Archive for June, 2006
Cut and Paste Files: a “feature” of OS X 10.5?
Recently, on macosxhints.com a Mac OS X user found a way to enable the “Cut” command in the Edit menu in Finder. Full tip can be found here. When enabled, the item you cut gets placed into the trash. It appears to be half-done.
I find it sad that there is no [...]
Upcoming Experiment: Thin Client
Right now surpluscomputers.com is running a deal – they are selling thin clients for $20 a pop. For that deal, click here.
It runs Windows CE and I’m not sure what exactly I am going to do with two of them. I have to round up a PS/2 mouse and keyboard to use with [...]
Finder needs work
Recently, a couple of faked screenshots of Mac OS 10.5, Leopard, were making the rounds on the Internet. Included in the fake shots was a new tabbed Finder interface.
When I switched from Windows to Mac, Finder was one of the things I hated most about OS X. It was too simple [...]
Digg for Viruses
Several weeks ago, a piece of software was on the front page of digg.com. It was the Secondary Click installer – it would allow a MacBook Pro users to “right-click” or “control-click” using two fingers on the trackpad. I installed it on my MBP and it kind of works. It had an [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )DS Lite in my future?
The new DS Lite was officially released on June 11th in the U.S. It was available early in some stores, like Target. The other day, I was in Target with my wife and I got to play “New Super Mario Brothers” on the DS Lite.
The Nintendo DS Lite is a slick piece of [...]
Low-Tech
Back in my bachelor days, I lived on my own for a while. I hated doing dishes; however, I enjoyed eating off of plates. At some point, I realized that plates were merely platforms to hold food. I got the idea to place plastic wrap over plates or any other hard surface [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Google and Microsoft
Google has its new Spreadsheet web-application and it’s ruffling feathers at Microsoft. People are saying that this is Google firing a shot across Microsoft’s bow (I didn’t know that they had boats, but whatever). So, Google’s got their Spreadsheet and it’s supposed to be a competitor of MS Office’s Excel (and of course Writely is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Witch: Alt-Tab for Mac
When I switched from Windows to Mac, I was pleased with the performance of OS X. I tried Expose and Command-Tab to cycle through windows. However, Expose only shows you open windows (minimized windows are hidden). Command-Tab only lets you go through the open applications. Once again, minimized applications are not [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Test: Skype + Bluetooth Headset + MacBook Pro
I am currently without a landline phone. I have relocated for the summer and I chose not to get a standard phone. I have high-speed Internet access, so I decided to use Skype on a MacBook Pro and I just added a Bluetooth headset so I could talk and walk away from my [...]
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