D400 wishlist

Here’s what I want from the mythical D400 (or D7300 – I’m not picky about model names).  Because obviously Nikon reads this blog and uses it to drive all their product decisions. ≥ 50 image buffer.  In 14-bit RAW. ≥ 10 FPS.  I’ll even accept complete viewfinder blackout if it means getting beyond 10 FPS.… Read more

Time Machine gets stuck on downloads

Evidently, when Time Machine encounters a file that’s open and being written to (e.g. a Safari download), it sits and watches the file, periodically copying the new data to the backup.  As opposed to going off and copying everything else first, and then coming back to the open file. This has the lovely effect that… Read more

Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) built-in dictation

I’ve been looking forward to trying Mac OS X 10.9’s “advanced” (i.e. not-transmitting-my-life-story-to-Apple) dictation, as a potential competitor to Dragon Dictate.  Unfortunately, it’s – against all odds – even more embarrassing than Siri.  For example: This test, of the coolest names built-in dictation.) Nope, not important. If you’re..Reasonably built night, That was true Samaritan and… Read more

iCloud Photo Streams have limits

Officially, Apple claims that you can store your last 30 days of photos in iCloud via Photo Streams.  This is true only if you don’t have very many.  If you actually take a lot of photos, iCloud boots your arse out and doesn’t let you use Photo Streams anymore.  At all. 24/09/13 6:54:08.457 PM PhotoStreamAgent[305]:… Read more

I guess I really am over iPhones

In summary, I’m really not impressed with the new iPhones.  Not that I’ve ever really liked the iPhone that much, but I’ve always at least thought that the new one each year was an actual upgrade.  Make no mistake, shipping ARM64 in a phone of all things before anyone else has even put it into… Read more