http://www.glenscott.co.uk Thoughts on software engineering, web development and other geeky pursuits. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:44:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm really happy with my iPhone, but I must admit I was initially tempted to upgrade to the new 3G version which is released this Friday. However, after thinking things through I've decided to stick with the "old" version. Why? Well, with the free OS 2.0 ... http://www.glenscott.co.uk/2008/07/09/why-i-wont-be-upgrading-to-the-iphone-3g/ A classic example of an application that started off performing a simple, useful task (i.e. displaying PDF documents) and has grown to an overly complex, slow, hulking beast of an application. I got scared off by the 251Mb disk space the installer claims that it needs: I'll stick to Apple's Preview.app, thanks. Useless ... http://www.glenscott.co.uk/2008/07/04/useless-mac-applications-2-adobe-reader/ Okay, so there are not really any Mac specific virus threats, but there are tonnes for Windows... and you don't want to be passing these on to your PC owning friends right? Best be safe... Download and install ClamXav Launch ClamXav application Go into preferences and click the Folder Sentry tab Drag your ... http://www.glenscott.co.uk/2008/07/01/automatically-virus-scan-your-downloads-folder/ Good deal from Mac Heist: get Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac, half price. Be quick, offer ends today! Mac Heist http://www.glenscott.co.uk/2008/06/30/parallels-for-49-offer-ends-today/ code_swarm is a fantastic application that visualises software projects over a period of time by analysing their code repositories. It aims to show in a graphical manner the users working on a project, and the number of files committed. Some great example videos are available, including a video ... http://www.glenscott.co.uk/2008/06/27/software-development-visualized/ Using Firefox 3 is really a different experience from using OS X. It’s not Windows, it’s not OS X and it’s not Linux. It’s something else. Firefox 3 brings Ugliness to the Mac Firefox 3 download http://www.glenscott.co.uk/2008/06/17/firefox-3-released-still-looks-dodgy-on-mac/ John Gruber on the iPhone upgrade dilemma: So what it boils down to is whether you think it’s worth $199 up front — plus $15 extra per month for the new data plan with SMS — for faster cell network data. The iPhone 3G Upgrade Question http://www.glenscott.co.uk/2008/06/16/to-upgrade-or-not-to-upgrade/ I have one invite to the Fire Eagle beta to give away. Just leave a comment if you are interested. What is Fire Eagle? From the site: Fire Eagle is the secure and stylish way to share your location with sites and services online. Fire Eagle http://www.glenscott.co.uk/2008/06/13/any-one-want-a-fire-eagle-beta-invite/ Buried deep inside the press release announcing the Yahoo-Google search advertising deal, is an interesting point about the company's respective messenger clients: In addition, Yahoo! and Google agreed to enable interoperability between their respective instant messaging services, bringing easier and broader communication to users. http://www.glenscott.co.uk/2008/06/13/yahoo-messenger-and-google-talk-will-inter-operate/ I've installed a new Wordpress Theme to freshen things up a bit. It's called Spotlight and I think it's a nice minimalist design, with enough flair to keep the page looking interesting. Let me know what you think! http://www.glenscott.co.uk/2008/06/04/new-blog-design/