I think I finally have titles I like for all four of these books. Of course, whether I write all four of them is anybody's guess. New words: 863, plus 575 elsewhere Reason for stopping: quota, tired Sustenance: leftover soda from the road trip (mmm, sweetened acid in a styrofoam … [Read more...] about Home again, and writing
Macs
Sundry
The old PowerBook having been pronounced not worth fixing by a genuine Apple Genius Bar employee over the weekend — remind me to tell you sometime about the "authorized reseller" that does repairs locally — and no new laptops having been announced at the Expo this … [Read more...] about Sundry
Why a Mac tablet from Apple does make sense
The Unofficial Apple Weblog posted Why a Mac tablet from Apple doesn't make sense earlier today. I commented briefly there, but this seems as good a time as any to spout my theory of the Apple tablet. (I bored several of you with this in person a few months ago. If you're one … [Read more...] about Why a Mac tablet from Apple does make sense
I just have to say…
Thanks, all you crazy Apple rumor people. You're doing great things to my stock performace. Keep it up. … [Read more...] about I just have to say…
Dreamweaver, WebDAV, my foot, and Transmit
So it turns out that in version 8, the latest, the wizards over at Adobe > Macromedia managed to completely, totally, utterly HOSE Dreamweaver's WebDAV compatibility. On both platforms it fouls up the lock files, and on Macs it's so slow as to be entirely unusable. I've been … [Read more...] about Dreamweaver, WebDAV, my foot, and Transmit
Automator script for Word HTML cleanup
So, the other Steph and I were kvetching earlier about the lousy Word HTML we have to clean up all day… and I remembered something. A long time ago, I'd tried to use AppleScript to make the Word Unmunger's batch mode easier to use. At the time, AppleScript defeated … [Read more...] about Automator script for Word HTML cleanup
Why I use a Mac
I've found myself in several Mac vs. Windows discussions this week (and it's only Tuesday; this does not bode well), so rather than type the same thing all over again, I'm posting it here… I love Macs because I don't have to upgrade my hardware every few months just to … [Read more...] about Why I use a Mac
DataWerkz
I don't really need a database app on my Mac at the moment, but if I did, this would be really tempting. … [Read more...] about DataWerkz
Party Shuffle
Here's the first party shuffle that came up on the new iTunes. Interesting. Clearly I need to rip more Stone Temple Pilots and Smashing Pumpkins and whatnot… two of these are from one of my yoga/tai chi routines. I'm very happy to see three Garbage songs… now if only … [Read more...] about Party Shuffle
iTunes. Bleh.
The new iTunes (4.5), as others have noted, is less than perfect. Which is sad, because the previous version pretty much was. Thanks to the guys at the OS X LiveJournal community I managed to get 4.2 installed in place of 4.5…. but 4.5 changes the iTunes library format, so … [Read more...] about iTunes. Bleh.
