http://downundergeek.com/blog It's good to be the Geek Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:36:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although the iTunes Music Store has been made available I have been looking for ages to find a way to purchase US iTunes content (especially the video stuff - big fan of Lost). Unfortunately i am not lucky enough to know anyone in the states, or anyone with a US card. ... http://downundergeek.com/blog/2006/01/24/getting-access-to-usa-itunes-music-store/ As you may know I moved into a new house about a month ago - can't believe its only a month - feels like 2 or 3 months ! Part of the "deal" with the the new house was that we probably wouldn't have broadband access here for at least 6-8 ... http://downundergeek.com/blog/2005/08/30/my-new-broadband-ncable-wireless-broadband/ Just wanted to toss in my 2 cents on the whole RSS vs Web Feed issue. A brief summary: RSS (really simple syndication) lets you subscribe to websites, podcasts and other things. Once you have worked out how to use it your internet browsing is changed forever. Instead ... http://downundergeek.com/blog/2005/08/24/rss-vs-webfeed/ Well i have been using a Mighty Mouse as my "back-up" mouse for a few days.? ? Not overly impressed so far.? ? The tracking of the cursor is nice - nothing wrong there.? ? The cord is definitely long enough - much more manageable around my laptop. I mentioned previously that ... http://downundergeek.com/blog/2005/08/24/mighty-mouse-review/ Just wanted to announce that normal service will be resumed – any other problems are therefore your own. The house move took a bit more out of me than I thought. Didn’t get the office set up right away as I needed to get an electrician, pay tv, telstra and ... http://downundergeek.com/blog/2005/08/23/back-on-deck-macswitch-blog/ Apple have finally released a mouse with multiple buttons – the Mighty Mouse. But is this mouse a glimpse of what might be around the corner for 5G video iPods? http://www.apple.com/au/mightymouse/ The new Mighty Mouse (love the name) appears to look like a standard Apple Mouse with a small nipple on ... http://downundergeek.com/blog/2005/08/05/mighty-mouse-a-glimpse-of-5th-generation-video-ipods/ The impact of Apple adding podcasting to iTunes 4.9 has been amazing. http://www.apple.com/au/itunes/ http://www.apple.com/au/podcasting/ In one small product point release, they seem to have gone from one piece of the podcasting puzzle, to the only game in town. Sensible, grown men, have been bending over backwards to reconfigure RSS feeds that worked perfectly ... http://downundergeek.com/blog/2005/07/27/dancing-to-apples-itune/ As you probably know, Microsoft announced last Friday that the official name for the next version of Windows will be Windows Vista. At the time, in this previous post, I commented that it wasn’t a bad choice of name. I speculated that Windows Vista might be an “all in one” ... http://downundergeek.com/blog/2005/07/27/windows-vista-second-thoughts/ It has been leaked to the internet that the next version of Windows will be officially called Windows Vista. Known by the codename of Longhorn for several years while in development, it is expected to be announced at 6am Pacfic Time, 22nd July that the release shall be known as Windows ... http://downundergeek.com/blog/2005/07/21/windows-vista-one-windows-to-rule-them-all/ Much anticipation was made of it in the podcasting community - people were excited they are going "prime time". And scared what 35 million new users might do to their servers. iTunes 4.9 would be the first iTunes to incorperate Podcasting subscriptions. It was - A Big Deal. Steve told us it ... http://downundergeek.com/blog/2005/07/21/why-itunes-49/