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Entries from November 2008

Interesting ad choice for a Mac blog

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m a regular reader of the Mac news blog MacUser.com and today I noticed an interesting ad on the sidebar. The ad (shown above) was for a company called Psystar, which sells computers preinstalled with OS X, Vista or XP and is currently in a legal battle with Apple to continue selling these particular machines. [...]

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Category: Macs

Bright idea: Check your plugins!

November 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’d been struggling valiantly with a blog that refused to save properly without giving an error (plug: www.ryersonformulasae.com, check it out!) until earlier today I decided to try modifying the settings until something changed. After deactivating the first plugin–which happened to be of my own creation–the problem was solved. So now I know the solution, [...]

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Category: Wordpress

Blog changes

November 9th, 2008 · No Comments

You may have noticed some changes on the blog in the last day or so. After seeing the sidebar vanish from its designated placement once again, I decided to change the WordPress to one that eschews the sidebar in favor of more data on the About page. Of course, this also means that I can’t [...]

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Category: Site News

Applescript: Get TV Titles

November 8th, 2008 · No Comments

UPDATE: TV.com (which I use to find the show titles) has since changed their format, so I cannot guarantee that this script works as advertised. I will confirm it in the near future. UPDATE 2: This Applescript has been replaced by a more efficient and lightweight Bash script. After picking up a 750 GB hard [...]

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Category: Mac Software

Reminder: BCC hides your contacts

November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

I’m writing this today as a public service. You may notice that your mail client typically contains 3 address entries: To, CC, and BCC. To is self explanatory, but the other two are often misused. CC, or carbon copy, sends the same message to whatever addresses are in that field. What people often forget is [...]

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Category: Tips