Oct 06
KBC Online on Mac… UPDATE!
19 comments 2005 at 09.05 am posted by Veerle Pieters
A quick update that we made some positive progress with the KBC since my previous post.
Oct 03
KBC Online sucks for Mac!
34 comments 2005 at 01.25 am posted by Veerle Pieters
This post is a bit of a rant towards KBC, a big Belgium bank. I use KBC Online, their online product for wire transfers and other tasks. Now the part that really gets on my nerves is their stupid system requirements.
Sep 20
Apple Expo Paris… new goodies?
8 comments 2005 at 12.40 am posted by Veerle Pieters
Today Apple Expo Paris 2005 starts. To great disappointment of many there isn’t a keynote of Steve Jobs at Palais des Congr�s. We had plans to go too, it was our intention to leave for Paris late Monday afternoon and explore Paris a bit in the evening, stay at a nice hotel and wake up early for the keynote. We still don’t know exactly what the reason behind this cancelation was. I can’t imagine that the iPod nano was the culprit here, but whatever the real reason (if any) is only time will tell. So time for plan B ;-)
Sep 18
Interested in an iMac?
9 comments 2005 at 11.24 pm posted by Veerle Pieters
Here at Duoh! it’s time to say goodbye to some old but trusty friends who served us well. So like any good parents we are looking for some folks that would take good care of our buddies and give them a pleasant home. I am talking about some original iMacs.
Sep 07
What’s new from Apple… The story
25 comments 2005 at 12.44 pm posted by Veerle Pieters
Great excitement this evening at 7pm for the Apple special Music Event. Rumors were flying and stock was real high again. Since Apple doesn’t give us a stream we followed everything like in the good old days on IRC ;-)
Aug 12
Album art on steroids
21 comments 2005 at 03.20 am posted by Veerle Pieters
My buddy Simon already posted it but since there’s bound to be people here that didn’t know about this little gem I posted it here too. Without a doubt the most freaking cool way to browse your album art on a Mac. This is the kind of eye-candy that sits proudly on my Mac screen. If you have a Mac too download the technology demo here.
Jul 07
Digital Asset Management II: Meet Catalog!
7 comments 2005 at 01.01 am posted by Veerle Pieters
Last year in December we talked about Digital Asset Management tools and none of all the tested apps were really perfect. The best one was Portfolio from Extensis but that tool is more suited for photographers or image file formats. It is not created to be an archive tool for DVD or CD’s that contain a wide range of different formats.
Jun 06
HOT NEWS: Apple powered by Intel in 2006
50 comments 2005 at 11.19 am posted by Veerle Pieters
Yes, the rumors are true. Our goal is to provide our customers with the best personal computers in the world, and looking ahead Intel has the strongest processor roadmap by far, said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. The first Intel based Mac should be in stores by June 2006 and the transition should be complete by 2007. As a just in case Mac OS X has been leading a secret double life, for the last five years every release of OS X has been compiled to run on Intel processors.
Jun 05
My newest toys
36 comments 2005 at 07.05 am posted by Veerle Pieters
Since today I’m working on a brand new Apple G5. It took me a while to get things organized and ready to do the production work on it. All those apps to install! But hey, it works like a charm. My new machine is a Dual G5 2,7 GHz with 2,5 GB of RAM. My first impression: this thing flies! There is a big difference with a PowerBook G4 1,5 GHz (with 1 GB of RAM). Things I need to wait a little are now gone.
May 13
My thoughts on NetNewsWire 2.0 (review)
12 comments 2005 at 04.15 am posted by Veerle Pieters
When a programmer put his heart and soul into a project it shows and that’s exactly what Brent Simmons has done with the recently released NetNewsWire 2.0. I’ve been using the beta’s for a very long time and never had any issues or crashes. It has become an indispensable tool in my daily life.
