Aug 26
MoggyLife, Me, Random
Ok this thing is going around where I make 10 incredible facts about me that don’t normally relate to other people – so hey, I thought I’d have a go…
1) I have no middle name… just Alastair, then Mogford. Nothing in the middle. Nothing…
2) Despite being a die-hard Apple fan (I have a Mac) – I don’t think I’ll ever buy an iPhone…
3) I have a fear of hot things and fire… sparked ever since Jack burnt me in chemistry with a pair of test tube holders.
4) I have a guitar which I wanted for ages, but I have no idea how to play it properly!
5) When I was a baby (apparently) I ate so many carrots that my skin even went orange… but today I hate the damn things!
6) I live in a home occupied only by girls! Many people would think wow, but don’t get excited… it’s just my sister and my mum…
7) I’m the sort of person that if he can’t do something, he will persist over and over until he does do it, or he runs out of time or gives up because he can’t be bothered.
I hate the guts off so many people… too many to care to mention.. lol.
9) I have a surfboard, but have not yet used it ever because of a series of operations I’ve had on my knee replacing a ligament that some dickwad broke in the first place on the ski trip… [I hope he reads this...]
10) I hate tomato ketchup… makes me want to hurl! YUCK.
Aug 25
MoggyApple, Music, Rumor, Technology, iPod
As we all are aware – iPod updates are imminent, while MacRumors predicts 9th September and many images have been leaked – here’s my wish list for the future iPod nano / classic software / hardware – leave me a comment with your opinions!
1) Get rid of that new messed up menu with the album artwork (not the coverflow bit, thats awesome… i’m talking about the split screen bit)! Who knows what to replace it with.. it’s just using peoples iPod nanos with no album artwork is just so frustratingly ugly! Please Apple – do something about it!
2) Give iPod’s Bluetooth – this would allow users to wirelessly sync with their computers if they have Bluetooth hardware and software on their computer – it would also allow people to send pictures / music / podcast etc over the air to other iPod’s – I believe the Zune has this already, but finding someone with a Zune, let alone 2 people together with Zune’s is pretty difficult.
3) Revert to a taller design for the nano – not as wide as current – a please don’t go any more thinner – I would feel like snapping it every time!
4) Provide a wall plug charger in the box! I know this saves Apple money but if I ever go away without my laptop there’s no way I can charge my iPod unless I have my wall plug, which cost me £19 in the first place!
5) Bring the price of the iPod Touch down! If it gets below £99 / $199 like the iPhone… I’ll get one… as soon as it’s released. No questions asked.
6) Give the touch a smaller screen – I know this won’t happen because all the App developers would have to re-design their apps and everything, but come on… my touchscreen Samsung phone is smaller… and this is a music player not a phone!!
7) Make iTunes easier to understand when uploading pictures – trying to explain to my Mum how to do so was hell gone wrong, quite litterally.
More and MORE battery life!
Aug 15
MoggyGoogle, Internet, Search Engine, Technology, Website
Cuil, pronounced ‘cool’ (apparently..), is a new search engine, launched by ex-Google employees, in beta in late July this year.
You can try it out at: http://www.cuil.com/
Ok – you may think… “Oh dear, not another search engine… same on same on…”, but Cuil promises to be a little bit different from the standards of Google, Live Search and Yahoo!.
Firstly, Cuil owners claim that Cuil searches the web far more thoroughly than it’s competitors – 3 times more listings than Google and a whopping 10 times more than that of Microsoft and Live Search.
They also claim that internet searching should be more colorful, simple and easy to understand.
When you search for a term in Cuil you will be taken to a rather different results page. Instead of a standard webpage listing the results one by one, with the occasional duplicate result (which I find really annoying), you get a very pretty two column list of results with a (more or less) very relevant description of that page. If you like, you can even switch between looking at a 2-column or 3-column view.
What is really cool though is the “Explore by category” box which narrows your search relating to other sites. For example, if you search Cuil for “youtube”, On the right hand side you’ll see an interactive box that will link you to similar sites to Youtube, one example is Google Video. If you search Google, Cuil will even recognize common services to do with Google and tabs will appear at the top of the page to filter your search for that service. Google services include Google Search and Google Earth, for example.
Ok – my thoughts – I think Cuil is really great and looks great, but it isn’t popular or accessible as I would like a search engine to be – for example – I only ever really use Google or Yahoo because these are the two built into my Safari browser.
Aug 14
MoggyApple, Computer, Mac, Technology
A new set of ‘bash’ videos on YouTube have sprung up the last few days relating the topic of whether releasing the operating system, Mac OS X, to the PC world’s hardware and whether this is a good idea or not for Apple.
What do you think – Good idea…? Bad idea…?
Advantages – Imagine the market share Apple could gain over Microsoft if people started using OS X on a cheaper option of basic hardware provided by PC companies… Apple would be even further out into the world of computing – there are people who would like OS X any day – but simply can’t afford to buy a whole new Mac computer – a more affordable option would to upgrade to the better looking Vista – but then if OS X was ’set free’ people could upgrade to OS X fast, easily, and cheaply. Apple could gain lots of market share and lots of money in the first few weeks of releasing OS X – trust me, people would wait for that. Plus, this way, people would be no longer restricted to the strict desktop options of Mac Mini… iMac.. OR Mac Pro. Thats 3 choices for the Mac desktop market. There’s millions for Windows that OS X could compete with.
Disadvantages – Some say (and is almost proven ‘fact’) that the reason OS X works so well with far less issues, viruses, security faults is because of the hardware OS X runs alongside with. People running OS X on PC’s would experience large problems and would blame Apple for the faults, creating a bad image – possibly damaging other sales such as iPod’s or iPhone’s. Plus, if you wanted a cheap Mac, you wouldn’t go for the Mac mini, you’d get something bigger and better made by a company such as Dell or HP and find OS X running on it – for much better value. Hardware sales at Apple would go down the drain and completely FAIL.
My thoughts – Well, I could bet any money this would never happen – but there’s always that chance. I would prefer the OS X to stay with Apple hardware so I can continue to get great performance from side-by-side software and hardware intergration as my only choice.
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