictus (well actually I’ve seen it twice because it’s so good). The film is about when Nelson Mandela is released from prison on Robben Island and he wants Francois Pinard to win the Rugby World Cup as it will make South Africa very popular. It stars Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pinard. Here is the poem that the film is...
February 2010
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Apple iPad
The Apple iPad was introduced to the public by Steve Jobs on 27th January 2010. Since then many people have been wondering whether it will actually sell when it is realeased in late March. Personally I think it’s great and I hope to get one but others have been saying that it’s just a big iPod as you can run all your iPod apps on it, the only difference is the bigger screen. You can...
September 2009
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TapTap + Beatbox
Recently, I had a talk from Andy Huntington about his inventions TapTap and Beatbox. I got to play with them and they were really cool. With TapTap, You tap on the top of the box and it will replay the same tune as you put in. With Beatbox, you program the 5 different sound devices to play a different tune. You can put them on different surfaces and they will make different sounds. Check out...
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XMI X-Mini II
I have just ordered the XMI X-Mini II from Amazon and thought I’d share a few thoughts about it. My first impression of the box when it arrived is that it was very recognizable an quite cool and different. The box slants inwards from the outside to the speaker which is displayed in the middle. To get into the box you have to open it from the side and then pull up the two flaps. You take out...
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Wii Sports Resort
I love playing Wii Sports so when I heard that Wii Sports was coming out on July 24th and it had 10 great new sports I had to get it. It uses the Wii Motion Plus which is great as with other games the Wii Remote makes a normal move to your actions but with Wii Motion Plus it takes your exact move. Here are all the sports that you get in Wii Sports Resort. Canoeing I really like this sport. You...
August 2009
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Facebook 3.0 on the iPhone
The long awaited update for Facebook on the iPhone has arrived. The update gives the app a whole new look and feel to it, which I really like. There is a new home screen where you can access your news feed, profile, inbox, photos etc. The update allows you to view notes and write them, upload photos to any album, like things, view events and RSVP to them, change your profile picture and zoom into...
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Montparnasse Tower
I stayed a night in Paris on Thursday and went up the Montparnasse Tower. You can go up to the top of the tower on the 59th floor and get a panoramic view of the whole of Paris. I decided to go late at night - it is open until 23:30 in the summer and 22:30 in the winter. The place not very busy at all and it only takes a couple of minutes to buy your tickets. Then you are told to go down a...
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Tube Deluxe
I have been using the app London Tube by Presslite for a while now and it worked fine but I had heard lot about Tube Deluxe by Malcolm Barclay and thought I’d try it out. The app is much more sleek and looks nicer than the standard design of the London Tube app. I especially like the way the Tube Deluxe app shows you your route in itinerary form as well as map form. The depatures tab is...
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3.0 Update for iPhone/iPod Touch
I have bought the 3.0 firmware update for my iPod Touch and I’d thought I’d share a few thoughts about it:
Spotlight. This is a very useful for searching through music, contacts and emails. I use it quite often.
Cut, copy and paste. It’s a nice feature and I use it occasionally when I am copying things from Safari to Notes or something.
The ability to buy TV shows and movies...