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Category Archives: Mac OS X
Buy Mac stuff, help the hurricane victims
In my previous post, I wrote about how I had a yard sale to try to raise money. Well, the folks at MyMac.com had the same idea, but have come up with much better things to sell than a wacky … Continue reading
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Finally found a DC Mac Programming Group
Last week, I finally found a DC Mac Programming Group. It is the Programming SIG of the Washington Apple Pi (WAP), which is the big Mac Users Group in the area. We met over in Reston, VA in a _really_ … Continue reading
How to have a stable hostname in OS X Tiger
I’ve got DHCP at home and at work. Its definitely a lot easier than the early days of network administration, where everyone had their own static IP. There is a problem though: with DHCP, my hostname keeps changing whenever I … Continue reading
Business is starting to like OS X
Jupiter Research reports that 17% of medium businesses (250+ employees) and 21% of large businesses (10,000+ employees) use Mac OS X on the desktop, while 9% of medium and 14% of large businesses use it as a server. It seems … Continue reading
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Getting more plugged in locally
Once upon a time, there was this new technology called Delphi, which was meant to be a Visual Basic killer. When it was released, a young man started using it and was enamored with it and wanted to get together … Continue reading
Anyone own a MacWizards PowerBook AC Adapter?
I’m thinking about buying an extra PowerBook AC Adapter for my 17″ PowerBook. The design of the Apple-supplied adapter is quite good and it has two plugs, one travel and one long cord. I leave the long cord at home … Continue reading
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WWDC 2005 Recap
WWDC was great. It was my first time attending and will probably not be my last. At first it was a bit intimidating, especially with the huge crowds waiting to get into the Keynote. But after a while, I really … Continue reading
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WWDC 2005 Keynote Revisited
As everyone on the planet and their mother knows by now, Apple is officially stopping the use of PowerPC chips and will phase them out over the next 2 years. They will be going with the 800lb Gorilla of the … Continue reading
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It’s true!
What a wacky world we live in. First Microsoft switches to using customized PowerPCs in Xbox 2 and now Apple switches to using Intel chips in future Macs. I had a pretty good seat about 10 rows back all the … Continue reading
Everybody loves Command-Space
I’m running Tiger full-time now and its great. Spotlight is one of the best new features in it and I’m looking forward to more and more programs becoming Spotlight enabled (like VoodooPad). I’ve got an app I’ve been working on … Continue reading
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