Betalogue

Unfortunately, the Bell ExpressVu folks are no interface experts.

Notes about the latest Apple products.

How to configure things so that you can play DRM-protected Windows Media Files on your Mac running Tiger.

Disappointing limitations in the connections available on the 9200 receiver.

A very simple improvement for software writing tools, and musings about why such improvements are not happening right now.

Is it “on a side note” or “as a side note”?

The new receiver lets you turn it off even while it is recording live events.

Notes on the new Canadian satellite TV receiver.

Some thoughts about a recent Kottke article.

A plain-vanilla North American Panasonic DVD-S29 player that can play Region 2 PAL DVDs?

More absurdity coming from the record companies.

The latest prices for DVD recorders and blank media.

Nothing like a sympathetic message from a software company to alleviate one’s no-broadband blues… Today, when I launched InDesign, Adobe’s updater automatically launched, and found a couple of available updates for me. When I checked them to see how big they would be and how long it would take to download them, I saw the […]

In my personal experience, there is a major problem with using e-mail as a communication tool in a professional environment. The problem is simple: people don’t acknowledge receipt. E-mail communication is not 100% reliable and there are many situations where one really needs to know very quickly whether someone has received one’s e-mail message or […]

So for once the rumours were true… Apple is actually switching to Intel processors. This is a big decision and a major shock. In theory, it shouldn’t matter to the end user much, because the processor (CPU) is not something that he has to deal with directly in his everyday interaction with his machine. But […]