I used to keep a wish list on my old, old site for myself, relatives, etc. Why not use a WordPress category for that? So the first item on my wish list is a right now! Update Ok I ordered one. They even gave me a free month of Amazon Prime, so overnight shipping was… Continue reading Harmony 890 Universal Remote
Author: Steve Riggins
Vacationing in Disneyland
Elizabeth and I went to L.A. for Coral’s second birthday and a trip to Disneyland. Here is an enthralling, attention grabbing photo essay of the trip: Look
I give up on Quicken
I use Quicken 2006 and have used quicken for decades (it seems), paying my yearly Intuit tax, but the feature I use the most, downloading credit card statements, has always been flawed, it always gets out of sync and I’ve had it. I am not paying the 2007 tax to find out if they fixed… Continue reading I give up on Quicken
Designing a user experience
There is a reason we do user testing on products, to make sure that no obvious issues are overlooked. The United States Post Office didn’t do a full job with regards to their otherwise wonderful self-service kiosks. I had to mail something to a friend in Germany so I go to the post office, after… Continue reading Designing a user experience
Please pardon the dust!
As some of you might have seen, I have been working on my website, moving it from Movable Type into WordPress. Its been fairly smooth with the exception of the URLs for the podcasts and RSS feeds. In trying to make that work as it used to, I’ve left the server in a broken state… Continue reading Please pardon the dust!
300
Elizabeth and I went to Cinetopia with Tom to see Frank Miller’s 300 this weekend. Wow! The story of the Spartans refusal to bow to Xerxes and in fact, hold off an army of millions with just 300 men is very compelling and based in history. This is a beautifully shot movie and while it… Continue reading 300
Affordable USB 1.1 Keychain drives
Amazon has some very affordable ($9.95 at time of this writing) Kingston 1gb keychain drives They also have 2gb and USB versions linked from the same page.
Unsanity claims to have discovered serious Mac OS X installer bug
Unsanity, whose products I stay away from, seem to have come across some very useful information regarding Apple’s Installer process and a major flaw in it. You can read about the flaw and check out their software, but personally I’d stay away from anything that requires “APE”. Kudos to them for uncovering this flaw however!… Continue reading Unsanity claims to have discovered serious Mac OS X installer bug
Using TextMate to add Markdown
This screencast covers columnar selections with TextMate as well as the Markdown tagging language. Watch
Connecting to Mac File Sharing via Vista
Matt Riggins writes: I upgraded a machine in my office to Vista to get a feel for the OS, how it works, etc. I use both a variety of Windows and Mac boxes and the first thing I noticed after upgrading to Vista was that I was unable to connect to the Mac’s SMB File… Continue reading Connecting to Mac File Sharing via Vista
Tivo and Amazon Unboxed
Matt Riggins writes: Why I’ll never use the Amazon Unbox / Tivo Service again. (after only using it once) Tonight I got an automatically generated email from Tivo regarding the Amazon Unboxed / Tivo deal and how I can rent or download movies from Amazon directly to the Tivo. This seemed like a nice option… Continue reading Tivo and Amazon Unboxed
Using triggers in Sophie
A little demo of associating actions with frames in Sophie (Soon to be RC3) Watch
Good software and word of mouth
This is how it should work! I am subscribed to the Red Sweater Blog because the author is an Apple Developer, just as I am. Recently he acquired the wonderful MarsEdit RSS publishing software, which I used until I switched to the geekier TextMate. Lo and Behold, MarsEdit has an update, life is good and… Continue reading Good software and word of mouth
Omniweb form editing
I am going to start producing short screencasts (A term I first saw on the TextMate site) with video tips and tricks. The first screencast shows how to use the Omniweb form field editor! Watch
MailTags 2.0b8
MailTags was updated to 2.0b8 today and wow it is fast! What is MailTags? MailTags is a bundle extension for Mail.app that lets you: Add any number of keywords to mail Add a project tag to mail Add todo events to mail, complete with alarms. This integrates with iCal Add notes to mail And much… Continue reading MailTags 2.0b8
Lock Screen
I often want to password lock my screen, but not log out. OK, I can set the security preferences to lock the screen when the screen saver kicks in, but I don’t want to do that every time the screen saver kicks in. Thanks to FourOhFour on #macintosh, I have a solution. Open Keychain Access,… Continue reading Lock Screen
DejaVu Open Source Font
A very nice font named DejaVu is available and the Monospaced version is a very nice looking font.
New SHO tie rod ends and O2 sensors!
Thanks to Mike at SHO Parts NW I have new NAPA tie rod ends and 4 new Bosch O2 sensors. Now to run a tank in town and see how, if at all, the mileage changes. The car seems to idle smoother, but that could be just me 🙂 The new tie rod ends have… Continue reading New SHO tie rod ends and O2 sensors!
Speed up mail.app!
Here is a tip to easily double, if not triple your Mail.app speed! Read
FIOS Customer Service
I’ve been having some odd performance issues and have been trying to track them down. A Verizon technician came out, checked my jack, my light and it all looks good. Then he heard I was still on PPoE and said “We should get you moved to DHCP” which I agreed with. This afternoon he called… Continue reading FIOS Customer Service