December 2011
9 posts
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MacBook Air: yes or no?
Cannot decide if I should pick up a MacBook Air while I’m here in the US or not. Here’s my wondering aloud. Feel free to offer advice. What I have now: an ageing MacBook Pro (mid ‘08); which is mostly tethered to a 26” Samsung monitor on my desk. One of the two GPUs is busted and the battery is shot. I rarely use it off the desk, although I might if it wasn’t so...
Dec 28th
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Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 16th
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“I’m really enjoying Downton Abbey, although there are some implausible...”
– Danielle. My American readers might not realise this, but snootily holding the BBC up as being just plain better than other channels is not just an important step on her path to becoming British — but to becoming a British, middle class liberal. I just need to get her reading the Guardian now.
Dec 14th
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Dec 10th
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iOS gaming versus console gaming
tj replied to your post: Xbox 360 first-run game install procedures are getting out of hand This is why my only gaming devices are iOS devices. Meh. There’s nothing on iOS to compare to Skyrim or Forza 4 or Minecraft, and those are just the...
Dec 10th
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Xbox 360 first-run game install procedures are...
I just bought Forza Motorsport 4, an eagerly-awaited title from a Microsoft-owned dev team (i.e. we can assume that this game follows Microsoft’s best practices). Here’s what I had to do to get the game running. These steps are optional, but will result in a degraded experience if you don’t do them. Find the special “I bought this game new, not pre-owned, so give me free...
Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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