Michael Kratz

It’s always annoyed me that my MBP sometimes gets so hot that it is no longer comfortable to sit with it resting on my legs. It irks me that Apple have chosen to set the thresholds for the fans so low and quiet that the machine has to pretty much ‘burn skin’ before the fans will kick in at any decent rate and cool the machine down. Read more

In an attempt to make this WordPress template a little less ‘default’ (not that it isn’t good, I just wanted to make it ‘different’), I’ve decided to replace the default orange swirly glassy effect image with some photos of my own.

These rotate randomly using a PHP image rotator (click here if you want it). So you might see the same image twice, or more. There are about 30 images. Read more

In one hour, the space shuttle Atlantis is set to blast off on it’s 27th flight in to space (STS-115). The shuttle will be up there for 11 days. The primary function of the mission is to resume construction of the International Space Station, in particular, the crew of Atlantis will be adding additional solar arrays and truss structure to the station. Read more

As many people may be aware, the current state of Broadband in Australia is pretty dysmal, apart from selected exchanges which have been ADSL2+ enabled by carriers such as Agile/Internode (the companies I work for). The majority of ADSL users are limited to a maximum downlink speed of 1.5Mbit, because this is all that Telstra allow providers to offer. Read more

Simon Hackett, Managing Director of Internode and Agile (the companies I work for), has written a very interesting summary of the history of Broadband ADSL in Australia, how it has evolved, and what’s coming soon.

Click here to check it out.

I’ve made a few websites in my time (not all listed on this site), and I believe that they have fairly good rank on Google for what they’re designed for. So, here’s my personal tips for getting your site listed well on Google. Read more

Last week at WWDC2006, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the replacement of the Apple Power Macintosh G5 with the Mac Pro (as if we didn’t see that one coming!). Personally I think this machine is going to proove quite popular, not just because its ‘new’, and not just because its now on Intel like the rest of the Apple lineup. Read more