Thanks to the clowns who broke into our house a few weeks back and stole our HP laptop, we're now the proud owners of a new MacBook Pro! A few years back when I was a programmer I wouldn't have contemplated using a Mac for fear of loss in efficiency and productivity. I was not alone in this thinking, there was only one Mac in the office used mainly for testing our websites actually worked on one - not that we really cared too much if they did or not back then! Fast forward to present times, I work at Yahoo! with many talented developers and engineers walking around with their MacBook's tucked under their arms. Gone are the days of only designers, gadget geeks and rich folks using Mac's, but why is that all of a sudden? It was well known back in the mid-late 90's that only around 10% of computers we're Apple manufactured and most of those we're used by design folks.
Personally, I switched for a few reasons but mainly because of build quality, software & hardware from the same manufacturer (always been the case I know but...) and my increased interest in photography. As I'm no longer programming that's not really a factor but with even developers now turning to Mac for their front-end experience if I did decide to chip the rust off the coding side of my brain again I'm confident I'd be in good hands.
I'm still learning the ropes (thanks Seb for the Mac Command = PC Ctrl tip last week) and must get a mouse to bring back the right-click but so far I'm impressed. Looking forward to when I get time for a decent session with the camera, that's when it's value will truly manifest I think!
Concluding point, stuff just seems to work on a Mac (and how many years have I ignored pesky people saying that to me).
Cheers
Tim
Monday, 18 May 2009
Friday, 8 May 2009
Holidays
Having spent the best part of the last month on holiday I've plenty to blog about, sadly I'm a bit short on the photo front given my camera was nicked from our house; but I won't dwell on that!
Mel's parents arrived end of March, we had a full itinerary set up on tripit.com and wasted no time getting into it. Long walks around Sydney, a trip down to Melbourne with drive on the Great Ocean Road and a night in the Blue Mountains we're highlights with plenty of nice dinners and a good few beers along the way too.
I have to admit to being surprised and astonished at the beauty of the Great Ocean Road and Blue Mountains, it's often hard to get excited about other countries natural beauty coming from NZ but it did not disappoint - there we're even some friendly Aussies to chat with here and there too! My fav accommodation on the trip has to be in Apollo Bay where our place was within spitting distance to the ocean boasting empty beaches and some near perfect waves.
My return to work was short lived (1.5 weeks) before setting off again to NZ on a trip based around two Super 14 Hurricanes matches in Wellington. Mel stayed at home in Sydney while I 'swanned off' (Mel's words not mine) to NZ for a week. I spent a lot of time with family and friends and two nights away fishing (unsuccessfully) with my mate Tavis. It was awesome to catch up with everyone again.
Now it's back to work until Bruce arrives in July when I'll take yet more time off to go surfing (I mean look after him)!
Cheers
Tim
Mel's parents arrived end of March, we had a full itinerary set up on tripit.com and wasted no time getting into it. Long walks around Sydney, a trip down to Melbourne with drive on the Great Ocean Road and a night in the Blue Mountains we're highlights with plenty of nice dinners and a good few beers along the way too.
I have to admit to being surprised and astonished at the beauty of the Great Ocean Road and Blue Mountains, it's often hard to get excited about other countries natural beauty coming from NZ but it did not disappoint - there we're even some friendly Aussies to chat with here and there too! My fav accommodation on the trip has to be in Apollo Bay where our place was within spitting distance to the ocean boasting empty beaches and some near perfect waves.
My return to work was short lived (1.5 weeks) before setting off again to NZ on a trip based around two Super 14 Hurricanes matches in Wellington. Mel stayed at home in Sydney while I 'swanned off' (Mel's words not mine) to NZ for a week. I spent a lot of time with family and friends and two nights away fishing (unsuccessfully) with my mate Tavis. It was awesome to catch up with everyone again.
Now it's back to work until Bruce arrives in July when I'll take yet more time off to go surfing (I mean look after him)!
Cheers
Tim
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