Month: January 2005

Quick MacWorld SF roundup

Mac mini is nice. Definitely a Cube version 2 from Apple. As someone in MacRumors forum said, “It’s not a Cube, it’s a Sandwich!” And a colleague of mine, who was never a Mac fan, ordered one yesterday as soon as it was up on Apple’s Store. I am tempted to get the mini for my mom who is still using my old PC from college (a Pentium II 166MHz running Windows 98!). She mainly uses it for email, surfing the web, fax, and QuickBook so the mini is perfect for her.

Finally an iPod that is affordable for even those cheapskate Windows users 😀 Lack of a screen may put some ignorant, narrow minded people (who think their ways of using an iPod is the only way every one in this planet will use it, i.e. you need screen to pick the songs/album/playlist to listen to) off though.

iLife ’05 is what really interest me. Particularly iPhoto 5 with its new support for RAW format means I no longer need to use Photoshop CS’s browser to manage my RAW files. How iPhoto 5 stacks up against Capture One Pro, which has a very strong file management feature, is another matter. But since I don’t use any of the other applications apart from iTunes, which is still free, the $79 price tag is a bit high for me.

iWork is definitely a step in the right direction for Apple and their customers. The lack of a spreadsheet program means I still can’t get rid of Microsoft Office from my PowerBook yet.

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MacWorld frenzy

In typical pre-MacWorld fashion, the rumors crowd has gone wild over the Flash-based iPod (without screen apparently). This guy on the MacRumors forum hit the nail on the head though. Very true and very funny…

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IT support for parents

Not that this is news to me (as I have been tech support for Leah, Leah’s family, my parents, friends, etc. for the last ten years) but BBC News runs a piece today about children are providing tech support for their parents. And since I use both Mac and Windows, I also get Mac support calls from friends and colleagues who have no idea about Macs. It is not all bad since I have couple of friends (and friend of friend) who gladly pay me regularly to keep their Macs running smoothly.

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The Spy Who Love Me

I was dismissive initially but after reading Jamie’s initial impression on Microsoft Antispyware I thought I gave it a try.

Indeed it finds 6 spywares on my PC that Ad-Aware nor SpyBot finds. I will keep it until it expires and if Microsoft charges for it (most probable) then I will just go back to Ad-Aware.

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What would you do if…

you were hit by a car when you are cycling in the city and you flew over the bonnet/hood of the say car, rolled over the windscreen and landed on the other side of the road? Your cycle helmet was split in two and you ended up with double visiontemporary lost of vision in one eye and hurt your leg.

Most people will call for an ambulance and be taken to the local A&E/ER, right? And possibly inform the police of the accident. Apparently not, said my brother-in-law. He was offered to be taken to the hospital by the driver himself but instead my brother-in-law called his mother and went to the hospital. After discovering that there was a 7 hours wait they went home. The preferred treatment for my brother-in-law was a hot bath and a cup of tea!

How British and incredulous! They have a national health service that they all paid for. The ambulance ride is free (compare to what we have to pay here in the States). Granted 7 hours is a very long wait but I would rather drop dead in the middle of a ER than in the comfort of my own bed. Doesn’t double vision spell of head injuries, however minor? Perhaps a concussion? And how would one know there are no internal injuries without X-ray, ultrasound, or MRI scans? That is with medically trained doctor performing a diagnosis, not a criminology graduate with a concussion whose declared, “I don’t feel any pain”.

And how would we ever knew if the driver was not DUI without police involvement?

And why would my mother-in-law, who is a very educated teacher allow her son not to go to the hospital? Apparently, she will be “keeping an eye on him”. Oh, of all the 9+ years I’ve known her I apparently missed the fact she was medically trained doctor specialised in trauma cases!

Bloody incredible.

Stupid, stupid, stupid British people.

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