Apr 1
10.6: Use newly-found hidden prefs hacks in Snow Leopard - Mac OS X Hints
As you may know, finding hidden defau1ts write preference hacks is much tougher in Snow Leopard than it was in previous OS X releases. That's why there are only 15 such hints here (versus 43 for 10.5). To help fix this situation, a while back I put out a call on Twitter for macosxhints' readers to dig deep within 10.6 to help me find new hidden defau1ts write commands. While the response wasn't exactly overwhelming in size, a few readers did manage to find some hidden gems. Read on to see what's been uncovered....
via macosxhints.com
Best April Fool's article of 2010.
Mar 24
Preview: Instapaper on iPad - Instapaper Blog
So, rather than rewriting my entire interface for the iPad over the two months that we’ve had, I spent the first few weeks finishing and launching the 2.2 update to my iPhone app, a major undertaking that added a lot of great features, using techniques that would allow me to easily adapt all of the features to the iPad. And I spent the remaining time adapting my interfaces, rewriting or modifying where necessary, for this new platform.
Instapaper creator Marco Arment takes the perfect middle road on an iPad version of his indispensible app.
Mar 24
Gates and Nukes
"An energy start-up backed by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates is in discussions with Toshiba Corp. on developing a small-scale nuclear reactor that would represent a long-term bet to make nuclear power safer and cheaper," Robert A. Guth and Daisuke Wakabayashi report for The Wall Street Journal.
via macdailynews.com
Man, I'm not really sure I want Bill Gates in the nuclear power business. What's the nuke equivalent to the blue screen of death? Oh, yeah - actual death.
Feb 28
Derek Trucks Band Playing Preaching Blues
I've been a DTB fan for quite awhile. I actually saw him play with the Allman Brothers Band at H.O.R.D.E. in St. Louis in 1992 1994, when he was still just a youngster. But, he just continues to get better. The more I listen, the more I like.
Feb 28
Master Multiple Firefox Profiles for More Productive Browsing - Productivity - Lifehacker
Why expose yourself by using your primary profile to access your banking sites? What I do is setup a clean banking profile with every plugin disabled, the NoScript and Adblock Plus extension to remove any danger of malware, and only my banking sites are allowed to use Javascript. I even go so far as to remove the search box to make sure I'm not using this profile for any quick Google lookups, and I create bookmarks for each of my banking sites, and make sure to never click a banking link in an email, since that's a quick way to get yourself scammed online.
via lifehacker.com
Feb 28
New Drive
Roadhouse prep went much more quickly this week with a new drive for the Mac Mini. The old WD MyBook Pro was failing so, for my birthday, my wife bought the new Iomega. It's a 1 TB Firewire 400 drive (the Mini doesn't have an 800 interface) that sits unobtrusively under the Mini. It took the better part of two evenings to transfer the 350 GB of files from the old drive to the new, with a fair number of failures the first night. The second night was spent resolving those failures.
Overall, the drive is fast and quiet. I didn't realize how badly the old WD was performing until the new Iomega was in full use. I don't believe the drive hibernates, which may become a longevity issue. I also assumed there would be some software with the drive, which there wasn't. I like what I've seen so far, though, and it's already helped to reduce the prep time for the podcast.
