December 2007
78 posts
Happy New Year, folks!
Of iPods & Backups
One of the best parts of buying a new iPod is the feeling of nonchalance for the well-being of your old iPod. For me, the best use I have for my 30 GB 5th generation iPod is as another back-up device. If you’re not familiar with yours truly, I am fucking paranoid when it comes to backing up my data. Along with keeping a clone of my drive locally, I keep an ever-growing collection of...
“It’s understood you wrap your voodoo right around my neck. You’ve...”
– She’s Only 18 by Red Hot Chili Peppers
“iTouch my iTouch while iTouch myself.”
– Charlie Brunner
Amazon starts dishing out DRM-free Warner Music... →
1) This is awesome news.
2) Oh, surprise, Sony is the last one on the DRM bandwagon.
3) I’ll still probably continue to buy things in iTunes.
Holiday Gifts
What I gave:
* Homemade Christmas CD
* Homemade Christmas Slideshow DVD
* iYule
* Chocolate candy & fudge
What I got:
* 16 GB iPod Touch
* Intuos3 4x6 Wacom Tablet
* $110.00 in cash/gift cards
* Slippers
* Shirts
* A city plaque
Posting to tumblr is super easy from mobile safari. I am loving this more and more.
Happy Jesusday
It’s officially Jesusday! Have a good one.
You can’t take the Jesus out of Jesusday, right? RIGHT?!
“…any pundit announcing that “Apple is the new Microsoft,” “Leopard is the...”
– RoughlyDrafted Magazine
Adium and multiple Chat Accounts (Part 2) →
Another quick tip for those Multiple Chat accounts that were spoken of in my last post. See last tip.
Have you ever wanted to set which account is the primary account that you send to for somebody that has multiple accounts? Well that’s quite easy. Find them in your buddy list, right mouse click (or ctrl click) and select ‘Get Info’. That user’s info page should show up. Along with this info page...
“I never fucked anybody over in my life didn’t have it coming to them. You...”
– Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface
Vienna: A Free RSS Reader. →
I noticed today that a good chunk of our visitors are getting our posts via the feed, so I thought it might be a good time to talk about Vienna. We’ve talked about other RSS readers, and most of the good ones you have to pay for… which sucks. So, here comes Vienna, and…you guessed it! It’s free! (more…)
How to get album covers in itunes with PHP, and... →
Botmonsters blog offers an awesome tutorial on how to get your itunes album art using a couple of scripts. It’s a little bit complicated, but most of you should be able to follow his steps to get all your art from the amazon network. You can check it out here.
Icons not showing within Grid View in Leopard →
So you install a new application, by downloading it, dragging it to your applications folder, open up the ‘grid’ view under the application launcher on the Dock and all you get is a broken application icon… well there’s a quick fix for that. It involves either Activity Monitor or terminal (whichever you feel more comfortable with). (more…)
“Zoom in on that vagina.”
– Martin E. Keefe
MPAA Bans This Poster →
I really don’t care about the ban, I just wanted to give “props” to the designer of the poster. It is actually really interesting. It is clever, to say the least.
(Via Gruber)
Warp: Change Spaces in Leopard with your Mouse →
Kent Sutherland, the developer of Chax, has released a preference pane called Warp that allows you to move through your different spaces with your mouse.
When Warp is enabled, holding your mouse to the side of your desktop will take you to the space in that direction. If you’ve ever dragged a window to a different space, you’ll be familiar with the mechanics of this. I always appreciate...
“Become a standard-bearer for journalists everywhere. Accept money in exchange...”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: We’re launching a blogger amnesty program
Digg - Warp: Change Spaces in Leopard with your... →
Can you spare a digg?
Advanced Audio Coding →
“Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. AAC is promoted as the successor to the MP3 format by MP3’s creator, Fraunhofer IIS.”
Bill Clinton: iPhone User →
Interesting.
Inquisitor 3 for Safari →
If you’ve ever wanted the search bar in Safari to work more like spotlight, I have just the link for you. Inquisitor is a plug-in for Safari that displays your search results for you without loading a new webpage. If you start typing a word, it’ll by default display three suggested phrases. If you spend a lot of your time using Google to research things, this is an invaluable addition to your...
Adium and multiple chat accounts →
Have you ever had somebody who has AIM, Gtalk, ICQ, Hotmail and who knows what else and you’re using Adium? Now, you have that one person with all of those accounts so, of course, they all show up as separate entities in the list. Have you ever wanted to combine all of them? Well, there’s an easy way. All you need is Address Book.app. If you add the person as a contact, then add all of their...
“…as for Toshiba, their top-selling MP3 player clocks in at #97 —...”
– Gruber
New Song - My Beige Bear →
More Kick-assery from Mr. Coulton
IE 8: On the Path to Web Standards Compliance -... →
About damn time.
HD Photo Plug-in for Adobe Photoshop Software →
HD Photo makes me hard. Yes, my friend, image compression makes me stiff as all get out.
First look: Firefox 3 beta 2 officially released
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I’m liking Firefox 3, but I am using Safari as my main browser for the time being.
Mac users much more likely than PC users to pay... →
Doesn’t surprise me in the least.
Bitch Stole My Fish →
“Here we come a-wassailing among the leaves so green. Here we come...”
– The Wassail Song lyrics
Penny Arcade! - Straight Tripping →
Shit be cyclical, dog.
“There is plenty of room to throw a leopard in there.”
– Alex Lindsay
“It is popular among Windows Enthusiasts to dismiss Apple’s use of open source as...”
– Symbiotic: What Apple Does for Open Source — RoughlyDrafted Magazine
Personas for Firefox →
Really easy mini-themes for everyone’s favorite pyromaniac canine browser.
Christmas is Interesting
Jonathan Coulton – Christmas Is Interesting
“Did you also know that Tycho was supposed to make this post because I’m...”
– Penny Arcade! - The Guitar Hero Thing
“Ya’ll know me still the same ol’ G, but I been low key. Hated on by...”
– Forgot About Dre by Dr. Dre
Foxy boxing →
“So gentlemen, deal me out; do not try to feel me out. I got no more evenings...”
– Adelaide from Guys & Dolls
What difference does that make?! →
The Weekly Roar #105 →
[Download] [11.2 MB] [00:46:57] Hosted by: Grant Brunner & Marty Keefe
Marty’s Topics
School done!
Google desktop search
The Christmas Policy
Grant’s Topics
Your son is Hitler.
Guitar Lessons.
Podcast of the Week
Systm
I've got nothing against the iPhone. I just... →
Hilarity.
Chiron Beta Prime
Jonathan Coulton – Chiron Beta Prime
“I want to wish you a Merry Christmas. I want to wish you a Merry Christmas. I...”
– Feliz Navidad by José Feliciano