Flash Coder

Well you’re probably thinking “Hey, my MBP is cool sukka”, especially if you’re in a timewarp from the 70’s and Starsky and Hutch is your best thing (I mean ‘best thaing’), or you’re a huge BA Baracus fan. But I digress. My Mac Book Pro was over heating (as I previously mentioned in my last post). Well the nice men at AKQA London said “hey sukka”….well ok, so they actually said “I say old man. Anyone for tea and muffins?” followed by possibly one of the most usefull string of non random verbs, nouns and adjectives I’ve heard for a very long time “Why don’t you install SMC Fan Control? Don’t you know. Anyone for Tennis?”

SMC Fan Control, for those who don’t know, is a simple, free fan controller app which reduced the core temperature of my MBP by 25 degrees C in 2 minutes (it also works in degrees F). I can now actually touch my MBP. Marvelous! It allows you to set the fan speed in increments of single rpms, as well as telling you what speed they’re running at when you set them. It has a nice friendly temperature bar with the temperature displayed on it. Couple this with the iStat Pro widget (the latest version of which finally asks you if you’d like to install the additional fan and heat monitors - and about bloody time to) and you have a nice heat monitoring and control system.

Well, like a vast number of Flash developers (and normal humans), I have converted to the Mac Book Pro. I bought it over 6 months ago now but I was to embarrased to post on my conversion to the dark side . I love the sleek looks, the functional design, the fact that is has everything I need built in from bluetooth to wifi to the iSight camera. It’s fast and I can run Windows XP through parallels (which was the straw that broke the camel’s back in convincing me to buy) at the native speed that I run it on a PC. Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, so you’re in the VIP lounge of the most exclusive pole dancing club on the planet and you’ve got a key of Coke and a Ferrari out side, filled with $1000 hookers. (Granted, not the most politically correct analogy, but I’m just trying to convey the sence of excitement you might feel). If your’re a girl then……imagine the LA Fire Department have some how managed to find their way into your bedroom, can’t find their way out, they’ve lost all their clothes except for the standard issue fire department thong and all they have to keep themselves warm is a gallon of baby oil….and you’ve bought some new shoes. How am I doing? I may be over cooking this one.

Anyway, I was going to be creative with the title, but god damn, just read about this little beauty. It needs no embellishment from me.