Category Archives: Computers

“Select CD-ROM Boot Type :” prompt during Vista, Server 2008 (& R2) & Windows 7 x64 Boot on Macbook

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Josh Anderson

These instructions initially appeared at this url: http://blog.aproductofsociety.org/?p=13 but have since disappeared. As is mentioned on my primary blog with instructions for Windows 7 and Windows Vista, unfortunately, in order to complete this process you need an existing Windows installation. … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 x64 on a MacBook Pro – Guide

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Josh Anderson

As I expected, installing the 64 bit version Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro wasn’t as easy as perhaps it should have been. You can’t just burn the x64 image to a disk and expect it to work. My MBP … Continue reading →

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iPhone 3G unlock – yellowsn0w – My experience

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Josh Anderson

Since the 3G iPhone came out in July (’08), people have been waiting for an unlock. On new years day, the iPhone-dev-team released one… Many reports I’ve seen suggest that people aren’t having any luck with the unlock. This was … Continue reading →

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iPhone 3G – The drop test

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Josh Anderson

Wasn’t something I was intending to do but I have now dropped my 3G iPhone and it still works! Yay. Dropped it from the height of around 1 metre whilst *slightly ;)* drunk. To be honest I was surprised that … Continue reading →

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iPhone 2.1 Jailbreak – now worthwhile

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Josh Anderson

…. At least, I think it’s worthwhile – there are a lot more applications available now compared with when the first jailbreak was available & Installer is available (though it’s a beta version and the majority of good applications are … Continue reading →

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Sound glitch in Boot Camp, x64

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Josh Anderson

I have known about this issue for a while and as of yet I haven’t found a good solution (though, admittedly, I am yet to look for one!) and the reason as to why I’m posting this now is that … Continue reading →

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WordPress for iPhone

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Josh Anderson

Preliminary thoughts on the WordPress iPhone client: It’s ok. A way to view blog stats would be nice since the graph doesn’t show up in Safari. You should be able to see / moderate comments in it. Landscape mode is … Continue reading →

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MSN on Mac is annoying

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Josh Anderson

Both Microsoft “Messenger for Mac” and Adium offer far fewer features than the Windows MSN client – Windows Live Messenger — Why is that!? For instance, just now I was signed into MSN in Adium and I wanted to send … Continue reading →

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The world is a slightly different place after today

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Josh Anderson

….Because Bill Gates is no longer in charge of Microsoft He is Microsoft! Will there be any noticable differences? Probably not; perhaps just a little more of Ballmer everywhere *sigh* So, will Windows 7 be delivered on schedule in around … Continue reading →

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Opera 9.5 released

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Josh Anderson

So, “Kestrel” has finally gone final. It’s significantly faster at rendering than previous builds and there are a couple of good new features including a new default theme. One of my favorite new features is that all the text on … Continue reading →

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