Alex Salmond is now the First Minister of the Scottish Parliament. There were 4 candidates in total: Annabel Goldie (Conservative), Jack McConnell (Labour), Alex Salmond (SNP), and Nicol Steven (Lib Dem). The 2 Greens voted for the SNP leader to become First Minister. All the other parties voted for their own party leader. Votes were:… Continue reading Scotland’s new First Minister
OpenOffice.org Aqua screenshots
Today I thought I would give you a sneak peek at the upcoming OpenOffice.org Aqua. I have 2 quick screenshots for you. First up is the OpenOffice.org Writer window after resizing, with a native Mac menu bar. From OpenOffice.or… Second is a menu. You can currently use both cmd or ctrl to activate the menu… Continue reading OpenOffice.org Aqua screenshots
BBC giving free text alerts of the Scottish Parliament results
Today is an election day in the Scotland. We are voting for new MSPs (Members of the Scottish Parliament) and local councillors. For the Scottish Parliament Constituency vote, the BBC is providing a free txt alert system. (Choose you constituency, then reply to a text message to confirm that you want the message). This year… Continue reading BBC giving free text alerts of the Scottish Parliament results
Sun officially supports the Mac port of OpenOffice.org
This morning I woke up to some great news. Sun now have 2 full time employees with many years of experience in programming StarOffice and OpenOffice.org. Original Mail to the Mac Port list Original Blog post
Cycling: Edinburgh to Croy via Glasgow and Bowling
Yesterday I cycled 140KM (87 miles). I first headed out to Balerno along the Lanark Road, where I joined the National Cycle Route 75. I followed it as best as I could all the way into Glasgow. Along the Clyde I switched over the the National Cycle Route 7, which took me out to Bowling,… Continue reading Cycling: Edinburgh to Croy via Glasgow and Bowling
Acceptability of applications to Mac users
There has been some online commentary recently on the likely acceptability of applications on the Mac platform. It basically boils down to: all applications that are successful on the Mac are well designed. They all look and behave the same way. Mac users are very fussy about the way that applications look and run. If… Continue reading Acceptability of applications to Mac users
Exams Finished
This morning I sat my last exam for my Computer Science course at Heriot-Watt University. I now have just over 5 weeks of hard work on my dissertation.
Cycling: Edinburgh to Glasgow and back
On Saturday I cycled from Edinburgh to Glasgow along the National Cycle Network Route 75 (except the bits where I missed some signs and got lost). Then to get back home I used the Forth and Clyde canal to Falkirk, where I switch to the Union Canal back into Edinburgh. This is the first time… Continue reading Cycling: Edinburgh to Glasgow and back
8 Core MacPro
Apple has released the 3GHz 8 Core MacPro. Apple have just added an extra processor option to the MacPro line.It is available in the US for an extra $1498 over the base MacPro. It doesn’t appear to be available in the UK store just now.Now all I need to do is learn how to earn… Continue reading 8 Core MacPro
Cycling: Edinburgh, Airdrie and Canals Circle
Yesterday I took a long 80 mile cycle. Initially I headed West from Colinton in Edinburgh through to Airdrie. In Airdrie I lost track of the sign posts for the National Cycle Route 75. So I headed North to the Forth and Clyde Canal to Falkirk. At Falkirk I joined the Union canal home. There… Continue reading Cycling: Edinburgh, Airdrie and Canals Circle