Installing Mountain Lion: Is Apple trolling me?

After two failed 3GB download, I noticed that Mountain Lion Download Progress can't be Paused/Resumed. Well... kinda! Here's the trick: You can Pause/Resume the download, disconnect your Mac from the internet, and even put your Mac to sleep mode, but do NOT ever shut it down! Apparently, the downloaded file removed when you shut down the Mighty Mac.

Shader Builder: GLSL on OS X

For Mac OS X graphic programmers, if you're trying to do a shading programing using GLSL, XCode already come up with a Shader Builder. Its pretty neat and convenient(with few bugs here and there). The GUI is not as neat as XCode but... okay I can life with that. 

But the biggest problem I notice until now is the GLSL ported to OS X is currently not supporting array initialization. I don't know why of all bugs they could make, they chose this one. So don't expect to use loops and friends in your shaders. 

Overall, nice attempt, especially for a company that try to centralize every hardware-related development in their  office. Just make sure don't fail us AGAIN! *cough java cough*

5 things on Windows I want to have on Mac

There are reasons why PC Users dont want to switch to OS X, and Software compatibility is the main cause. I as a mac user, sometimes cry alone on my bed envying folks using software that I really want, but not compatible in OS X(unless you do virtualization and stuff). So you may have your wish list, I have mine. So here they are:

1. Autodesk 3D Studio Max

Its like the collest 3D Application ever(citation needed). I've tried Maya, Lightwave, and a little bit of Cinema4D but no one can beat 3DS Max(citation needed). Well then since I chose my path as an Apple Fan, bye bye Max, welcome Maya. Let see what it can do.

2. Total War series

There are two kind of people: those who like/will like/should like Total War, and idiots. I mean, cmon, hundreds and thousands of guys under your command, killing each other, blood everywhere, who wont like it. There are 7 series of Total War(including expansion), I got 7 of them. The next one, Empire, is really promising. But I can only wish I can play it :(

3. Paintbrush

Great application for emergency small image editing task such as cropping, cropping, and cropping. We Mac also have a few competitor for Paintbrush but honestly, nothing as convenient and efficient and fast as paintbrush. Ow yeah...

4. Garena Client Application

If you play Warcraft 3, and play it online, I really dont have to describe why we need Garena. If dont, well then... youre not my type of friend :p Here is the short info: it is one of the most famous gaming server for PC, and yes it has lots and lots of user. Battle.net might be cool but Garena is a third party server. It means they will develop it more and more by time even if Blizzard leave their attention to another game *cough wow cough*

5. Visual Studio

Well, maybe this one is a little bit too much to ask. But hey... dont stop imagining things ;) Ive been through a lot of development IDE and I must say (even compared to XCode) VS is the best editor I've ever used. Good code sensing, simple file management and nice layout. XCode is good too but its too premature to give a head to head comparison between them. 

So there you go. My big 5. Im currently enjoying my life with OS X but God knows for how long. Good luck, Lord Jobso.