MURL

Many years ago (well, about 5) I came across MURL. Back then I was finishing my M.Eng and I was contemplating whether I should start a Ph.D or join the industry, the usual questions any 21 year-old in my position would have.

New Intel Mac minis are cool.

And they'd be perfect without that damned 'Intel GMA950 graphics processor', or 'How Apple makes Intel happy by using their crappy graphics chips on Macs'. Sad thing is: They can and will get away with it.

European Union Copyright Directive

It is less than a year since the European Software Patents law was finally defeated in the European Parliament, after a long and troubling history with the European institutions. This article is about the EUCD (European Union Copyright Directive), the European version of the U.S. DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act). This controversial law aims to […]

Come on Stevey. Use some decent components, already!

As with the PowerMac G4 MDD (aka 'Leafblower'), the Powermac G5, the iBook G4 with the faulty motherboards, the Powerbook 'Alu' G4 15" Rev.A with the faulty screens, the last Powerbook G4 'Alu' 15" (discontinued today) having audio, screen, and other hardware issues as well as many other models I won't mention, the Macbook Pro seems to have its fair share of issues in its first revision. It's also getting hot, as many people report.

Canon's replacement for the EOS 20D is coming.

It seems, the brand new Canon EOS 35D, is coming on the 21st of February. Rumours have it that there's a new auto-sensor cleaning function (no more blower/pecpads/eclipse dust removal chores). [Update: The camera is actually named 30D and it seems like a very minor upgrade to the 20D.]