because not enough websites start with the letter “Z”
Posted in nerdliness on Dec 10th, 2009
At work I now have four computers and five screens, all controlled from one keyboard and mouse. Here’s how I did it.
Hardware
The primary machine at work is a Mac Pro running Mac OS X 10.6.2 with 2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors, and 4 GB of 667 MHz DDR2 RAM. This machine has [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jul 18th, 2008
coconutBattery
isn’t just a tool which shows you only the current charge of your battery – it also shows you the current maximum capacity of it in relation to the original capacity your battery hadas it left the factory.
You also get information about the battery-loadcycles (how often did you fully load your battery), the current charger (coconutBattery even warns you if [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jul 11th, 2008
When I was a child I was given a large set of wooden blocks. Â The set included a huge variety of sizes and shapes, and I spent many happy hours building any number of things with them. Â My favorite activity was to build large towers; some required that I stand on a chair to add [...]
Posted in nerdliness on May 25th, 2008
In the early 1990’s, when I was still using OS/2 as my primary operating system, I attended a day-long demonstration about the platform. Â Included in the slate of presentations was one about voice recognition. Â The presenter, an energetic woman, described how she was able to read and respond to hundreds of emails and Compuserve forum [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 8th, 2008
This morning while reading an article about someones set up, I stumbled across a Safari plug-in called “Inquisitor.” It purports to be an enhancement to the built-in search field in the Safari window. I was intrigued enough that I downloaded and installed the plug-in within minutes.
My joy at new software was short-lived, however. [...]
Posted in nerdliness, random on Jun 22nd, 2007
I was hoping to write today about finding a cure for my Yahoo Messenger ills. The latest and greatest instant messenger client from Y! refuses to stay connected for more than about 10 minutes. It drops connectivity in the middle of chats, file transfers, and when it is just idle. Repeated forays [...]
Posted in life on Nov 30th, 2006
This tongue-in-cheek look at the joys of building software has been floating around forever. I have no idea who the original author is or where/when it first appeared.
Dear Mr. Architect,
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house should have [...]
Posted in meme, nerdliness on Sep 10th, 2005
Om Malik has started a new meme, this time about freeware or shareware Mac applications “that have helped you get the most out of your Mac.”
Here’s my list:
X-Pad: A notepad with state. No files to save or open, just type and it is saved for you. As an incorrigible note taker this gem has saved [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 14th, 2004
Yesterday I upgraded my Powerbook to Panther (10.3.2) in a relatively painless 2 hour process. After the process was completed I was having trouble with my copy of CodeTek’s Virtual Desktop application.
I was using a 2.x version and knew that there was a 3.0 beta out. I went to their site and got the 3.0 [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Nov 18th, 2003
Ever since switching over to Macintosh last January I have thoroughly enjoyed using Safari as my primary browser. My only complaint is Safari’s inability to view PDF files inline.
Thanks to Schubert it and the PDF Browser that complaint is now happily removed.
This browser plugin makes viewing PDF files served on the Internet easy once again.