The pleasures of Astronomy from childhood to adulthood
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The pleasures of Astronomy from childhood to adulthood
April 11, 2009 – 00:02 | Comments

Amateur Astronomy is a hobby I’ve been engaged with since my early teens. I recall my first encounter with Astronomy after my father bought me a cheap rickety telescope that wobbled and never really focused …

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A new Twitter client for your Mac called Nambu
April 8, 2009 – 15:55 | Comments
A new Twitter client for your Mac called Nambu

Nambu is the name of new Twitter client recently released in beta form to the public that’s specifically for the Mac user community. It only runs on Mac OS-X and doesn’t yet have a Windows version. It’s also the first Mac based Twitter client I’ve used that’s not Adobe AIR or web based. It’s a native Mac OS-X application and as such looks very familiar and bears a striking resemblance to the Mac finder window. Nambu Touch for the iPhone also exists, although it too is in beta.