Feb 4
SeanTechnology Mac
own a apple laptop? maybe an ipod? looking for longer battery life? who isn’t right … seems apple has decided to share some knowledge about their batteries. not only do they explain how lithium-ion batteries charge, discharge, optimal temperatures and more but they also offer some icalender files you can subscribe too that will remind you to charge and discharge your ipod and laptop. it’s good seeing a technology company like apple educating their user base, they are indeed their biggest proponents and sales force.
Feb 4
SeanTechnology Gaming, Mac
looks like i’ll be able to woop my brother on his pc from my mac in wow (worlds of warcraft). i was wondering if blizzard was going to implement this right, unlike everquest where macs are second class citizens on their own servers. we wouldn’t want the pc and machead mixing would we verant.
i just picked up unreal tournament 2004 for my mac the other day and am looking forward to fragging my brother and my buddy mike a few times before wow releases. i was a serious gamer a few years ago and though i don’t think i’ll ever be that hard core again i am looking forward to playing a bit.
Feb 4
SeanTechnology Laptop, Mac
a quick command i found online to check your current battery capacity on your powerbook. run this from within terminal application:
ioreg -l | grep -i IOBatteryInfo
based on different postings from the thread on macnn it appears that if you have a 12” your capacity should be around 4200, 15” around 4500, and 17” around 5800.
i’ve always though that my battery was a bit weak, and this proves it. my capacity from the command was:
“IOBatteryInfo” = ({“Capacity”=3432, “Amperage”=1200, “Current”=3432, “Voltage”=12481, “Flags”=1090519045})
where it should be around 4500, it’s instead 1000 less than that, yikes. right now i get around 2.5 – 3.0 hours if i turn my screen down to about half. in the next few months i’ll likely need a new one, just in time to place my airport express order.
Feb 4
SeanTechnology Mac, Video
i found this site surfing online the other day. it’s a site called imoviefest that acts as an outlet for amateur movie makers to publish their work and have others provide feedback and view it. a few of the movies are download only, but most of them are streamable via quicktime. a few of the movies are pretty lame, but there are a some that i recommend checking out when you get a chance.
x3i was edited on final cut pro and is a spin off of xmen. though a bit slow at points with some corny acting, it was actually neat seeing the effects that were applied. this one is pretty long and is a download only. the key for me was at the end after watching it i wanted to know what happened next. not that it was the best movie i saw there, just that i wanted to see more.
sound wall is a very creative short that juxtaposes black and white silence with color music in a cool way. as the sound is released from the wall the color enters the world, but of course it must be controlled and stopped. very fun to watch.
there are others, but rather than rehash what you can watch for yourself you should just check them out. i certainly can’t do them justice. it does make me wish i had some skillz in video though.
Feb 4
SeanTechnology Mac
well after 3+ years i broke down and finally picked up a new cell phone. after much bidding on ebay and monitoring on froogle i won the auction at the price i was willing to pay. what phone did i end up getting? i picked up the new sony ericsson z600, new to the united states at least. i picked up an unlocked version so that i could use it on the t-mobile network.
a few of the features: 128×160 pixel 65,536 color screen display, bluetooth wireless, tri-band (1900, 1800, 900), java, infrared, modem, wap 2.0, isync support, polyphonic ringtones, built in organizer, talk time of 9 hours and stand by of 300 hours. pretty cool ahe?
i picked it up not only because i was tired of the crap nokia phone i had but because it is so tightly integrated with my mac. i can have the phone in my bag while using it to surf the web on the train, message my friends and family via sms, and it can automatically sync with ical and the mac address book. i can remotely control my computer to play songs, give presentations, lock when i walk away, and more. basically it allows me to become more mobile and more connected at the same time. all brought to me by mac os x and it’s tight bluetooth integration. it’s not very often that a computer company really gets it right, but this is one of those times.
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