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A user on The Sand Trap forum linked to his online Scorecards at this URL: http://home.comcast.net/~2624/.
The URL works fine in OmniWeb, iCab, Firefox, and even Internet Explorer for the Mac, yet Safari (and any WebKit-based browser) shows a 404.
Changing the user agent in Safari doesn't fix anything, either.
What gives?
P.S. I've yet to fire up Parallels [...]

I've ordered two 2 GB sticks of RAM from RAMJet for the MacBook Pro. This means I'll have two 1 GB sticks available. If anyone wants them, and can offer a token (shipping plus a few bucks), they're yours. I have no use for them.
The RAM will work in MacBooks, Mac Minis, and MacBook Pros.
My [...]

When was the last really good Internet April Fool's joke? Because I can't remember one. Heck, Bare Bones' hardware for faster text processing stands out in my mind as one of the funniest simply because it was rather unexpected.

Aperture 2.1 was released with a sample plugin. I guess that may partly answer this question. I haven't checked yet, but I believe the plugin architecture is still not non-destructive.
WordPress 2.5 was released. I'll be installing this very soon here on this blog, then on The Sand Trap, and then on some others.
Cyndicate 1.2 will [...]

I received my 1 TB Time Capsule today and, pursuant to the comments on my earlier entry, I'm hoping to get some help in setting up my new network.
For the past several years I've run an 802.11g network named "Netski." I have a domed AirPort Express ("Dome") that has served as a printer share point [...]

Mousepad

If you use a mouse, do you use a mousepad? Yes No I use a trackpad/trackball and can't really answer. View Results
I haven't used a mousepad since… my first laser optical mouse in… 1999? 2000?

iPhone Sync Speed (Time)

Occasionally, syncing contacts on my iPhone takes minutes. Like 5-10. Other times, it takes 30 seconds.
I sync with .Mac and Entourage (just the contacts), but I don't think those matter. The .Mac syncing is always on, and disabling the Entourage syncing doesn't magically speed things up.
FWIW, I have only 54 contacts in my "iPhone" group [...]

Yawn.
Perhaps I'll have Aperture 2.0 and new MacBook Pros for my birthday (March 23)… dare to dream?

I'm used to, on my Mac, queuing up commands when I know a dialog will appear. For example, I'll hit a keystroke that requires confirmation and hit the "enter" key very quickly.
In Windows, lately, I've been hitting the delete key to move a file to whatever the Trash in XP is called and hitting "enter" [...]

Why the hell is there no confirmation dialog when you delete a subscription to a podcast in iTunes? Seriously? There's not even an undo, and it's not easy to figure out what podcast subscription you've deleted.
It's easier to delete an entire subscription than an individual podcast!
P.S. Yes, I just deleted a subscription, hence the post. [...]

My current home network is pretty simple:

A white dome AirPort Extreme (APE) in my office hooked up to cable modem.
An AirPort Express (APX) in my kitchen that extends the range of my network. I could probably do without this.
Another APX in the TV stand, connected to an ethernet hub, which connects my Xbox 360 and [...]

Latest SpamSieve Stats

Just for personal knowledge.

It's been a few months since Time Warner took over from Adelphia in servicing my area. In that time, we've paid $59.95/month: $45.95 for basic cable Internet service, $17 for "Premium" service, and -$3.00 for owning our own cable modem (I've had this particular modem since I lived in Florida!).
I had been assuming that the [...]

iPhone == AirTunes

The thought occurs to me that the device I first talked about in January has come about in terms of hardware: it's an iPhone (or an iPod Touch).
It's just missing the software.
I wonder if software of this variety will be possible as of February…

A Mouse Quandary

I currently have a Logitech MX-1000 mouse. It's a wireless laser mouse with, by my count, five buttons and a scroll wheel that can be pushed left, right, down (clicked), or scrolled up and down. That's approximately seven or eight "buttons" plus scroll wheel functionality.
The problem with this mouse is the same as the one [...]

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