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Apple just emailed me someone else’s account name and password. On Monday I got in touch with Apple’s MobileMe “Chat Support” service. I was having a problem with my MobileMe account. Specifically, I’d deleted an event in my local calendar, and it had disappeared from the MobileMe calendar, too, but it was still showing up […]
Warning: this post has a very high geek factor. I wouldn’t read this one unless you’re familiar with both Amazon S3, and with DNS, and interested in setting up a Default Root Object in CloudFront (which lets you serve a website from S3 without needing a filename on the end of the URL.) Note: S3 now […]
Introduction ‘There are two kinds of fool. One says, “This is old, and therefore good.” And one says, “This is new, and therefore better.”’ — Dean Inge. In July, Amazon announced the new Kindle, the Kindle 31. From what I could gather, it didn’t seem to be a big leap forward, technically — more a gentle refinement of an […]
I’ve not upgraded to Snow Leopard. And I’m not sure whether I will, anytime soon. This is unusual for me. I’m normally a bleeding-edge, early adopter type. I’ll happily install the .0 release of Apple things the day after they come out. So, according to the marketing hype, Snow Leopard should be a no-brainer for me. […]
Sorry to anyone who was just troubled by an odd post here; I was in the middle of fiddling with Technorati and forgot to delete a claim post. It’s been a while since I blogged properly here. I’ve mostly been concentrating on less geeky areas in my life, like photography and getting a bit fitter. In […]