The Twelve South SurfacePad is one of those products that you don’t realise you want until you have it… After reviewing the Twelve South BookArc for MacUser magazine, Twelve South asked if I’d also be interesting in taking a look at their ‘SurfacePad’ product: a cover for the palm-rest area 13 or 15″ MacBook Pro. [...]
Archive for December, 2009
December 16, 2009
HTML5 feature by Ben Frain in MacUser magazine
By benfrain in WritingI’ve been looking at the HTML5 specification a lot recently and intend to use parts of the specification in my upcoming website redesign. I’ve consolidated a lot of the research on the subject I’ve done into an HTML5 feature for MacUser magazine (it will be in issue 25/25).
December 16, 2009
21.5″ iMac screen bezel damage and misalignment
By benfrain in Personal, Tech-tipI recently reviewed the all-new 27″ iMac for Computer Active Magazine and was pretty impressed. I certainly didn’t experience any of the screen issues that are getting all the headlines. On the back of that, I recommended my brother get the 21.5″ version of the new iMac. Which was a mistake… The first one suffered [...]
December 16, 2009
Beginners guide to CSS: article in Computer Active
By benfrain in WritingI’ve recently contributed another article to Computer Active magazine. This one is a ‘Masterclass’ on CSS. In reality it’s very much a beginners guide to the subject, written in layman’s terms. If you’ve ever wondered just how on earth CSS works, head over and pick up issue 308 (10-23 December) now.
December 1, 2009
New Cooper D engines in January 2010, Cooper S Diesel and Mini One Diesel coming in 2010
By benfrain in PersonalIf you’re about to order a new Mini you may want to hold off a little. I had a conversation with the ‘shoe shine man’ yesterday which revealed the following… The Cooper Diesel is (from January) to be fitted with a leaner Diesel engine which produces comparable emissions to the current model but WITHOUT the [...]
