I have just been given my quota of Google Wave invites. I have a few to give out so if you would like to be considered for one, drop me a comment below, with a funny reason why.

Here is a little description of what Google Wave is:

Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. (via About Google Wave)

If you are already part of the Wave beta feel free to use the contact form to send me your Wave address.

To keep my MacBook Pro safe i decided to get a sleeve that protect it’s while it is inside another bag. After looking at reviews online and looking at may different cases I decided to go for the Incase 13″ MacBook Pro Sleeve. Continue reading

For when I am at home using my MacBook I needed a new wireless mouse. After reading a couple of review and looking around for a good, cheap but comfortable mouse I decided to go for the Logitech MX620 cordless mouse. First impressions are really good, it has a really comfortable ergonomic design, useful buttons and a great track wheel.

One of the things that I like is that you can set the track wheel to have a friction less rotation or staggered. This then enables you to scroll through large documents quickly, easily and effortlessly. This is done via a little button on the base of the mouse.

There are three additional programable buttons which you can set by using the Logitech software (work’s great on OSX 10.6), I have set my search button for Expose and left the forward and backwards buttons as they are to speed up navigating around websites.

Also compared to my previous mouse the battery life is great, a normal set of AA batteries will last just under a year where with my old one I had to recharge my rechargeable batteries at least once a fortnight.

Overall the feel of the mouse is great and if you are looking for a reasonably priced, wireless mouse you should defiantly consider getting one of these.

To help aid me with my studies and because I love Apple products so much I decided to get myself a brand new Apple MacBook Pro 13″ laptop. This probably has to be one of the best purchases of my life. From the opening of the box you can tell how much effort goes into the design department of Apple products in California. The way the box is laid out inside with the protection for the laptop and presentations of the manuals and DVD’s in there own pocket.

Now onto the product, the laptop made from one piece of aluminium and its high quality keyboard makes for the best typing experience. the trackpad with all the finger movements to act as shortcuts to open Expose or scroll through a webpage just adds to the experience.

It is running Snow Leopard the latest OS released by Apple. It has few minor GUI updates but quite a bit backend adjustments to increase performance. The main GUI enhancements differences are: the new Quicktime X and a transparency added on the stacks and folder’s on the dock.

The backlit keyboard and the battery indicator are just one of the ways Apple makes great use of LED’s on its laptops. The way in which the backlit keyboard and screen brightness adjusts when the light in the room you are in alters makes you think about all the thought Apple puts into it’s products.

Photo’s and more to come …

Fed up of a plain boring desktop? Well I was to until i was browsing Mac forums and stumbled on a thread about Geektool. Geektool is basically a ‘.prefpane’ which you set up widget’s which are shell scripts, images or files on your PC. These then are showed on top of your desktop background. Below are some of the scripts I use with Geektool. Continue reading