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Gadgets

Clean erase & reset your iPhone 3G

November 1, 2009

Hello! Thanks for dropping by. Its great to see you. This is a personal blog of Benson John, a 29 year old interior designer / photographer / 3D visualizer / music & movie lover living in Melbourne, Australia. This blog is a personal and growing archive of links, rambles, rants, thoughts, ideas, anecdotes and random [...]

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Style your Blog for Mobile Devices

April 26, 2009

I came across the WPtouch plugin while browsing through Alan Levine’s blog. This is primarily a Wordpress theme that formats your blog to make it slick and readable on mobile devices. Developed by BraveNewCode that makes an awesome array of open source projects. In their own words;
More than just a plugin, WPtouch is an entire [...]

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Wireless Time Machine Backups

December 15, 2008

I recently ran out of space on my 500 GB Western Digital My Book. I had been optimizing the data there and realized I could not trim down the data any more and HAD to get additional storage. I picked up a 1 TB Western Digital Elements device from DickSmiths, Chadstone for about A$199. After [...]

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TiVo orders you a pizza in Australia

November 25, 2008

Now what could be more apt for a “couch potato“! TV on your schedule and junk food when you get down to watch it… Sensational. I saw this story of a feature which will soon be added to TiVos in Australia. Although in all honesty, I don’t endorse the lifestyle being hinted at here. But [...]

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A Well Guarded MacBook Pro

November 20, 2008

Received my Moshi PalmGuard over the mail yesterday from MacSense. I had an issue with the condition of the product the first time around. The PalmGuard comes in a thick paper sleeve. Somewhere, either in transit or from the point of origin, the PalmGuard was folded to create this strong crease running through it. To [...]

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Wordpress for the iPhone

July 25, 2008

Wow! Finally… In case you didn’t already know, Wordpress for the iPhone / iPod Touch is finally out at the App Store. Head on over for your free copy.

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Mr Ive… Again

April 22, 2008

Spotted this video recently on YouTube of Jonathan Ive, Senior VP of Industrial Design at Apple. Here he talks about his work, his views on the products out in the market, his first time with an Apple product and the crazy (myself included… total Apple nut) fan following that Apple enjoys.

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iThis and That

February 6, 2008

So I had to have one. Got sick and tired of the wait for the iPhone. I am trying to convince myself that the iPhones’ not all that its hyped up to be… Hmph! Having said that, my heart still tells me, I’d probably wait all night in hail or snow to get own myself [...]

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Getting on with the cat…

November 4, 2007

… these days. Now that the initial oohs and aahs have set in, I’m now getting some done on the MBP. No dramas at all with the upgrade from Tiger to Leopard. And what an awesome experience, with all the bell & whistles! Now that I’ve got the native OS is all set up, I’m [...]

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In love…

October 27, 2007

… all over again, with the MacBook Pro. The ease, efficiency and speeds at which things are done are a joy. I now realize what PC users miss in the whole user experience and usability features.

Eagerly awaiting the Leopard upgrade expected in a couple of days. Am currently using VMWare Fusion to run my windows [...]

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Took a bite…

October 20, 2007

… of a juicy, delicious Apple product recently. Its called the Macbook Pro . And its deliciously wicked.

I remember seeing these at NID and Doshi’s offices back in India and then working on a whole array of them at Swinburne; ranging from the iMacs and eMacs and latter the gorgeously powerful Mac Pros. These were [...]

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The wait is on…

October 14, 2007

… and its driving me insane! There was a dire need to move on to a better and powerful computer. For the last two of the five years that I’ve had this current PC, I’d be dreading when my now obsolete PC would cough, sputter and just give up every time I’d work with a [...]

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