The last time I did any computer programming was back in the days of Basic. I don’t even really remember much about the programs I wrote or worked on. I know that we used to get some magazine that had code in it and you would type it in to make basic programs. Often, my …
A cold New York night. December. The line snaked city blocks. Feet cold. Bodies bushing and the smell of naked greed permeates the air: West 14th Street Apple Store Opening, December 7, 2007 The odds (percentages? probabilities? I’m a little fuzzy on the differences between the terms) were good to win something expensive like a …
Smell that french fry aroma . . . Biodiesel Takes to the SkyBecause Piety does NOT equal Morality . . . Preacher Refusing to Answer Questions in Senate Investigationand Mitt’s Pious BullshitBecause Wil Wheaton makes fun of Wesley Crusher–and does it with genuine love and talent . . . “Wheee! I’m in Starfleet!”I’m going …
Leopard has lots of new, cool, nifty new things. And, I will admit it here and now, the shelf on the dock is not nearly as bad as I thought. I have tweaked mine to be a bit darker, however, by using one of the downloads from LeopardDocks.com. However, there are some things missing. Namely, …
So far so good. I did a clone of my drive with SuperDuper, booted from it to ensure it was working, then did an “archive & install” of Leopard. Other than a few programs needing updating, a few Mail add-ons getting broken (which I expected) everything has gone smoothly and all my programs seem to …
Ok, so despite what I said last week, I’m tempted. I won’t go out and get it right away though. Really I won’t. Technorati Tags: leopard, mac, os x
I don’t know about you, my fellow Mac users, but I am becoming increasingly wary of installing certain Apple updates. Primarily because of two updates. The first problem lies in the fairly major update of 10.4.9 to 10.4.10. This has caused any number of external audio devices to stop working, in particular my Behringer FCA202 …
Simply a screenshot of my current desktop. I’m using Shapeshifter for the theme, the wallpaper is from a collection of wallpapers at the Apple site called “Color of My Eyes,” and my dock is anchored to the bottom using Tweak Freak. I have GeekTool running and displaying the next 7 days of events from iCal, …
Last night I came across this relatively useless but fun little Mac keyboard trick. Pressing the following key combination does a cool color reverse on your display: Cmd+Opt+Ctrl+6+8 I’m not sure what the utility of this could be, but it’s a fun little trick. Actually, I could see using this if working in a dark …