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I'm coming up on five years of steady Mac OS X usage and anniversaries are a time of reflection, so I went back to read my first significant article about Mac OS X. There's something missing from this first analysis....
Posted on January 26, 2007 5:16 AM
The creation of a Rands article goes like this. First, the idea strikes me at some random part of the day... usually in the car to or from work. I spend anywhere from a day to a month fine-tuning this...
Posted on October 31, 2006 12:20 AM
Ok, last post on the redesign and then I'll start writing about the Zen of Terminal windows. Four categories of notes: Disasters, Tools, Hmmmm, and Shout Outs. Let's start with: Disasters: » I've used the same basic CSS design for...
Posted on April 25, 2005 8:49 PM
A recent Slashdot article about, yet another, start-up founded by Stanford grads got me reminiscing about the good old days when databases where in your face... and... fun? I was a Borland barbarian back in the late 80s and 90s...
Posted on September 3, 2004 8:35 PM
Your text editor is religion. You start ignorant... wondering what all the fuss is about and then you either discover or are forced into a particular editor. In time, you grow comfortable with it, like your favorite type of pen,...
Posted on January 16, 2004 7:58 PM
Today the last vestige of the PC left the building. I replaced the old Dell 500Mhz machine at home with a Dual G4 and a 20" flat panel monitor. This means that all of my primary machines are now Macs....
Posted on August 29, 2003 7:56 PM
The one true quest for someone afflicted with N.A.D.D. is the quest for knowledge. My collect-a-desktop contest is no different. I want to know more... I want to find new applications... new ways of efficiently surfing my desktop because there...
Posted on July 29, 2003 12:59 PM
Show off your N.A.D.D. / Win a Prize
So, you think you've got a pretty bad case of N.A.D.D.? Prove it. I want desktop screen shots showing the multitude of open windows which best demonstrate your pathology. The best (worst?) example of N.A.D.D. will received a signed Jerkcity...
Posted on July 17, 2003 9:37 AM
In Mac OS X, you vote with your Dock. Think about this. How many applications are sitting on your hard drive. How many of those came with the OS? How many did you read about on the web, download, try,...
Posted on May 19, 2003 1:26 PM
17" Powerbook -- Great Under The Arm Appeal
I've got this huge black notebook that I bring to meetings when I feel the Titanium Powerbook is not appropriate. 11x14 sketch book. I usually get long stares when I plop it on the table and the occasionally, "That's a...
Posted on March 19, 2003 10:46 AM
