My tv is finally showing screen burn in. The problem came from using the 4:3 mode with bars down the sides. Now in full screen mode, you can see the sides are darker. I was expecting this, so I am using the full screen modes to see if time will even it out. If not,… Continue reading Screen burn in
Author: Steve Riggins
ICQ to talk to AIM
Since AOL owns both AIM and ICQ, they are finally going to allow users of both services to talk with each other. I hope this means Apple will get to update iChat to talk to ICQ as well. I love Fire, but it would be nice to have most of my users in iChat.
You may be next
PanIP got a patent to every e-commerce site in 2001. Now they are suing company after company. Fight back at you may be next
So true, so true…
Sent to me by a friend…….
Da Weekend
I spent the weekend playing EverQuest. Am now 25% into level 55, whoot! Tomorrow it is back to ‘work’ on TK3, trying to finish this project up once and for all. I have sure learned a lot working on it! I want to see Jackass – I know, I know, haha. But it just looks… Continue reading Da Weekend
Charlie how’s your angels get down like that?
hehe you will just have to watch this
A little more MacCamp…
I put together a music video on this past weekend’s MacCamp! I hope you enjoy it! Watch the video
Wow am I jazzed!
I just got back from MacCamp Fall 2002 awhile ago and I must say, this weekend was incredible! I will write more after I decompress, and will be posting the music video I created this weekend.
QuickTime 6.0.2 ships
Apple has shipped QuickTime 6.0.2
New Fire ships – Fixes yahoo, msn bugs
A new version of Fire has shipped. It features a yahoo crash fix by yours truly (all of one line of code) and adds MSN typing notification. You can find it at version tracker
Mac Camp here I come
This weekend I will be co-teaching a class on iMovie with Terry Shellenberger at PMUG‘s Mac Camp. I am very excited and lucky that Terry is doing most of the work. The class is an experiment – An entire cabin is dedicated to the class and the class uses the entire weekend, whereas Mac Camp… Continue reading Mac Camp here I come
Extend your TiBook wifi range
Here is a story from wired about using third party wifi cards in your tibook to get much better range….
10.2.2 to have JFS?
Slashdot comments on an article stating that Mac OS X 10.2.2 will have an optional journaled file system. At a speed hit of 10-15%, the JFS will give the system a file transaction history. BeOS used this and it was GREAT. After a crash, a 10 second rebuild is all that was needed to fix… Continue reading 10.2.2 to have JFS?
Mooving way to make power
A farmer in Salem, Oregon is part of an experiment to turn cow manure into electricity. Sponsored by PGE (Portland General Electric), the dairy’s 300 some cows can generate 100 kilowatts per day, enough to power 60+ homes. Another test will be happening in eastern oregon, where the areas 4000+ cows will be used to… Continue reading Mooving way to make power
I hand my title to…
I hereby hand the title of “best domain name” to www.thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com haha too damn funny. Be sure to pass your cursor over the image.
Confessions of a Mac to PC convert
Geez, Microsoft can’t even be original in it’s own advertising: Microsoft ripoff advertising Gotta love the quotes: “AppleWorks (previously called ClarisWorks) pales in comparison to Microsoft Office XP.” Pales in price comparison, too. “The key to getting hardware to work with your computer is to have the correct drivers, the software that enables your PC… Continue reading Confessions of a Mac to PC convert
Improve your TiBook’s airport reception
This article shows you how to reaffix the antennae to the case so that your TiBook’s airport reception improves!
Photos from A Bug’s Land
Last Friday I went to a sneak preview of “A Bug’s Land” at Disney’s California Adventure. Check out the pictures!
Haunted Mansion Holiday Event 2002!
Matt, my mother and I went to the Haunted Mansion Holiday event on 10/3/2002. We bought event items (I got a watch, a great boxed pin set, and the event pins) They gave us 2 pins (Sandy Clause and Zero), a signed limited edition painting of Sally (only 500!) and another painting. We had dinner… Continue reading Haunted Mansion Holiday Event 2002!
Classic Aladdin aimless decisions…
From MacFixit: Stuffit Deluxe 7 RAR support Aladdin Systems provided the following statement to a user regarding support for expanding files using the RAR format: “StuffIt 7.0 does not support the current RAR 3.x.x standard in use on versions of the Microsoft Windows OS and/or other OSes; StuffIt 7.0 only provides support for up to… Continue reading Classic Aladdin aimless decisions…