January 2011
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I’m SO GLAD I don’t work at one of those places that charges employees for coffee anymore.
Jan 28th
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Myst and Riven coming to Mac App Store
I recently complained that two of my favorite games of all time, Myst and Riven, have been ported by developer Cyan Worlds to iOS but haven’t been ported to Mac OS X. The box set currently available in stores has PC and Mac versions of the first three Myst games, but the Mac versions of Myst and Riven are for Mac OS 9, and are only playable on Mac OS X via the Classic Environment - which...
Jan 25th
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Enough — Beware of Information Silos →
minimalmac: The latest episode of the podcast is now live. In this episode, we caution against information silos and making sure you have a way to get your data out that is as seamless as putting it in. Yes, Evernote, Tumblr, and Word, I’m talking about you. I just recently started using Evernote and Tumblr… I’m scared to listen to this.
Jan 25th
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NICE. (Matt, this one is for you.) http://1.21jiggawatts.com/
Jan 25th
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A piece with a lot of screenshots about the close... →
Cool article about closing tabs in Chrome. I always thought Chrome handled this brilliantly. This might be the only clear instance of Google besting Apple at something UI-related.
Jan 25th
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The DoSomething.org commercials on Hulu make me want to do nothing.
Jan 23rd
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iTunes vs. Graphite
I have my MacBook’s “Appearance” set to Graphite. I find it a lot slicker and more attractive than the default Blue. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go to System Preferences - Appearance and check out the Appearance pull-down menu.) The problem is, iTunes doesn’t seem to give a crap about my Appearance settings. Here’s what a selected search...
Jan 22nd
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Whine
How do versions of the original Myst and Riven exist for iOS and not for (Intel-based) Mac OS X?
Jan 21st
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DOS emulation for the Mac
Just ran across this, hope it rocks as much as it looks like it rocks: http://boxerapp.com/
Jan 20th
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Adrianne’s dad got an iPad. I have jealousy.
Jan 17th
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Man, I’ve won a TON of British sweepstakes lately. I can’t wait for my checks to arrive!
Jan 13th
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Greenwald on calls to lock up the crazies: http://bit.ly/hTYr9f
Jan 12th
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David Wynn Miller http://ping.fm/p8QZt
Jan 10th
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Found in Manhattan KS
Bizarre and hilarious list I found on the streets of Manhattan KS several years ago. I wonder how many points these frat boys got.
Jan 9th
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John Cauthorn hates Spanish, and apparently so do you http://ping.fm/s57qv
Jan 7th
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Kansas City bids Margo May goodbye →
Pitch writeup of my last show with Margo for a long time, possibly ever. Any other singer/songwriters out there need someone to play electric piano behind them?
Jan 7th