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Character Generation, Katakana Rendering

October 1st, 2008 · Comments Off

Despite spending more time with Little Cute Display, I’m still unable to get character generation working. Based on the small amount of information I have it should be working. I suspect that either the device just doesn’t support it (possible, I haven’t tested it) or I don’t have enough documentation (my best guess).
As part of [...]

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Tags: Mac · Programming

More Time With Leopard

October 30th, 2007 · Comments Off

Well, as I’m sure you can guess I’ve been spending more time with Leopard. I’ve discovered some more good, and some more bad.
The Bad
On the bad front, I’m having e-mail problems, which I chalk up to my host. The interesting things I’ve discovered during this about Mail are a little unfortunate though. When a message [...]

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Tags: Mac · Reviews

A Little Time With Leopard

October 28th, 2007 · Comments Off

So I’ve been spending some time with Leopard, which I picked up at 6:00 PM on Friday at a local computer store. It took a while to install (I did archive and install, which probably didn’t help, but it also took a while to verify the install media).
I like it. The dock is kind of [...]

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Tags: Mac

iWeb: Still Terrible

August 10th, 2007 · Comments Off

I like you Apple. I really do. But I have previously written about my dislike for you. There is a new version, and I really wanted to use it. But I can’t bring myself to do it. I just can’t. There are just SO MANY things wrong.
Simple Stuff
The stuff I complained about last time. The [...]

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Tags: Mac · Reviews · Site

Macs, Final Fantasy XII, Photos

June 10th, 2007 · Comments Off

Tons going on. There are quite a few little thing that I’d like to comment on.
Final Fantasy XII
I’ve been playing Final Fantasy XII and so far I’ve been having quite a bit of fun. I just escaped from the Nalbina dungeons and I’m about to enter the Aerodrome to meet Balthier. Now I’ve played every [...]

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Tags: Games · Mac · Reviews · Site