Archive for April, 2008

Bluetooth Retro Handset

Friday, April 18th, 2008

I hate Bluetooth headsets.  I’m not sure why…  Maybe it’s the Borg-like look they tend to have.  Or maybe it’s the fact that similar looking earpieces were the only way to identify if you were under the control of the Cybermen.  No… I’m pretty sure it’s because typically people who wear them tend to [...]

How to display the full path in Finder

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Does not knowing the entire path while navigating a directory structure bug the willies out of you? It does me.
This works on Mac OS X 10.5. I’m assuming it works with all 10.0 and higher OS. If not, let me know.
While searching the web for a solution to this problem I found this:
$ defaults write [...]

LaCie Backup Software

Friday, April 4th, 2008

I got a chance to try the LaCie 1-Click backup software for the PC.  It’s a free download from LaCie and can be found here.  It is a very simple application that provides a single hotkey “Ctrl-S” backup of folders that you specify.  It doesn’t appear to perform a backup with any sort of schedule.  [...]

LaCie Ethernet drives

Friday, April 4th, 2008

I recently purchase a LaCie Ethernet Mini Disk from the local Mac Store.  I had heard that LaCie was the best external Mac hard drive company.  Period.  My experiences were less than stellar with the company and the product although I totally love the drive.
 
The goals for buying this drive were:

Provide additional storage for the [...]

Ecto issues.

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

In a previous entry about blogging software, I mentioned how rock sold Ecto is. Right after finishing that post, I noticed that a number of my posts were missing from Ecto. They appeared in both Live Writer and MarsEdit just fine. I tinkered around with Ecto for a bit but couldn’t get [...]

Live Writer for the Mac???

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

In my attempt to prove that the new Mac can do “everything” I’ve been looking for a blog editor that can hold a candle to Microsoft’s Live Writer.
For those of you who haven’t tried it, editing a blog using Live writer is simple and straightforward. It’s an extremely feature rich editor that manages multiple blog [...]

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

I just had another birthday.  This poem seemed passionately appropriate.
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not [...]