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Pairing the Navman 4400 GPS unit with a Mac at bioneural.net

Pairing the Navman 4400 GPS unit with a Mac at bioneural.net

I have an old NAVMAN 4400 GPS unit that I’ve been using with my PocketPC and the NAVMAN SmartST software.

Now I wanted to put it to use with my Apple PowerBook, only to realise that Apples Bluetooth Assistant requires that you pair the device by entering a code – quite difficult WITHOUT a keyboard. If all else fails, FGI, and link #1 yielded the site above.

I had no idea that a “Bluetooth Serial Utility” existed in Mac OS X.

Thanks! Now it’s time to play around. Google Maps has Danish road maps these days 😉 Long live Google.

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PodBrix . 1000 brix in your pocket

PodBrix T-ShirtPodBrix . 1000 brix in your pocket

Wow, this is a cool idea – I’m amazed what people come up with. (guess I shouldn’t really be surprised these days, especially after the launch of the online solarium!).

The minifigs are LEGO “men”, the popular portable music players are…hmm…iPods…

Since I’m a big fan of both iPod and LEGO, I really need some of the PodBrix products ;-). A T-Shirt with a magnet to attach your shuffle…I REALLY NEED one! Currently sold out though!

Quote from the PodBrix (http://www.podbrix.com) website (from where I also appropriated the image shown above – I hope that’s OK):

What is PodBrix?

Tomi Responds:
PodBrix sells modified minifigs inspired by the popular ad campaign for portable music players. In the future we may branch out to other related minifigs.

And the “Keynote” and the “Woz” kits are the perfect gifts for a “Cult of Mac” faithful, too bad they’re sold out as well.

LEGO should start supporting PodBrix officially to meet demand.

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.. :: PlayStadium :: .. :: gamers nyheder med mening :: .. :: Review: Logitech Cordless Desktop S530 Mac

.. :: PlayStadium :: .. :: gamers nyheder med mening :: .. :: PlayStation, PS2, PSP, Xbox360 :: .. :: nyheder, reviews, gossip :: .. » Arkiv » Review: Logitech Cordless Desktop S530 Mac

PlayStadium, Danmarks bedste hjemmeside for computer spil, har anmeldt Logitech Cordless Desktop S530 Mac.

Logitech Cordless Desktop S530 Mac er en version af Logitechs trådløse tastatur og mus, der er tilpasset Apple Macintosh computere.

Sætter anvender ikke Bluetooth, men Logitechs egen trådløse teknologi, og kræver derfor en ekstern USB RF enhed.

I øvrigt er det anmeldt af undertegnede…

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MacBook – first impressions (I’ve actually touched one!)

As it will be known to longtime readers (do I have any?), I usually comment on Apple’s new product releases. This time however, I’ve decided to base my first entry regarding the new MacBook consumer laptop from Apple, on hands-on-experience.

Friday I swung by the humac/Magasin store, and pressed my nose to the window for a glimpse of the MacBook (WhiteBook), it looked really cool, so I decided to pay the store a visit saturday.

Continue reading “MacBook – first impressions (I’ve actually touched one!)”
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:: macnyt :: danmark :: Tip: OpenOffice Dansk Stavekontrol

:: macnyt :: danmark ::

Her er et super tip til at få Dansk stavekontrol til at fungere i OpenOffice.Org, hvis man har problemer.

Der er også et link til en beskrivelse af hvordan man får tilføjet skrifttyper gennem SPAdmin værktøjet, slår helt bestemt den manuelle metode jeg har beskrevet i et tidligere indlæg.

Tak til Macnyt brugeren Umbrakul.

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David Weiss: A Tour of Microsoft’s Mac Lab

David Weiss: A Tour of Microsoft’s Mac Lab

Drool…Mactopia! has been located!

A rack with 150 Mac minis, controlled from a 30″ Apple display that “rotates like butter” :-D…OMG times 150!!!

Guess Redmond, Washington, 1 Microsoft Way can be a very pleasant place.

Now I want to go work for Microsoft.

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dr.dk › DR1 › Michelles mission › Programmerne › Michelles mission (4)

dr.dk › DR1 › Michelles mission › Programmerne › Michelles mission (4)

Macspot: Mine!!!A link to the TV show that featured yours truly is up now, stay tuned for the streamed media. You have to watch for something like 15 minuttes to catch a glimpse of me, and later, me and my trusty companion, my beloved Apple PowerBook G4 12″ aka. K.Job.

