The fact of the matter is, iOS DOES have a British English dictionary.

Where do you find this such much sought after feature you might ask?  Well you can change it by going to Settings > General > International > Language > British English.

Voilà! There you have it.

I just have to say how well done I think this advert is, it’s probably one of the only ones on TV currently that doesn’t annoy me. The song is also so catching I purchased it on iTunes.

Thanks to @ZombiePlan for allowing me to use this image

The other week I was in the car with @Kathblue on my way home, as we were driving through the city we went through Hurtle Square. As we drove through, we saw the tree above which had been “supposedly” decorated for christmas. To both of us it just looked like someone had toilet papered the tree and the toilet paper was illuminated.

On a related side note, the decorations this year were atrocious. During the day everything looked bare apart from a few stars, during the night some streets like Rundle had lights across the road but then the stars didn’t light up. All in all, it was a very poor effort. The council could have done much better.

This offer has now expired.

It took me a second to realize what had happened but the Power Supply in my desktop exploded and had tripped the circuit breaker.  2 days after me getting a new computer. Sadly I hadn’t finished transferring my documents off my old Windows machine so now I have to figure out what I’m going to do to attempt to recover them to transfer them to my MacBook Pro.

I just can’t believe my luck, however I am grateful the PSU decided to wait until AFTER I received the MacBook Pro to cause issues or else right now, I’d have absolutely nothing to use.

So it all goes back to earlier this year, when I started seeing a trend with lots of the new programs being released for Mac OS X before Windows.

Under construction…

People asked me why I bought the 4S instead of waiting for the iPhone 5, quite simply. I like to stay up to date, if that costs me $1000 every 2 years.. I’m OK with that. It’s a small price to pay for a device I use for hours each day. Of course, when the iPhone 5 comes out my contract will expire with Telstra and most likely, I will re-sign and get the new iPhone then (The Freedom connect plans with Telstra are much better than the old NextG plans anyway).

The main changes is the 8MP Camera instead of the 5MP and the new feature Siri. Along with the addition of the A5 chip. Besides that there’s the increase of space and another hour of talk time added onto the battery however I’m not quite sure if just these changes could justify spending $999.

I’m really tempted to just bite the bullet and order the new handset because everyone knows how I love to be up to date on the latest technology. So what do you think? Should I do the jump and purchase the iPhone 4S? Siri looks like it could be very cool in day to day life…

Each store I visited was packed to the door. At least 100 people in there, lots just browsing however the main part I think we need an Apple store for was busy as hell; The Genius Bar.

For Apple products to be repaired in Adelaide you need to post it to Sydney where they inspect it and usually just send you a refurbished product back where turn around time is usually 2 weeks. 2 weeks is a long time to go without an iPhone or any other device such as a MacBook you might use for work.

I sometimes wondered perhaps their isn’t enough people in Adelaide however if there is a store in Perth surely there is enough of a demand for one in Adelaide, even if it was purely for a repairs.

In the USA each time I went into an Apple store I spent over $100, perhaps its just the white shiny lights that draw you in… but I’m sure they could make their money in Adelaide from sales.

@shaunlorrain Sorry bro, we’ve moved on :S I think twitter is the best way to break it to you. No hard feelings? – Scott

— Telstra(@Telstra) August 9, 2011

So far I haven’t really done a lot. I’ve been to visit my friends mother who is 99 and after that went to my friends wife’s barn to see her 3 horses. One of which is a new baby horse who was born a few months ago.

On Saturday we went to the cinema to see Captain America in 3D. It was a great movie overall but especially a great movie to see while on holiday in the USA. I got some popcorn as well and all I can say is Americans love their butter on their popcorn. It was so greasy but it tasted so good!

For food I’ve tried Pizza Hut, McDonald’s and Olive Garden so far. Pizza Hut and McDonald’s are basically the same just in bigger sizes and Olive Garden is just fantastic. It’s a great italian restaurant here in America which I had for lunch today. I of course had my usual Spaghetti Bolognese which on the menu was “Spaghetti and meat sauce” and the bread sticks are very tasty. I’ve noticed so far the waitresses are so much nicer here because they work for tips instead of just a salary. My drink glass was always full and as soon it got low she brought another glass over.

I’ve uploaded 7 photos to my Flickr account so far, I’m hoping to get some fantastic photographs of the landscape here this week and much more as I start to explore the state more.

Until next time!

I have a 2 hour layover in Melbourne, Australia before getting aboard QF093 which happens to be a A380 (I really can’t explain how happy I am that I get to fly on one of these…). I arrive in Los Angeles, California around 11:25pm Adelaide time and then have a 6 hour wait before my final flight of the day to PDX. I’ll probably be posting once again during my 6 hour stop in Los Angeles just to let you guys know I made it and let everyone know my thoughts about Qantas International Services and the A380 :)

Wish me luck flying!

I will be making frequent blog posts here with journal entries along with one or 2 pictures every few days, However I will be uploading ALL my pictures to my Flickr Profile as I go along. Along with pictures and a journal entry every few days here on the blog, I will be tweeting through out some of the days via my iPhone and my shiny new iPad 2**. So you can check out my twitter tag @ShaunLorrain however I will also be setting my twitter account to post the status updates to my Facebook account. So really there’s many ways to get in touch with me!

I hope you enjoy some of the photos and things I have to share while I’m away as I’m sure I’ll have a fantastic time.

*I leave July 20th and am returning September 16th.
**If insurance has replaced it due to me breaking the thing…