I like Aperture so far, mostly. I’ve even managed to memorise a significant fraction of its obscure keyboard shortcuts and combos. Enough to get around it and make it appear I have some idea what I’m doing. Unfortunately, Aperture relies on Mac OS X’s built-in RAW support (as does every other imaging app, which is… Read more
While we were camping I wanted to try some star photography. I had borrowed Chris’s tripod specially for the occasion, so I was all excited and set to go. I hadn’t initially thought of doing any astronomical work with the camera, but I chanced upon a discussion of it, with some example images from old… Read more
You know you’re old when you have aches mostly all over, and you want a higher chair and one of those desks with a under-hung keyboard tray. Ugh. That and voice dictation that actually works. Siri, I love you, but you suck.
For a few months now I’ve been eyeing off DSLRs. I’m not sure, now, what triggered it… I think just a couple of events, like Jen & Vante’s wedding, where I wanted for a better camera than my little Sony DSC-TX10. While it’s a great little camera, and was totally worth having for Hawaii alone,… Read more
Le sigh. It’s that time again. When I’m going to be on the road for a while and I’m going to need more than 2 GiB of data, and more functionality than what my iPad can offer. I’m going to need tethering. Unfortunately I have iOS 6 on my iPhone. So far as I can… Read more
Only a few pages into the iOS Security document released by Apple today, and already there’s a notable error. It states: Apps can’t share data directly with each other; sharing can be implemented only by both the receiving and sending apps using custom URL schemes, or through shared keychain access groups. False, at least partially.… Read more
I think the font here on my blog is too big, on my iMac. But it looks really nicely sized on an iPad. D’oh. Throughout primary & secondary school I stubbornly stuck with Geneva 9 pt. Printed, of course… kids today might not know what that means, but when I was growing up the older… Read more