Some stunning pen and ink drawings by a chap named Gilmor…really lovely work, would be fantastic as a desktop background. Alas, like all artists sites, the images are too small 
Monthly Archive for February, 2005
Continuing google's bid for world domination…or at least internet domination, you will soon be able to buy domain names from the little search engine.
This could even spark a bit of a price war as the existing providers attempt to deal with the threat of the worlds most popular page intruding on their market.
Well, in a process that is all too familiar to the experienced apple buyer, I have just suffered the first degradation of the technology I bought. Yes…the new range of powerbooks are out, boasting increased processor speed, more ram…etc
Simply the most intriguing feature is the apple take on touchpad usage. Personally, I use sidetrack which gives the touchpad horizontal and vertical scroll by sliding down the edge and right click by tapping the corner. This was great…till I saw what the new powerbooks have.
The new concept is actually using two fingers instead of just one, move two fingers right…scroll right, two up…scroll up, two in a circle…refresh. Very nice, although I reserve final judgment till I have used it.
Anyway, my powerbook is still doing its job very well indeed…firefox with 10+ tabs open, word, final cut, ical, shrook , uptime of 8 days and no visible slowdown…