Yes, KB-Hallen features a free and fast Wi-Fi connection 8-). “You are using a mobile phone to get a connection right?” “No, it’s Wi-Fi!” “It’s what?” “It’s wireless Internet! It’s build right in. And guess what it’s free”.

The future is now, Wi-Fi is becoming pervasive, much like running water. When I went to Vingsted Center in Vejle for the “Yearly Gathering” (årsmøde) of Dansk Flygtningehjælp (The Danish Refugee Council) last week, they had Wi-Fi as well, and once again I was the only user. But 3G is dead like ahem 3G, long live Wi-Fi.

You can also catch the re-runs of show 4.

Michelles mission
DR1, Thursday the 20-Apr-2006 @ 14:20
DR1, Monday the 24-Apr-2006 @ 09:05

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows on Macs provokes a stir

BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows on Macs provokes a stir

Windows on the Mac? Is it really a Mac then?

The announcement by Apple that they will officially support dual booting Windows and Mac OS on the MacTel boxes with the introduction of a beta of the Boot Camp tool, and that it will be even tighter integrated in the next version of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, has the Macintosh related web-sites buzzing.

I think it’s a natural step by Apple, especially considering that the hackers already had accomplished the dual-boot challenge. I must admit that I’m surprised, but it only shows how pragmatic a company Apple is these days, and the shareholders are celebrating the revived interest in APPL.

Being a regular frequenter of Macintosh related web-sites, I can tell you that this was a feature that was requested by a lot of people.

What do I think about it? Well, choice is great for customers, and the Apple hardware is the only one on the market that supports all three mainstream operating systems, Linux, Windows and Mac OS.

Apple really have a lot of options these days:

  • Stop developing Mac OS, and still have two choices of Operating System
  • Selling off the computer division must be a lot easier now
  • Making Mac OS available as a commercial alternative to Windows

And there’s many more that I just can’t think of right now.

It will, as always, be interesting to see what Apple will do, it’s quite clear that they’re hedging their bets. For now it sounds like support for Mac OS from Apple is as strong as ever, and that the next version, 10.5 Leopard is on track, and according to the rumours it will be impressive, including a complete rewrite of Finder. 10.4 Tiger already delivers on many of the features Microsoft has been promising for Vista, even the ones that has been de-scoped for the first release.

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BBC NEWS | Technology | How much do you know about Apple?

BBC NEWS | Technology | How much do you know about Apple?

To celebrate Apple’s 30th anniversary on April 1st 2006, BBC created this little Apple Trivia Quiz with 10 questions.

I scored 8 out of 10, no cheating (e.g. Googling) but with a couple of lucky guesses.

How well did you do?

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Hackers get Mac running Windows

BBC NEWS | Technology | Hackers get Mac running Windows

Of course I couldn’t resist the temptation to comment on the fact that Windows can boot on the new Apple Intel boxes. There’s still a long way to go before this is a feasible possibility for the majority of users, and a lot of drivers has to be written. But it’s a remarkable success for the underground community of Apple fans, and congratulations to the hackers that just did, what some engineers said couldn’t be done.

It’s not really a surprise that it could be done, the Intel based Macs really aren’t that different from off-the-shelf PCs, and Windows being a half-decent operating system, of course “only” needed to have drivers and hardware abstraction layers rewritten.

So what do I think about this. Well I think that it’s great news. I’ve said this before, I believe that this only means that Apple potentially can run with the high-end market and the market for the design conscious, especially when the Intel PowerMac replacements launch.

I do however hope that people take the “Pepsi-challenge” with Mac OS X, I really doubt that Windows on Mac will run as smoothly as Mac OS X, I’d really prefer if Windows programs were running under some sort of software layer, like DARWINE.

Another, in my mind related, topic, is that I think that Apple now should introduce OS X as a commercial alternative to Windows. People are tired of waiting endlessly for Windows Vista, that will introduce a new lock-in style programming model. Apple has a huge opportunity right now.

Oh well, in the future we’ll all laugh about this discussion about GUIs, fat clients and application programming interfaces (API)s, when we run applications off the world wide grid on ultra thin clients, that is powered by an open and free system.