Why NOT to by a Dell
Monday, December 10, 2007 - 10:50 AM
No, it’s not just because Dells are crappy computers, there are deeper reasons not to buy from Dell:
(I thought the article was going to be about their poor quality or bad service. It turned out to be something else altogether.)
Flickr Badge Revisited
Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 09:38 AM
Well, I ended up switching to the HTML Flickr badge due to the interference with the Lightbox effect. I tried updating to the latest version of Lightbox to see if it would fix the problem, since one of the revision notes said that it keeps Flash in the background, but it didn’t. I’d rather have the Flash badge, it’s just so much nicer, but what can I do? I’m going to write to the author of Lightbox, but who knows if I’ll get a response.
Flickr Badge Issue
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 11:34 AM
I just noticed a weird issue with having the Flickr “badge” over in the left column. If you go to one of the pages where I use the Lightbox effect (like the Posters page), and click on a graphic (initiating the lightbox), the Flickr badge stays on top of the lightbox! Does anyone out there know enough javascript to fix this? I’d really hate to get rid of the Flickr badge because of this.
To Be a Beer Writer
Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 03:41 PM
Dare to dream…
If only I had the developed pallet and the writing skills to be a professional beer writer. Oh, well, at least I can still enjoy it!
Anyways, Carrie forwarded this to me, and I thought I’d share:
I’d also like to talk a little bit about that site (http://www.videojug.com). This is really well done. The video quality is way beyond what you would find on YouTube. And I really like how, with this particular video by way of example, they’ve divided the video into chapters. That’s really cool. Browse around the site for a while and you’ll see that, for the most part, the quality of these videos are all really good; not too mention that they (mostly) seem extremely informative.
UPDATE - Some of them are pretty funny, too. Like This One. (My favorite part: “A man’s friends are important to him, as well as his ability to spend time with them; where he will do male activities like: growling, fighting, and measuring things.")
(As a side note, I really want to visit the Fuller’s brewery after seeing the selection behind Jeff Evans in that video!)
Returning to the Mac Community
Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 09:37 AM
This isn’t new news by any stretch, but I thought it worth mentioning.
For many of us who have been using Macs for years, and customizing them along the way, ResExcellence* was once the place to go to stay on top of Mac customization. It was the place to learn about customizing applications and the Mac interface (the name refers to the ResEdit application from the “classic” days, which was used to edit the resource forks of files and applications, where most of the customizations took place), to download other peoples customizations, or to share your own (I had submitted several iTunes customizations of my own (among other things) before it became impractical for to keep updating them).
It was pretty much the central hub on the internet for Mac Hacking (and I use that term in the good sense of “hacking").
Well, if you’re aware of ResExcellence and it’s history (long and sordid as it may be), you know it’s gone. It’s likely never to come back. However, Michael Coyle, the man behind the original ResExcellence, is back (he has been since this summer - hence this not being “new news") at http://michaelsmac.com.
The idea is to fill the need in the Mac community that the original ResExcellence filled (or even created) in the first place. Things have been slow there, due to lack of awareness of the site. That’s why I’m posting this here, to beat the drum in my little corner of the ‘net and build up what awareness that I can.
So, if you’re looking for Mac customizations (heck, even if you’re a Windows or Linux user looking for cool desktop images), or have some to share, check out the growing community over at http://michaelsmac.com.
*I’m not going to link to the site, since it’s pretty much dead and gone now.