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1Password

Arguably the most useful application on the Mac, the mobile version of 1Password can now be found on the AppStore.

Gotta be honest here… if I didn’t already have an iPhone, it’s applications like this that’ll make me want to get one asap – it’s just so fucking useful.

For the uninitiated, 1Password, in it’s most basic form is a password storage application. Much like Firefox’s password manager, or the Apple Keychain built right into OSX.

The reason why it so much better though, the reason why I myself have purchased the application despite my ability to easily source a pirated license, is how well thought out the whole application is. It’s one of those things that just clicks with you once you start using it… and you suddenly find out that you can’t live without it. Read More

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Obsessive compulsive(ness)

I got some nice looking external hard disk enclosures last year, and have been struggling with them since then. Ultimately it was a chipset problem.

They were using the infamous Prolific chipset which often resulted to inconsistencies in performance. One day they’d be working fine. The next, they wouldn’t mount. Sometimes you’d have to power-cycle them to get them working again. Other times, you’d have to take them apart and massage the cables a little (I have no idea why this would work, but I was out of options and tried it – and it worked) Sometimes if it wouldn’t load on USB, switching to IEEE1394 would solve it.

They were more reliable in Windows than they were in the Mac. If your machine goes to sleep with them connected, don’t expect them to wake up along with it.

A few days ago, I decided to replace them with these babies: