A parody of SNL’s “Dick in a box” made for the Mac geeks out there: Mac in my top Thanks Bert!
Really exciting news – TiVo on Comcast is coming this year
Praise the powers at be. Ars has a story on this being shown at CES. A simple software download and I’ll have a TiVo and no more crappy Motorola software. Yeah, the disk will still be too small but I’ll manage.
Wither MacWorld Expo – Enter AppleWorld Expo
If it wasn’t clear by Apple, MacWorld Expo is ending as we know it. Today Apple used the MacWorld Expo venue to do three things: Introduce Apple TV, a consumer device to shuttle media from your computer to the television Introduce iPhone, a brand new phone platform Change its name from Apple Computer, Inc. to… Continue reading Wither MacWorld Expo – Enter AppleWorld Expo
Ordered my Apple TV and Airport Extreme
Sorry Erick, I wanted in on the early batch 🙂 Yes, Apple did release a 802.11n Airport Extreme, they just didn’t mention it in the keynote.
iPhone – Oh yeah
I’m ordering one asap.
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Save 10% on Toast Titanium 8 – Let the Shopping Begin!
Roxio has shipped Toast Titanium 8! It supports dvd disc spanning, TiVo To Go, Blu-Ray and a whole other lot of features. Here is a tip! Use FireFox to place your order. When you get to the screen listing Toast for $99, and the mail in coupon (the first invoice screen) just wait. be patient… Continue reading Save 10% on Toast Titanium 8 – Let the Shopping Begin!
TextMate Demo – Using the Bundle Search Dialog
A quick screencast to show how to find bundle shortcuts quickly.
Entering unicode characters in any Cocoa App
This is a cool tip: How to Add a key mapping file When the file is installed, quit and relaunch Mail and type control-m, control-a to get the apple/command symbol! (a caret (^) means control) So for example control-m control-a control-m control-o P gives: ⌘⌥P
TextMate Demo – C Programming
I made a demo movie for Barry to show how TextMate works with C source files. P.S. I dont think you have to be online to see docs, I think it gets them from man.
Example Movie of TextMate selection editing
Here is a movie I made showing some cool TextMate editing.
Example of TextMate’s diff bundle
Here is a screen shot I made of a Growl file I had edited locally, and then asked TextMate to do a svn diff on.
Blog Entry from TextMate
I am trying out Macromates blogging module for TextMate. I can’t get the cat tab shortcut to work yet, but this is a very, very interesting editor. I have a million things to learn about it, such as the markdown language, etc. It is very fast and only $39 euro.
Happy Holidays!
DiskWarrior 4 arrives!
And yes, yours truly, your beloved geek, the one on the bleeding edge, just had to run it on his a) encrypted disk image and b) his mac book pro! In both cases, DiskWarrior 4 found errors – Improperly named .journal files on the disk image and various icon and text encoding issues on the… Continue reading DiskWarrior 4 arrives!
The iPhone ships!!!!!!
But its not from Apple! HAHAH! Don’t they have a trademark? Guess not! Someone on IRC said Cisco has owned the iPhone trademark since 1996. Indeed, Cisco owns it, check out the funny and info at Gizmodo Linksys announces iPhone
I had a fun weekend!
I spent the weekend with Elizabeth, her brother and his girlfriend. We watched Clerks, then Star Wars Episode IV (the dvds look great!), played cards, had dinner (quite scrumptious). Charles called to inform me that a power sub station a mile away had blown a transformer, burning 20,000 gallons of mineral oil and causing 50,000… Continue reading I had a fun weekend!
iTunes Music Store makes good on South Park
In an earlier posting, I complained that I had bought the 10th Season of South Park, only to later find that Apple had split the season into two parts, 10A and 10B. I was to only receive 10A. Anyway, I complained to Apple and after several emails, they gave me $5 store credit. Which I… Continue reading iTunes Music Store makes good on South Park
MacCast Episode 0001!
The inaugural Geeks R Us MacCast! After a long hiatus, I’m back! In this episode I get my feet wet again by talking about .mac promotions, Adobe Photoshop CS 3 and the Apple iPhone!
Firefox 3 layout vs Firefox 2 and Safari
Firefox 3 Alpha 1 (Gran Paradiso) is out, using a new cairo based graphics engine. The layout is surprisingly different. My layout sucks for this sort of thing, so you can right/control click on the images and open in new windows if you’d like. Here are some screen shots comparing with Safari: Gran Paradiso on… Continue reading Firefox 3 layout vs Firefox 2 and Safari