Archive for January, 2010

iPad. Umm. Awful name… but I think I want one

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 9:20 pm

From what I can see so far, I will want an iPad. I won’t be happy with the name – my Mac’s iPad? Ugh! But according to the spec I can use an accessory connector to import images from an SD card over USB, and I would hope in the future to be able to [...]

Kicking and screaming

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at 7:39 pm

I’ve written before this of my growing frustration with Apple’s Aperture as compared with Adobe’s LightRoom. I’m not the only one – Nick Santilli has written a plea for a major upgrade to Aperture, and I agree with him 100%. LR 3.0 is expected in April – and if Aperture is still stuck at 2.1 [...]

Ebooks? So far, not interested.

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 at 2:09 pm

I like to read. A lot. There’re probably around 5000 books accumulated over the years and scattered around the house, and it’s not unusual for me to be carrying a couple of books in a coat or jacket. I pull one out when I have to wait in a line, if I have to ride [...]