marxy's musing on technology

There's an amazing rapid application development tool for the web bundled with Snow Leopard called Dashcode . I always thought it was fo...

I'm waiting for the Chatswood Apple store to open. They have stock and might open up a little early. The staff are being briefed by the ...

I'm queuing at the local Apple store in the morning, always nice to get an operating system update. Will post a review after a bit of us...

Dropped in to the BMARC annual "Winterfest" today and the new venue seems to have worked out very nicely. Inside there were displ...

I have used a TomTom navigator in the car for a year or so and I'm pretty happy with it in most respects. Having said that, I want fewer...

I've discovered a local resident who loves old telephones and radios with valves. Over the weekend he called on 80m and I dropped in to ...

Once again, despite my repeated attempts to halt delivery, the phone books turned up again. In 2007 I formally opted out through Sensis...

I love everything about coffee, the cafes, the smell, the buzz, the different equipment, and yes.. even the drink. This week I purchased an ...

Visited friends in Melbourne last week and saw first hand the aftermath of the fires near Healesville. These folks stayed and successfully d...

My antenna support is pretty dodgy . It comprises a netball hoop stand on a balcony, a piece of TV tube U-bolted to that, and finally a long...

See the ABC web site for more. Also they have a page about digital radio. Update The broadcast has begun - a re-construction of the missio...

Stuck in a Bluray disk today and was greeted with this: I have had disks take a minute or more before loading the opening menu so I guess it...

First time I've experienced this, I stayed in a room in Melbourne with no external window. It was nice, with kitchen and all (although i...

A little windy and cold but a great day. Shot on an iPhone.

Travelling at the moment and this time I've bought a USB wireless internet dongle from Telstra. The network has good coverage but here i...

Last night I noticed that the ABC digital radio stations (transmitted by Broadcast Australia near Chatswood) had jumped up in strength. Clea...

My dear wife organised a weekend away at a "bed and breakfast" at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains. My Internet addiction was supp...

This is scary. I remember, some years back, finding that old floppy disks I'd stored had become unreadable after a few years, but this i...

Today there was a small update to iPhoto from Apple. Even though it was a small fix the download was over 100Mb! Now, while I have a good in...