December 2009
7 posts
Mac app i want
I want an app that will dim all windows other than the currently active window.
I’m not used to using a two monitor setup on one computer. I tend to leave google calendar or gmail open on one monitor and articles to read on the other.. both in Google Chrome. The problem is, the gmail window will have the focus while i am reading an article in another window. When I press Command + W to...
MacBook external display issue
I have an Acer LCD I got from Target hooked up to my MacBook.
I either have the it hooked up to the external display at my desk, or on my lapdesk on the futon. So I disconnect it/reconnect it about once a day generally.
Today.. i hooked up the display, and my MacBook was no longer giving it the normal 1366x768 resolution, but a larger res like 1600 by something. Strange.. i tried powering the...
“Americans have succumbed to rampant consumerism. Go back to a home built before...”
– Predictably Irrational (via marco)
This makes me want to throw something away.
listening to "Steve Winwood - While You See A... →
I love the beginning of this song.
Disallowed shortcuts in Finder
I like to use the the side bar [1 in pic] and the tool bar for shortcuts to frequently used locations in Finder.
But, to my dismay, I found that a few items would not allow themselves to be placed there. For example i cannot put the top level of a network share in the side bar. I can place any of its contents there, but not the top level of the share itself… why?
I have no idea…
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Safari vs. Chrome on MacBook
Totally unscientific, but i have a MacBook from early 2007 running Snow Leopard.
I have this pattern in Safari i play out again and again where i open an assload of tabs and they sit there not being read.
At this point, safari is slow, and opening a new tab, closing a tab, switching to a new tab… it’s all really slow. Safari is responds in a tar-speed like manner.
Well I opened up...
Passion
I am so excited about the rumored Google phone…
If Google is really going to directly sell an unlocked phone… that means no contract.
If they are selling it without a contract… i am guessing it will be cheaper than many would anticipate… this is google… this is going to change the way things are done…
If anyone can just go buy a kickass GSM phone for fairly...