http://william.bokunic.com Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:47:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The general consensus is that Apple overprices their laptops. Why? Because you can find a PC laptop with a better GPU, CPU, more HD space and a larger display. Of course most of these can be debunked easily, but what about the display. Is larger better? What about the quality? ... http://william.bokunic.com/2009/04/27/rant-why-the-screen-matters/ This weekend Steam is doing a huge deal for the Orange Box. For only $9.99 you will get all of the Half-Life 2 games, Team Fortress 2 and Portal! A great deal for a great set of games. Check it out! http://store.steampowered.com/sub/469/ http://william.bokunic.com/2009/04/24/deal-orange-box-for-999/ First off, sorry for no post yesterday. I decided to not make one in order to celebrate earth day. (I have a database crunching data for this site). Anyhow, a while back I was getting ready to watch the Sarah Connor Chronicles on Hulu when this interesting tidbit passed by my radar. To ... http://william.bokunic.com/2009/04/23/suggestion-how-apple-could-enter-the-console-market/ As the title says, everyone who uses a computer should know - or make an effort to learn - how to edit photos. I’m not talking about being a Photoshop guru here, I’m just talking about the simple stuff: Cropping, red-eye removal, editing the level’s, etc. Why? Because the simple ... http://william.bokunic.com/2009/04/21/suggestion-everyone-should-know-how-to-edit-photos/ The Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Multiplayer Mod (SA-MP) is the most widely known mod of any GTA game. It allows you to play San Andreas online with other players. Many hail it as being better online than GTA 4 (possibly because you have have up to 200 players on ... http://william.bokunic.com/2009/04/20/how-to-install-san-andreas-multiplayer-mod-on-steam-version/ Mac OS X surprisingly comes with a lot of capable applications. It comes with a lot of stuff that would be on an essential Windows applications list, like a photo manager. But alas there are still many great Mac apps that I cannot live without. Here are what I feel ... http://william.bokunic.com/2009/04/17/list-top-10-essential-mac-apps/ For about two years now I’ve been a huge advocate of Shinywhitebox applications. Their iShowU Classic app is still the best introductory level screen recorder you can buy for Mac OS X, and Stomp is pretty much the best video compression software you can buy for under a grand. But ... http://william.bokunic.com/2009/04/16/rant-goodbye-ishowu-hd/ One of the biggest faults with Windows, in my honest opinion, is that it doesn’t have a uniform design behind it. Both in interface and in shortcuts. In this post I will discuss the shortcuts. Shortcuts, keystrokes, macros, whatever you wish to call them, are the key to being a ... http://william.bokunic.com/2009/04/15/how-to-become-a-mac-os-x-power-user/ There are very few photo editors designed for blogs out there, and even fewer that are actually half-way decent. Through my searching for a decent editor I cam across Picturesque ($34.95). It is sort of a blend between iPhoto and something else. Picturesque means to be visually attractive, especially in a ... http://william.bokunic.com/2009/04/14/review-picturesque-photo-editor/ A lot of people applaud the user interface of Photoshop in Mac OS X. It’s something different from most other photo editors and has a unique feel to it. But in terms of productivity it’s far from efficient. Clicking out of Photoshop will make the main interface disappear. Now in ... http://william.bokunic.com/2009/04/13/improving-efficiency-in-photostop-cs4-for-mac/