Daisy Lowe Does Esquire

Esquire magazine has been doing a wonderful job over the past number of years in providing interesting, engaging and informative journalism aimed at the male populace. In the past few months they have received particular praise from me for their distribution of HD quality videos to showcase photo shoots that appear in the magazine, see my previous post on their recent Kate Beckinsale promo video. As the Summer kicks in a new issue has hit shelves featuring among other things an interview and...
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Review: OmniFocus

Task management is something I am continually learning to do better and something which I need to be competent at considering the many demands that populate my days. Although I am now entering what I believe will be the last week of this academic year, I still have a considerable amount to get done by Friday and indeed there are many projects that I intend to spend time on over the Summer months. Up until now I have relied heavily on Things from Cultured Code, an application which I still have i...
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Deus X Human Evolution Preview

E3 is not far away now so an influx of great new promo materials for upcoming releases is to be expected. One of the first to kick the promo madness into gear is the fantastic new trailer for Deus X Human Evolution. Deus X remains one of my favourite video games of all time - it's successor while still a decent experience failed to impress, but I am very hopeful that the third release in the franchise will be a return to top form. Decide for yourself by watching the trailer below. [flashvideo ...
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Review: Coversutra

I spend a lot of time with iTunes, it's my one stop shop for all things music, podcast, audio books, movies and more. More often than not when I'm working on the Mac or indeed kicking back with some WoW or Steam related goodness I have iTunes providing the audio goodness. While there is nothing wrong with the main iTunes interface I have long sought a more discreet and minimalist way of interacting with the application. The idea of a menu bar application to access and control playback was my fir...
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Review: AnyBizSoft PDF to Word

As an academic I work with a wide range of file types on a daily basis. Perhaps two of the most common are the the MS Word .doc format and the Adobe .pdf - both are very common in academic institutions and both serve very useful and distinct purposes. The .doc file format is perhaps the universal format for information presentation, reports, essays, digital diaries etc are all produced in this format. MS Word, as much as I personally prefer Apple's Pages, is the standard word processing file for...
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GeekCaster Wallpaper

I spent some time with Pixelmator over the past couple of days and came up with these : )
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Steam For Mac

No you are reading the title of the post correctly and no it's not a question but rather a fact. Steam the gaming distribution and social interaction platform has just been launched for the Mac platform. Steam is a gaming hub where users develop a gamer persona, join groups about various games that interest them and download gaming titles. Up until now the application has been exclusive to the PC platform where millions have joined up and enjoyed the fantastic range of services on offer. Steam i...
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Review: Pixelmator & Win A Copy!!

I have long been a fan & user of Adobe's Photoshop application. Over the past number of years, probably back as far as version seven, I have used the digital image editing application to support my teaching and in the development of all graphic related content. Lately however I have grown somewhat annoyed at the developer in how it ties users down to it's applications and the ridiculous price it charges for the various applications. With relationships between Adobe and my platform of choice,...
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The Ultimate Screencasting Guide – The Screencasting Handbook

Over the past decade I have seen many changes to the environment of learning, some for the better some in my personal opinion for the worse. At the very least it's great that the process of learning is evolving and people are prepared to explore new methodologies to support it. The introduction of web 2.0 concepts has given rise to a myriad of new tools and technologies to enhance the learning process, these tools do not change the process of learning but rather serve to allow learning to take p...
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Splinter Cell Conviction Competition!

Splinter Cell Conviction is the latest release in the Splinter Cell series and is available on Xbox360. You play the role of Sam Fisher a spy and weapons & special tactics master out for revenge for those that may have been involved in the death of his daughter. The game mechanics rely heavily on the stealth approach of the series but some nice new additions have been added such as new take down moves, execution mode and a tracer to show Sam's last known position if he gets spotted. In a...
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Backing Up, Carbon Copy Cloner, Time Machine & Mozy

Backing up is something most computer literate people will be aware of, yet it is something that is often neglected my millions of computer users in varying disciplines all over the world. I myself fall into this category to some degree, I do have Time Machine backups and a good part of  my data stored on external hard drives but I do not manage the process with any degree of regularity or indeed care. Listening to a few of my favourite podcasts The Mac Attack, Mac Power Users and generally real...
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Gaga Who? The Queen Of Different & Dirrty Is Back

Christina Aguilera knows how to make a statement, she also knows how to look insanely hot and sing a great pop song. After a long break she's back doing both. Check out some preview pics and the new video below. [flashvideo filename=wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Christina_Aguilera_Not_Myself_Tonight.mp4 /]
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