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Archive for January, 2005

QotD: Spiritual

Question: Is your Mac a spiritual machine? My Answer: No. Just something that works the way I imagine a computer should work. You are encouraged to answer the Question of the Day for yourself in the comments or on your blog.

Ancient Browser Sniffing

Check this out. Hit up http://www.pgatour.com/tourcast/ and get to the page pictured below (they're running a free trial currently). Look at the mess of JavaScript. This is the PGA Tour's "TourCast" system - a Flash-based "thingy" that can show you (almost live) a player's progress as he plays a round of golf on the PGA […]

Resetting Your Computer

For future use by… whomever. mount -uw / cd /private/var/db/netinfo mv local.nidb local.old rm ../.AppleSetupDone exit That's it!

Mac Mini as Car Stereo

I'd pay up to $1000 right now for a Mac mini with an LCD to replace the factory car stereo in my 2001 Pontiac Aztek. Screw having to use my iPod in the car - I'd have a little copy of iTunes complete with visuals. That'd be sweet! That'd just be for the stereo! If […]

On January 20*, we'll be releasing PulpFiction 1.2. On each of the next ten days, I'll be discussing a new feature we've added to my favorite aggregator. People have asked about our removal of a feature we used to call "Filterize" in PulpFiction 1.1. It was a bad name that indicated that we didn't know […]

QotD: VNC

Question: Have you ever used VNC? How has it worked for you? My Answer: I've used it twice. Once, on a local network, it worked beautifully. That was back in the day of the old grey AirPort base stations - not terribly high bandwidth, but serviceable. Today's experiment in using VNC over two cable- and […]

The Dangers of Auto-Pay

Auto-pay systems are great. I've paid my Cingular bill "automatically" for the past two years or so. I don't have to worry about it - $60 or so ($39.99+$7.99+"taxes") is paid every month without me having to lift a finger. Today, curious to see how much I talk to Carey, I actually dropped in to […]

QotD: Keyboard

Question: What kind of keyboard do you use for your computer? How do you like it? My Answer: Ever since Apple went to the plastic USB ones, I've used the cleanest, newest version of those available. When the white ones with edges came out (I think they debuted with an eMac revision), I held off […]

On January 20*, we'll be releasing PulpFiction 1.2. On each of the next ten days, I'll be discussing a new feature we've added to my favorite aggregator. Here's one that should have been done earlier, but now it works nicely: Added exporting of selected subscriptions from the subscription manager. In other words, you can now […]

Mini is the New Black

Does this mean the mini skirt will be making a come back as well? (If you're offended by, uhhh, butt, then don't read the full entry.)

Celine in America

There's something horribly wrong with this: Erik is listening to "God Bless America" by Celine Dion from the album "God Bless America" (2001). Erik has rated this song 3.0 stars and last played this song Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:43:03am. If only I could figure out what it is…

Not All is Well in Mac-Land

For those who've missed it, Tiger Mail now features the ugliest toolbar buttons ever seen. UGH! Plus, that new "semi-metal" window type? I'm going to call it the "tin foil" window. So now we have Aqua windows, brushed metal windows, and tin foil windows. Double UGH UGH!

QotD: Expensive Keynotes

Question: How much did the MWSF Keynote cost you? My Answer: About $158. I don't care to pay for Keynote to get Pages, and I don't care to pay for GB to get a newer iPhoto, but so be it. 😛 I don't need the iPod Shuffle, I don't need a Mac mini, and I […]

On January 20*, we'll be releasing PulpFiction 1.2. On each of the next ten days, I'll be discussing a new feature we've added to my favorite aggregator. Here's one of the most requested features: Added preference to turn off alternating background in article table Yes, you can now turn off the alternating blue/white background you […]

Real-Time Keynote Blogging, Anyone?

Will anyone be doing any real-time MWSF keynote blogging? In the past, I've logged on to IRC channels, refreshed Web pages, etc. Who will have coverage for those of us not attending? WHO!?!?!?! 😀