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Leopard has arrived

rick — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:04:24 +0000

So the brand spanking new Leopard has arrived to my door steps before the retail store opened today (at least in my area). I’m quite excited. I will perform the upgrade later today as my main machine needs to be backed up and gotta finished some work too.

Leopard is coming

rick — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:14:09 +0000

Mac osx Leopard is coming this Friday, Oct 26, 2007!

HornWare: SharePoints

rick — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:04:21 +0000

Ok, long time no write.

Well, I’ve been using this utility I found on the Internet and discovered to be quite a handy tool. Often enough people with Mac system have not part their ways with existing computer, ones that runs with Windows XP; or Vista for that that matter.

This little utility allows you have share any folders on your Mac with all the networked PC, as well as other Macs.
Click here to navigate to their website!

Cheers!

The Beat Goes On - An Apple Event

rick — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:41:07 +0000

1. introduce new colours for the ipod shuffles
2. new ipod nano (aka ipod fatty)
– 4 or 8 GB version
– video
– cover flow
– games
3. ipod classic
– 80GB and 160 GB version
4. ipod touch
– same size as iphone, but thinner
– same control as iphone
– wifi, with safari
– basically, iphone - phone = ipod touch
– youtube
– 8GB is $299 / 16GB is $399
5. iTunes WiFi music store
6. iPhone will be updated to work with iTunes wifi
7. Starbucks feature with Wifi
8. iPhone(8GB version) has a price drop to $399 (discontinuing the 4GB model, maybe)

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Date: September 5, 2007
Time: 1pm Eastern Standard Time
Product Announcement: Most likely the new iPod!

I will write about it as the event happen through out the afternoon. Cheers!

August Special Event

rick — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:16:30 +0000

So I missed this post earlier in August. Apple introduced the new aluminum iMac starting at the size of 20″ wide screen up to 24″.

The new aluminum iMac

I really like the way they updated the existing imac. From a all plastic to something more solid and more environmental friendly. I was considering upgrading my Mac Mini to that new iMac but then I thought about what I should do with the screen when the hardware is obsolete. Many computer user uses the same monitor as they upgrade or replace their main system. I believe it’ll be a waste if I upgrade.

In this event Apple also unveiled the new iLife ‘08, iWork ‘08 and the subscription based .Mac. Aside from the software, new Apple keyboards were also introduced along with the iMac. Several hardware were found refreshed as the event had gone by.

Click here to watch the broadcast.

backup your data

rick — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:21:03 +0000

So being a new mac user I often wonder how I could backup all of my important data in case of accidental damage to my beloved computer. Well, back when I was a Windows user there are many backup software out there to do the biddings but now I’m on a Mac and wanting to be cheap opt to find free solutions.

The following link gives you the background information on what is to be backed up and how to restore your Mac data:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106941

The above link is the knowledge base straight from Apple.com.

As for me I use a simple Automator script to do my backup. I have the script run against a source folder and just dump all the files onto my external hard drive. done and done!

GeekTool - The Tynsoe Project

rick — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:12:01 +0000

Recently I have discovered this little tool that seems to be useful for users like me (not too hardcore but want to know what’s happening with system). I have stumble upon this little utility called GeekTool. This allows you to use some (or all) of your desktop real estate to display log files, shell commands, or simply a snapshot of an image somewhere stored on the Internet. It’s very useful if you want to see your logs without opening any other programs or viewers.Well done Tynsoe!Tynsoe Project

CanadaRAM.com

rick — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:43:26 +0000

Well, recently I have made an order to upgrade my Mac Mini. I order two sticks of RAM from this website http://www.canadaram.com/. The order delivered the next day which is a lot faster than any other online delivery system I’ve ever seen. Their price is also very nice, I was so impressed I have to let you guys know about this place.

I did have 1 faulty stick of ram. I sent them an email asking for exchange, 1 hour later they replied the email and promise me the new stick will be sent to me and a return envelope will be in the mail as well. Man, talk about stellar customer support, I was speechless!

Anyways, for people that needs to purchase RAM, I highly recommend this place

Here’s my naked computer!

WWDC 2007 - Apple Keynote

rick — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:10:10 +0000

Leopard stuff
- October release time
- new finder
- new desktop
- quick look
- total of 300 new features
- available in both 64-bit and 32-bit
- new photobooth effects
- basic version costs $129
- premium version costs $129
- business version costs $129
- ultimate version costs $129 (you have the idea now)

Web stuff
- Safari 3 will be on both Mac and PC (I like safari, so clean)

iPhone stuff
- 3rd party friendly (means tons of software)
- release june 29th, 18 days remaining as of this post (anyone?)

Gaming stuff
- EA and iD software have join the Mac fever (more games for you all)

iTune stuff
- some updates on cover flow

**Courtesy picture from Engadget.com

Ubuntu 7.04 desktop

rick — Tue, 15 May 2007 03:28:51 +0000

I guess this part marks the new chapter of eggchen.com. I have had enough osx and windows playground, it’s time to move onto the next big OS! Ubuntu will be my next project, and as usual I will cover applications that are easy to use and of course, commonly used in the Ubuntu community. I’m by noway an expert in the computer world, but I use softwares that people would actually want to use in their daily life.

Link: http://www.ubuntu.com/

At the moment I’m installing the desktop version 7.04 onto my virtual machine. It’s so easy to install I’m a bit scared