Below are posts from December 2007

EEE & OSX – So close, yet so far away…

Keeps thrashing about after loading this screen…but read a few things earlier that might lead to a quick fix.

The goal: OSX installed, with BootCamp running an nLite version of Windows. :)

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Enable visual alerts for system messages

A quick tip to enable visual alerts when a system event occurs (for instance if you have your sound off):

Go to ‘System Preferences’, then ‘Universal Access’. Click the ‘Hearing’ tab, then check the box for ‘Flash the screen when an alert sound occurs’. Now, whenever you get an on-screen message like a popup box or notification of some sort, the screen will briefly flash, letting you know something has happened.

universal access

Merry Macmas!

Hope you all all had a great holiday! We’ll not be posting for a few days unless something incredibly cool or awesome happens. See you then!

D’OH!

I love this wallpaper so much I want to take it out behind the middle school and get it pregnant.

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Free copy of WireTap Pro

Macheist is giving away free copies of several popular Mac titles, including the awesome ‘WireTap Pro’, from Ambrosia Software. Simply go to www.macgivingtree.com and register, then send the link to a few Mac loving friends.

Just for signing up, you get WireTap (log in to your new account, choose ‘my loot’, then scroll to the right). As your friends sign up, you get more free software on Christmas day.

Merry merry and happy happy!

Thanks to Bill for catching the broken URL!

US Army adding Macs to their IT infrastructure

Interesting article on Forbes.com about how the US Army is adding more Apple equipment to their arsenal. I’ve been staring at this for half an hour trying to think of something clever to say, and can’t. I’m sorry to let you down.

Given Apple’s marketing toward the young and the trendy, you wouldn’t expect the U.S. Army to be much of a customer. Lieutenant Colonel C.J. Wallington is hoping hackers won’t expect it either.

Wallington, a division chief in the Army’s office of enterprise information systems, says the military is quietly working to integrate Macintosh computers into its systems to …

DaringFireball kicks the crap out of FastCompany Apple revie...

I John Gruber. Best bullshit detector on the internet.

http://daringfireball.net/2007/12/fastcompany

From Adam L. Penenberg’s December cover story for Fast Company, “All Eyes on Apple: Will the gray light of January cool the world’s hottest company?”:
As Apple moves into new markets, it has made powerful new enemies, some working in concert. Nokia, for example, is banding with telecom companies to offer its own touch-screen hardware in an effort to sway subscribers from the iPhone and Apple’s exclusive partner, AT&T.

MP3 players from the likes of iRiver, Microsoft, SanDisk, and Toshiba are getting slicker all the time, targeting the …

Macbook/Pro update fixes keyboard input issue

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macbookmacbookprosoftwareupdate11.html

Remember the trifling little problem where the Macbook/Pro doesn’t put in actual characters when you start typing? Minor annoyance, yeah?

Apple has finally fixed it. Requires leopard (weird, as I had the issue with Tiger too) updated to 10.5.1. Feel free to report your after-install experience.

New iPod game – Sonic the Hedgehog!

That’s right, kiddies. The classic tale of good and evil has come to your iPod, and is a mere $4.99. Click the picture to check it out.


Sonic the hedgehog

Free iPhone with Netgear switch purchase

NewEgg has a promotion running with Netgear in which you can get a free iPhone after purchasing a Netgear switch.

There are several models to choose from, including:

NETGEAR GSM7324 10/100/1000Mbps ProSafe 24 Port L3 Managed Switch

Additionally, you can get a free Shuffle with the purchase of a home router:

NETGEAR GS724TP 10/100/1000Mbps Switch

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