Author Archives: adam

I’m still playing with Safari, and for the most part, I like it. There has been a lot of public feedback/discussion about Safari: Safari (MacInTouch Reader Report from MacWorld SF 2003) and Safari information for web designers [dive into mark] … Continue reading →

Apple – Safari but it’s not quite done. Stylesheet support isn’t all there, and it’s not rendering some images properly. And yet…. It does render super-fast. It’s clean. It’s simple. And I really like it. Go check it out, give … Continue reading →

TypeIt4Me Back when I had my internship at Apple, I was typing the same things every day – such was the life of a customer service rep. The departments favorite tool for this was to use QuicKeys. This was good, … Continue reading →

Apple – iSync Apple – iCal Apple’s “iApps,” or internet applications, are expanding and growing better. iCal has been updated, but a lot of the changes seem to be in the background (i.e. in the application itself). I haven’t seen … Continue reading →

I bought one of these FlyLight things on a lark – I don’t fly that much (their primary purpose), but I figured it couldn’t be too horrible – plus it was cheap. I use my laptop in bed a lot, … Continue reading →

If you use Mac OSX, then you’re machine is also a webserver – you just need to know how to deal with it. Turn it on in the Sharing preference panel, then look in /Library/WebServer/Documents – that’s where your “root” … Continue reading →

When they work. I fried the power supply to mine last week, so I spent the weekend using dialup and borrowing from friends and neighbors. I got a replacement modem from my father in law on Monday, and set it … Continue reading →

So, let’s say you’ve just downloaded a really cool screensaver – like this one: . Let’s say you have a pretty “jiggy” computer – i.e. fast processor, tons of RAM, and a really sweet display – so the screensaver looks … Continue reading →

Did you know that you can use the Software Update software via the command line? Try it at the command line: softwareupdate It should return a list of updates that are available for your computer. Type it again with the … Continue reading →

You won’t (to my knowledge, anyway) find this on the PC version – only on the Mac, baby! Say there’s a website that you really, really, really, like. But the schedule they keep for putting new content up on the … Continue reading →