Monthly Archives: February 2011

Phew almost done

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Guthlac

Almost done, computer appears to be working ok, just downloading the updates. Four and half hours! One almighty update! Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Hour and half in and about half way through the upgrade!

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Guthlac

Slowly slowly so it goes. It looks like I am half way through the process – although you never can tell – these can take forever or does it just seem that way? Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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The results of the first week of portrait course

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Guthlac

Whilst waiting for the windows upgrade to complete I thought I would work on my work from the portrait course I attend this morning. This is a iPhone capture reworked and developed in Brushes on the iPad. The original drawing was made in pen and i… Continue reading →

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The upgrade starts

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Guthlac

Well I have started the process and things are already getting complicated – ran the compatibility check and I have a couple of issues – one being iTunes which I think I have corrected. Just restarting machine as requested and seeing what happens … Continue reading →

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A Mixed Night For The Social Network

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Guthlac

via mashable.com This is a real bizarre article – I suppose it is hardly suprisng from a tech blog site – but the author seems to have taken it as a slight to the whole tech/social network community. Having seen both Social Network and King’s spee… Continue reading →

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Oops too impatient

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Guthlac

Well the last three entries are because I tapped the screen three time on my iPad when the Posterous link didn’t seem to work. Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Here’s Who You Think Should Win The Oscars [INFOGRAPHIC]

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Guthlac

via mashable.com this is one of the silliest things I have seen in a while. Not sure how you associate what ‘the buzz’ on the internet has to do with the voting in the Acadamy Awards Continue reading →

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Towing the company line

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Guthlac

I happens to be in the local Apple store today and whenever I spoke to any of the staff in there about the forthcoming release of the iPad 2 I got the same reaction – a shrug of the shoulders and ‘we don’t know when the new machine is com in out’ … Continue reading →

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Read the bloody instructions!

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Guthlac

It is really easy to read the letters XP isn’t it. Well I didn’t find it so and as a result I thought the whole upgrade procedure to Windows 7 was really over the top. I just couldn’t understand why this particular upgrade was so complicated and w… Continue reading →

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The journey begins – I’m upgrading to Windows 7

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Guthlac

So the here we go. I’ve unpacked the upgrade packet, read the instructions. It would seem that the Windows 7 upgrade is a major process which rips the heart out of the computer and will result in me having to reinstall all my programmes. This, in … Continue reading →

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