This is totally off-topic, but… My main computer (work and home — it goes everywhere with me) is a MacBook Pro. Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed that the trackpad button has been sticking, like it has something stuck underneath it. Cleaning crap out of the keyboard is easy enough – just run the [...]
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MacBook Trackpad Problems? Quick Fix for that Stuck Trackpad
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Published on November 18th, 2007 - 165 Comments
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Excellent Digital Camera Site
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While I realize this isn’t exactly on topic, I just wanted to point out an excellent digital camera site: KenRockwell.com. If you’re looking for really informative articles on a wide range of photographic topics, as well as detailed reviews and user guides for a ton of different cameras, then this is the place for you. [...]
Published on March 2nd, 2007 - 4 Comments
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Running Windows XP on a MacBook Pro
Written by Nickel - 21 Comments
After one relatively major false-start, I’m now running Windows XP on my MacBook Pro. I’ve set up a dual-boot configuration using Apple’s Boot Camp, and it’s working great… In fact, I’m writing this from post from Win/Firefox right now.
Why would I want to do this? Mainly because I have some work-related software that is PC-only, [...]
Published on November 16th, 2006 - 21 Comments
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Five Questions (and Answers) About Blog Carnivals
Written by Nickel - 7 Comments
This is a bit off topic, but a reader (and self-proclaimed newbie) named Ranjan left a comment early this morning asking what’s a Blog Carnival, and how do you participate? Both are good questions, so I thought I’d answer them here (along with three more questions that Ranjan didn’t think to ask). Let’s take them [...]
Published on November 3rd, 2006 - 7 Comments
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The Weather Channel = MTV of Meteorology?
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This is totally off-topic, but… When was it that The Weather Channel started devolving into the MTV of meteorology? Remember when MTV actually played music videos? Back before they started running reality show after reality show? Well, it seems that The Weather Channel has decided to turn their back on trivial little things such [...]
Published on September 25th, 2006 - 3 Comments
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Solving Firefox Problems on Intel-Powered Macs
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A bit off-topic here, but I recently got a shiny new 15″ MacBook Pro and my Firefox plugins have been driving me nuts… My workflow relies on the Shubert IT PDF Browser Plugin, and plain old browsing requires things like the Flash plugin. But following the migration from my old PowerBook G4 to my new [...]
Published on August 13th, 2006 - 6 Comments
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E-mail Santa
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I just ran across a fun (albeit ugly) site that lets you send e-mail to Santa Claus and receive an instant, personalized reply. Good stuff. If you have kids, you should definitely check it out: E-mail Santa.
Published on December 15th, 2005 - 2 Comments
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Random Grammatical Rant
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Call me a snob, but it bugs the crap out of me when people write by ear and end up butchering the English language. Case in point: it’s “SHOULD HAVE” (or SHOULD’VE), not “SHOULD OF.” As in: “I should HAVE (or should’ve) written about this sooner.” The same goes for “could have” and “would have.” [...]
Published on August 2nd, 2005 - 15 Comments
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