Category Archives: Life in general

Nov 05 2007
Life in general

Remember, Remember

Remember, remember,
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and plot.

I know of no reason
The Gunpowder Treason
Should ever
Be
Forgot.

On this day, the fifth of the eleventh, 402 years ago, a group of English radicals attempted to assassinate James I by blowing up the Houses of Parliament. I had no idea, until I saw V for Vendetta when it came out, and I’ve celebrated November 5th as a holiday ever since. So here’s to the Fifth of November!

Edit: Re-reading this, I realize I must look like some kind of freaky terrorist or something <.< Go watch V for Vendetta, you'll see what I mean. ^^

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Oct 31 2007
Life in general

Halloween

Happy Halloween! 😀

Anyone else dreading November as much as I am? x_x

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Oct 31 2007
Life in general

Leopard Unboxing

Because Hannah asked for it, here‘s my gallery of the (somewhat uninteresting) unboxing and installation of Leopard.

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Oct 31 2007
Life in general

Leopard Unboxing

Because Hannah asked for it, here‘s my gallery of the (somewhat uninteresting) unboxing and installation of Leopard.

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Oct 28 2007
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Life in general

I Found a Bug

One of the cool features of Leopard is the guest account, which creates a brand new account for guests, and obliterates all traces of it once they’ve logged out. Very handy.

Anyway, when logging out of the guest account, I was confronted with this message box:
Check out that title

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Oct 27 2007
Life in general

Leopard Impressions

Ok well let me start by saying that Leopard does not offer any performance increases unless you have a 64 bit processor. This has been stated before, but it really is true. My computer is no faster than it was under Tiger, if anything its slower. I’ll get more ram and hopefully that will sort it out.

Secondly, it runs hot. Apple finally wised up and made the fan speed adjust according to temperature, but honestly I would prefer if they just let me control them myself like I did before, because averaging at 65Ëš C is not acceptable.

But aside from those two factors, Leopard kicks ass! It’s really just plain sexy. I can’t wait to get some downloads-stack love from Firefox…Coverflow in Finder is awesome and very responsive (videos not as much as images), the new dock is pretty, the translucent menubar is cool, the new Photobooth features are pretty cool, Spaces kicks so much ass…It’s all in all a very solid update, methinks.

But the fans not running fast enough is getting pretty annoying…

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Oct 27 2007
Life in general

Leopard Impressions

Ok well let me start by saying that Leopard does not offer any performance increases unless you have a 64 bit processor. This has been stated before, but it really is true. My computer is no faster than it was under Tiger, if anything its slower. I’ll get more ram and hopefully that will sort it out.

Secondly, it runs hot. Apple finally wised up and made the fan speed adjust according to temperature, but honestly I would prefer if they just let me control them myself like I did before, because averaging at 65Ëš C is not acceptable.

But aside from those two factors, Leopard kicks ass! It’s really just plain sexy. I can’t wait to get some downloads-stack love from Firefox…Coverflow in Finder is awesome and very responsive (videos not as much as images), the new dock is pretty, the translucent menubar is cool, the new Photobooth features are pretty cool, Spaces kicks so much ass…It’s all in all a very solid update, methinks.

But the fans not running fast enough is getting pretty annoying…

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Oct 27 2007
Life in general

OS X Leopard Released

Yesterday at 6PM, the latest and greatest in Mac OS X was released, v10.5: Leopard.

I bought it earlier today.

It looks fricken sweet.

Here are all the features.

This is my final post in OS X Tiger. Woot.

See y’all on the other side.

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Oct 07 2007
Life in general

Dr. Who

I cannot believe I had not watched Dr. Who before just recently. I started watching about a month or two ago, and was instantly addicted. It is the perfect blend of comedy, science fiction, and action. The cheesy special effects are just part of the charm, and the storyline is too awesome for words.

I just finished The Last of the Time Lords on Friday (the final episode of the latest season), and I must say that The Master is officially my favorite villain of all time, with Emperor Palpatine in second. He has the bounce and humor of The Doctor, but also that evil twist. He is also too awesome for words.

So yeah, if you haven’t watched Dr. Who before, you definitely, absolutely have to watch it.

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Oct 07 2007
Life in general

Dr. Who

I cannot believe I had not watched Dr. Who before just recently. I started watching about a month or two ago, and was instantly addicted. It is the perfect blend of comedy, science fiction, and action. The cheesy special effects are just part of the charm, and the storyline is too awesome for words.

I just finished The Last of the Time Lords on Friday (the final episode of the latest season), and I must say that The Master is officially my favorite villain of all time, with Emperor Palpatine in second. He has the bounce and humor of The Doctor, but also that evil twist. He is also too awesome for words.

So yeah, if you haven’t watched Dr. Who before, you definitely, absolutely have to watch it.

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