Turn an Old iBook into an iPad Case
Many people with broken computers either throw them away, or send them to a recycling program. Why not keep your old iBook and use its shell to make a one-of-a-kind iPad case? Sounds difficult, right? Gary Katz, who created things such as the Personal Shoebox Apple Store and The Apple Museum – 30 Years in...
iPad and iPhone Beats Kindle In The UK, But Not In The US
Market research firm Book Marketing Ltd has revealed to GigaOM that in the UK both the iPad and iPhone are beating the Kindle as an eBook reader most used by consumers based on data from last September. The story however is very different in the US however with the Kindle far ahead after stellar growth...
“A Lot Happens In 10 Years”
“A Lot Happens In 10 Years” Bottom: Graphite iBook G3, circa 2001-ish. Top: 11.6″ MacBook Air, 2010 Approximately 20x the RAM, 8x the hard drive space (now SSD instead of magnetic), Bluetooth and 802.11n standard, built-in camera, no optical drive, multitouch trackpad, at least 2x the battery life. ~300 MHz to 1.4 GHz x 2...
We Live Macs Too!
The iPod was on its third generation of monochromatic display glory, and the PowerMac G5 was new. It was early 2004 and that was the last time I purchased a “Mactop” before I recently jumped into an Intel based Mac laptop this December. My trusty...
When An Old G4 Is Just Enough
Smoking Apples has published a lovely post extolling the virtues of an ancient iBook G4, which given a little TLC and a wipe-and-install has been reborn as a perfectly functional household computer. It’s not up-to-date by today’s official standards – it runs...Old Macs Still Rock
Old Macs Still Rock Of course, using Tiger means I personally couldn’t use a lot of the apps I require, like Espresso, nor could I manage Photoshop or InDesign with such a small visual canvas. I can’t stand notebooks anyway. But the intended audience wasn’t me. I chose Tiger over Leopard because it was intended...
myFry: Stephen Fry’s second autobiography becomes an interactive app
I've been following actor, all around wit, and Apple enthusiast Stephen Fry's career since I saw him play the wonderfully droll and brilliant butler, Jeeves in the English TV series Jeeves and Wooster back in the early 90's. Hugh Laurie, probably bet...
NewerTech Lowers Price By Up To 33% For Intelligent Battery Charging/Conditioning Station For Mac Notebook Computers
Newer Technology, Inc. announced today it has lowered the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price on its entire line of NewerTech Intelligent Battery Charging/Conditioning Stations, the only complete line of chargers/conditioners on the market today d...
"iPad in iBook" stand merges past and present
Filed under: iPadAn enterprising Japanese iPad owner, who blogs under the name Dark General, decided to take matters into his own hands when he couldn't find an iPad stand that he liked. He took an old iBook G3 clamshell case and gutted it, replacing t...
How to: Creating custom iBook covers
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Do you find yourself downloading a lot of the free Project Gutenberg public domain books in the iBookstore? Sick of your bookshelf looking like a series of paper bags with text printed on them? Me too, so I decided to create my...iPad use case: Foodie
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Apple’s e-Book Pricing May Start High, But Won’t Necessarily Stay That Way