Tag Archive for ‘Macbook’ at dougbelshaw.com

Tag Archive for 'Macbook'

Twitter Screensaver

Published

on 11 July 2007

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I’ve got my Twitter haikus as the screensaver on my Macbook now. After visiting the Twitter Fan Wiki - a great place for all things Twitter-related - I came across this blog post. All you need to do is bookmark the RSS feed from a Twitter page in Safari. Then, using the RSS screensaver built-in to Mac OS X, bingo! Continue reading ‘Twitter Screensaver’

Jersey job and the return of the Mac

Published

Doug Belshaw

on 17 March 2007

in Everything Else

. 8 Comments

So I didn’t get the Head of History position at the school on Jersey. But hey, I learned some lessons:

Experience is more important to schools than talent and having a vision.
Don’t say in interviews that you get angry (or even frustrated).
Independent selective schools have little idea about comprehensive education.

Oh, and I’m selling that cheap laptop (even though it was pretty good) and am back on the Macbook (core 2 duo). I’ve also bought myself a proper iPod… Continue reading ‘Jersey job and the return of the Mac’

Return of the Mac

Published

Doug Belshaw

on 5 March 2007

in Technology

Macbook Core 2 Duo

I’m pleased to say that I returned from the Apple Store, Meadowhall with an Intel Core 2 Duo Macbook. Yes, the one with the 2Ghz processor(s) and 80GB hard disk. Which leaves me in somewhat of a quandry: do I sell it (as I swore I would) and make c.£800 whilst keeping the (actually rather good) Acer laptop I bought recently, or do I swallow my pride and keep the admittedly very cool Macbook? I’ve actually quite enjoyed using Ubuntu Linux recently, so it’s a harder decision than you’d think.

Hmmm….

Continue reading ‘Return of the Mac’