I need you!!!!!

Thats right, i need you this blog was my first foray into the world of digital media, and now… i believe it is time to expand, don’t worry the blog will still be here with the same influx of posts, but i feel the time has come to brach out into other area, as some of you may be aware, i have a new youtube channel, but i also have a new site setup which is the “Hub” to all my other sites, where you can check out forums read reviews and download some software that i am hosting, check it out, and register and post in the forums, your help will be seriously appreciated

http://www.geekmumblings.info

Powermac G3

Wow….simply…wow, these things are amazing, not just in looks, but also in performance. Billed as the Mac Pro of their day i picked up one of theses bad boys of ebay recently for £10, and i was not dissapointed. Its initial specs were not to… good but with a little work, i upgraded the RAM and Processor to 768Mb and 500Mhz respectively and put Panther on it, which is the best compromise between speed and performance with these older machines, in fact i’m writing this post using it so you can see how it handles new web content. My reccomendation, seriously buy one of these things, that is if you can’t get one for free, if you really wan’t to push the boat out then go for a G4, but until i buy a new Intel based Mac Mini, this will be staying exactly where it is.


Mirrors Edge Review

Another review here, a quick short and sharp review of DICE’s masterpiece Mirrors Edge.  So.. you’ve seen a few videos, you heard about it from a friend and you have seen some of thos annoying adverts for videogames they play at the most random times,  as theres no best time to run them… and your asking yourself … should i get this game… well stop right there the answer is a definite yes.

Gameplay:

This game features some of the most unique gameply since Doom was released, forget the impression that this is an FPS, even forget about those screenshots you’ve seen where she is actually holding a gun!!,  this is not your typical run and gun adventure,  sure you can grab peoples guns,  disarm them and punch their lights out,  but the main focus of the game here is to run about using the surroundings to escape using your skills as a free runner, this is further emphasised by the fact that jumping with a gun will actually hinder you,  so its best to run for your life rather than have a Rambo moment.

Yes… its a gun.. so what.. your master-chief now… no

Click read more for the full review and an overall score.

Quicktime X.. for Mac OS X

Quicktime X, the latest version of the media player developed by Apple, has had some shady details released about it as of late,  in particular a screenshot of a new UI, this screenshot has since been taken down after Apple found the pictures and threatened to press charges, what has already been stated by Apple however is that Quicktime will be available for Mac OS X in June next year, or a month or so after the users who have brought Snow Leopard have a chance to play about with it first

But… thats not all, amazing news… Apple have decided that they will unlock the pro features in Quicktime X and give them to everyone for free, this is likely to have come from the fact that it wasn’t selling many, if any copys, what this means is that users don’t have to download bad software for their OS, ad that they can use all of the features straight out the box.

[Update: Apple has enabled QuickTime Pro for developers in the past, so its presence in this build does not guarantee it will be that way when Snow Leopard ships.]

…More Snow Leopard News

…It’s been a little quiet on the Windows 7 front, and in general on nearly every other area this blog is dedicated to, and while Windows 7 is hidden away, Apple have been busy, possible workin on a new UI?… This is almost100% true, as a recent post by Apple related blog world of Apple had to take down some screenshots of Snow Leopard after Apple found them, perhaps they were hiding their new masterpiece?, heres the link to where the pictures were.

http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2009/02/23/a-look-at-build-10a261-of-snow-leopard-images-video/

As stated before in a earlier post, i stated this was a maintenance relase, and Apple have done that,  the major applications have been reduced in size, and are much less RAM hungry and take up far less disk space, overall, it is a significant change for the platform, and a significantt improvement over the Leopard package. Click Read more for a full list of the changes made so far to the file sizes.

Snow Leopard Amazing Features…

Snow leopard, the next version of Mac OS X is set for release in around about 3 months, while it has already been said that the upgrade will be purely maintenance, what they didnt mention, and something which i really think they should be boasting about, are some of these new features that they are developing for the Mac OS, which if licensed could actually change the way Windows PC’s run forever. The most prominent feature and amazing feature that will deliver this difference is called OpenCL, Open Computing Language, imagine this, you have a Macbook or any other Mac for that matter, being a Mac obviously it has a graphics card which most of the time is going unused, this Code converts the GPU, into a CPU ad effectivly gives you a triple core computer… stop reading if this sounds too nerdy…
Here is the quote, i won’t try explaining as i am quite tired.

“Another powerful Snow Leopard technology, OpenCL (Open Computing Language), makes it possible for developers to efficiently tap the vast gigaflops of computing power currently locked up in the graphics processing unit (GPU). With GPUs approaching processing speeds of a trillion operations per second, they’re capable of considerably more than just drawing pictures. OpenCL takes that power and redirects it for general-purpose computing.”

So.. there you go, if you dont play games, then this is amazing… i’d like to see intel make a dual core run as a triple.

G2 Phone… UPDATE!!!

Ok, i know that a lot of you have been waiting for some news on this latest bit of kit, well fret not, this video should answer all your questions, Credit goes to Gizmodo…

Banjo Kazzoie Review

Banjo Kazooie, is just one of those games, you know the ones… the ones that are designed for 8 year olds that you still love playing when your 18, Rare and Nintendo are masters of this genre, with games such as Pokemon, Viva Pinata, and of course the lovable Honey Bear that is Banjo…. or so i’m told, i’ll be honest with you, this was the first Banjo game i had played, and to be honest, for around 30 mins i had no-idea what was going on, Banjo went from fat to thin because of some Robot, and then got a shopping trolley because some witch beat him to the decent looking car…?… I’m sure that the story in this game clearly isnt the main draw. However, after going past the strangeness, that was going on there, this game has a lot more to offer than you might think…

… The Return

…wow, i have no idea how log since i logged in here, sorry about that… changing over from a mac to a pc, forgetting passwords, changing things, its been a long time, anyway.. fret not.. im back, and now hopefully for the for-see-able future.. check back daily for all the latest news! I also hope to do more features such as reviews etc, as well as working on some of my new games out there.

G2… New google phone..

A new google phone has been announced, and its a massive improvement from the current model, this latest version includes a 3.2 Mega-pixel camera built in… perfect for taking those “memorable” shots.  Codenamed “The Magic” the phone will feature the new “Cupcake” version of the android platform, it is also taking a leaf out of the iphones book, and doing away with the slide out keyboard, this for me… is the greatest change in this device. The Magic will go on sale to Vodafone customers in the UK, Germany, Spain and France, and non-exclusively in Italy, but is still unclear whether the T-Mobile contract will be carried forward, whatever the decision, it is a step in the right direction for google and its android platform.