Month: January 2005
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Quick Update
I’ve added four more blogs to my Blogroll since the last update, which brings the grand total to 41. Unfortunately, I don’t remember which feeds those are, sorry. In other news, I’ve added links to my DreamHost referral and Apple – Education, which is a great resource for students and teachers.
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Eats, Shoots and Leaves
I just finished reading what might be one of the most useful and humorous books of all time. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, by Lynne Truss, is a humorous and strict look at the misuse of punctuation. The summary of the book says it all: A panda walks into a…
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Fascinating and Fun 3D Weather Globe
One thing that I walked away with from this year’s Macworld Expo, was MacKiev’s 3D Weather Globe and Atlas. I haven’t let go of it since. This really is a fun application, and your kids will love it too. This program provides a 3D view of the Earth with user-controllable transparency, very high-quality NASA maps,…
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OpenOffice.org Ends Native Mac Support
Apparently, OpenOffice.org has ceased production of a native Mac OS X build. The current Mac-compatible builds will forever remain X11-only. This is neither a shock, nor anything to complain about. I personally use X11 for Gimp.app and certainly don’t mind it one bit. This is just one of the things that you pay for when…
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PUM: Web Developer First-Aid
Do you sometimes find errors in your CSS or desire to make some CSS improvements? If so, how many times to you find yourself applying and checking changes before you’re satisfied? Do you sometimes wonder if your site looks good on an 800×600 monitor? Do you sometimes wonder what could be causing your javascript to…
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Past The Point Of No Return?
Just last night, I realized something that almost shook my faith in Apple. Did you know that Apple Retail Stores are not allowed to exchange iPod Photos, even if you purchased one from an Apple Retail Store? In fact, they can’t even except them as returns. Not even if there is a huge/deep impact scratch…
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Favored Freeware: RBrowserLite and Chmod Calculator
RBrowserLite provides access to files on the local host as well as remote FTP Servers with an easy-to-use graphical interface. RBrowserLite provides a uniform interface to file transfer and file related operations, greatly simplifying access and use of files on remote systems scattered across the Internet. Pros: Easy-to-use drag/drop upload and download. Dumbed-down/simple-English interface. Cons:…