upgrade yes.... pay for upgrade hmmm
Lightroom 2 just launched today. Sadly for me, its £69 + VAT to upgrade from Lightroom 1.4 to 2.0 grrr... really want some of those new features tho, a list of changes are on the Adobe Lightroom blog.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Penny Farthing Lady
Originally uploaded by rachaelr
I love the smile on this lady. Taken at the 'market' on Cheapside, City of London this weekend. Shame I didn't get the flash out to lift some of the face shadow, might clean it up in photoshop at some stage - this is straight from the camera at the moment.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
iPhone 2.0 home screen
link on how to take em when I remember where I found it!
Edit: found the link! Thanks to Mac OS H Hints for this one.
Friday, July 11, 2008
tfl api...
Anyone out there know if tfl (Transport for London) have an API for accessing the current Journey Planner and real time travel updates?
I have a cunning plan (so cunning you could do something that blackadder once said with it) that would require access to the TFL journey planner, preferably by an API to make it simple. But google gives me no joy, so I'm guessing it's not out there. TFL are owned (I think? Might be wrong here!) by the Mayor's office, or at least (partially) funded by the Mayor's office, so that data should be free for all to access, no?
Thursday, July 10, 2008
.mac is dead. long live mobile me!
Been seeing a few comments about the new .mac replacement, 'MobileMe' site being up intermittently today.
Just tried to get into www.mac.com (the old .mac website), but it's down for maintainence right now, and my iDisk just went offline also (not that I've ever really used my iDisk ever, so it's not a problem!). I guess the switch over to MobileMe is kicking in so I'm hoping to wake up tomorrow and have a bunch of new software to install:
- MobileMe app/prefs/etc (whatever sync software they need)
- The iPhone 2.0 software (this is the 'biggie' for me!)
- All the apps I've already downloaded (free ones only! Twitteriffic, Exposure, Facebook and the Apple Remote control software) from the iTunes App Store - already upgraded my iTunes today. Weirdly, doing a 'Check for Update' from iTunes didn't find the update, but going through Mac Software Update found it. Strange...
iPhone :: Native Blogger App?
Just been checking out the TypePad app for iPhone, and it looks really nice. Write blog posts, post photos etc in a really nice simple interface.
Does Blogger have an app in the works? Is it time for someone else to write one using the Blogger API (no idea how good the API even is!).
The idea app would need:
- A nice blog post editor - similar functionality to the current Blogger Rich Text post editor
- Ability to label posts
- Comment Moderation would be nice
- Ability to upload photos from the iPhone camera or photo library
I WANT MY 3G!
O2 have made a total shambles of the iPhone launch, and they've pretty much said so on their website.
The deal is: new customers (who don't have an O2 contract) can just toodle on down to any Apple store, grab a phone, and set up their new contract instore. However, existing iPhone users who have been 'offered' free or cheap upgrades to the 3G version HAVE to go into an O2 or Carphone Warehouse store to do the upgrade.
O2 in their blinding wisdom quietly opened up their website for 'pre orders' without telling any of the existing customers (incl me), so in 3 hours they managed to presell all of their stock to people wanting new contracts.
And the kicker, is this quote from the O2 website:
We are experiencing unprecedented demand for the device and whilst we are confident that all customers who want iPhone 3G will get one by the end of this summer, initial supply is limited and will be for some weeks... On average, we will only have a few dozen iPhone 3Gs per store... Some O2 stores will open at 8.02am on Friday, others a bit later.
Right... so I can turn up at a store on Friday at 8.02 am (random!), and *hope* they will open up. Then fight for one of the few dozen phones in store, and probably be late for work.
Surely the *logical* option would have been to only sell to existing customers first, via the online store. Then any 'new' iPhone customer can either go to Apple (who probabaly have a bigger stock than O2/CPW), or fight it out after the existing iPhone customers have got theirs.
All in all, this is a total shambles, O2. And one of the reasons I shuddered when I heard O2 would be the sole carrier back at the original UK iPhone launch. I can't stand their slimy sales people (CPW is worse), who try to force you into insurance and accessories bundles, and have totally incorrect information. A friend who has 'preordered' his phone has already started to be billed by O2 before the contract has even started, and on calling them was told his phone should have already arrived (before the launch). Bunch of clowns.
Rant over for now.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
OS X Aqua apps - update?
I've just skimmed through the Apple Human Interface Guidelines, but I can't spot where the 'Check for Updates' option is supposed to go in a desktop app under Aqua. I really like this feature, esp. when the app goes off, downloads the update, and unpackages and deals with any migration of existing versions/data etc without having to mess about with it. But it's never in the same place in every app!
Sometimes it's under the Application menu, sometimes under the Help menu, and sometimes hiding in a preferences panel for the app somewhere. Personally, it logically should be under the Application menu, as it's an application action (not a 'help' action really).
Weird that it's not documented in the guidelines. Hint, hint Apple!
Has Vodafone NZ gone crazy?
I pay £35/month here for unlimited data (GPRS/EDGE, and 3G when it kicks in, plus unlimited wifi at selected wifi providers), the same number of minutes, and 500 texts which is only 100 less than the voda nz plan - the 1GB tariff in NZ converts to about £95 at today's rate.
And I thought O2 were ripping us off in the UK, but that's just ridiculous!
Better sort this out before we move back to NZ (if we ever do!). Things like this going on in NZ really p*ss me off.
Oh and while I'm at it, there is some clown already camped out at the Auckland store, wanting to be the first iPhone 3G owner in the world. Erm... congratulations? [link via Koz's twitter]
Monday, July 07, 2008
Trulli crashes out on Friday Practice
Originally uploaded by rachaelr
Taken at the British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone over the weekend.
Trulli crashes out on Friday Practice
Originally uploaded by rachaelr
Taken at the British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone over the weekend.
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