Category: Computers
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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Together
The highly publicized interview with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs is online in video form! I watched it last night and I have to say that it is wonderful. It’s nice to see these two men, who are usually seen by the public as enemies, talk about themselves, each other and the industry. There are…
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You can take it with you
If you’ve been looking for a way to share your application data on your Mac between multiple computers, I’ve got a great solution for you. If you’ve been using a Mac for a while you probably know that most of your application data is stored in the Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/ApplicationName folder. So, how do you share…
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Handbrake doesn't find main movie / feature?
I’ve been in the process of ripping my DVDs onto my computer for quick access. In the process I found that for some DVDs Handbrake didn’t find or detect the disk’s main feature so I was unable to rip the DVD. Initially I thought this was just because of the way the DVDs were encoded…
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I purchased a MacBook Pro, and I’m loving it!
Today I’m sitting in Charlie’s Coffee bar working. Last night I sat outside on the back porch and had a face to face conversation with my dad (and he’s in Arizona). I’ve finally taken the plunge and bought a laptop and it has been one the best purchases I’ve ever made. Now don’t get me…
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Coda: The new web development app from Panic!
I didn’t think it would ever happen but it has. A new web development application has come along that makes me wish Dreamweaver would get on the ball. Today Panic, a small Mac software development company released Coda, which is described as “one-window web development.â€? They’ve done some very interesting things and added some great…
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13 killer Mac apps for $13
I heard about this last night and I couldn’t believe it. It looks like MacZOT is offering 13 well known Mac applications as a bundle for $13. As of right now they’ve only unveiled 4 of the 13 apps but the ones they have unveiled are worth much more than $13, the total value of…
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Moving away from table-based web design
Back in 1997 typographer David Siegel changed the way web designers made websites; some would say he even changed the web itself. He wrote about an emerging technique for pixel-perfect designs. The technique involved combining the <table> tag with sliced images and spacer gif images to achieve a design that was all but impossible back…
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Macworld 2007 Predictions
The 2007 Macworld conference and expo is happening next week and as any Apple user will tell you this is a big deal. Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple gives the keynote presentation in which he almost always introduces or announces new products. There’s no shortage of Macworld predictions out there. From the iPhone to…
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Audion: The Rise and Retirement of a Mac Application
Although this is a computer-related posting I believe that, given a chance, just about anyone would find this a very interesting read. The True Story of Audion For those of you who aren’t familiar Mac software Audion was one of the first CD/MP3 player applications available for the Mac. It had a lot of firsts…
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Bloggers in Richmond Indiana
I’ve had several people email me lately telling me that they found my website while looking for bloggers in the Richmond Indiana area. As recently as two years ago there were only a handful of us around here that even knew what a blog was much less actually have our own blogs. Now as the…