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Joe — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:04:29 +0000

Before I start - no, this isn't a Star Wars post Sorry!

I currently have an iPhone, and no, I'm not ashamed to admit it, though it is a little awkward that I can't sync it with my desktop. I'm also not ashamed to admit that I love it, I really do. But as with a lot of things, I find the Apple design of the phone a little restrictive. Sure it's polished, and it looks sleek and sexy (to some at least), but I just can't help feeling that I'd prefer an Android phone.

I've been looking, albeit briefly, at what Android phones are available on the UK market. Out of the choices, I think I'd prefer a Nexus One, though as far as I've seen - they're Vodafone exclusive, and I'm on an O2 contract, so it's a no-go. I'd love to hear from some of you guys that have Android phones, and what phones they are, because I'm definitely in the market!

iTunes Library

Joe — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:32:19 +0000

Now I'm not one to usually use a Mac, however I recently tried out OS X. Just out of curiosity, I copied across my iTunes folder (in it's entirety, with the library file et al). To the OS X install.

Then, further curiosity made me connect my iPod, just to see what would happen...to be fair, I was both surprised and unsurprised at the same time...which I can confirm is a very bizarre feeling!

It synced my iPod just as it would with a normal Windows install of iTunes. So I went one further, and connected my iPhone. Same goes for that, all synced up (after a tediously long backup!!) just fine. Very impressive I must say.

That's all for now, I need to sleep, long day tomorrow!

Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Pt. 2

Joe — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:38:24 +0000

So I've had 8.10 installed for just under a week now, and so far, all is well

I have actually been making use of a tabbed Nautilus (yay!) which I didn't think I would. I've also been using my VPS to torrent the desktop and alternate versions of Intrepid (32 bit versions). Stats of that at the time of writing are:

Desktop - Uploaded: 8126 MB
Alternate - Uploaded: 1680 MB

As you may have guessed - the alternate iso has only been seeding for a day or so. But this is what VPS's are for I'll continue seeding until Sunday night (GMT).

As for what I think of Intrepid on my laptop...well...I love it (as always). The only downside to it that I can complain about is the fact that unless I play my audio at near inaudible volumes (thus defeating the object of audio ). The sound distorts like a music concert recorded on a mobile phone (cell phone for the Americans reading this ).

Luckily - I don't need to use the sound a lot, I've been playing my music from my iPhone and it's dock, as it has a lineout on the rear of the dock

All in all - I think Intrepid is a decent release, though I totally understand people sticking with 8.04.1 as it's an LTS. I mean, I was considering it, but I love upgrading!!

In other news - that isn't worthy of it's own post - I'm going to be going to a LUG meeting next week, it'll be the first time I've ever been, so I'm a little nervous, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it. I'll let you know

I Gave Up

Joe — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:10:56 +0000

So I finally gave in and bought an iPhone! I know that means some of you are going to hate me now nevermind I like it.

I found out after syncing my email with google that Ubuntu sees the iPhone as a camera, which I found interesting. It also means that I can charge my phone. When running Ubuntu, though for convenience I bought an iPhone dock

Also, I happen to be writing this from the WordPress for iPhone application, which is actually pretty good!