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First Impressions of Safari 3 Beta 06/11/07 12:08 PM
I downloaded the Safari 3 beta (for Mac) and started using it. It does replace Safari 2 in your /Applications…
Running TurboTax 2005 on Mac OSX 10.4.9 04/14/07 1:21 PM
TurboTax 2005 crashes on startup on Mac OSX 10.4.9 apparently due to a conflict with Quicktime 7.1.5. To fix it,…
Accessing Virtual Hosts from Virtual PC 09/01/06 9:34 AM
I often use Apache virtual hosts on my Mac when developing sites—I almost always prefer to do initial development on…
Transfer Windows TurboTax Files To Mac TurboTax 04/14/06 1:58 PM
Windows TurboTax .tax tax return files can be transferred to the Mac version of TurboTax without any problems. I couldn’t…
OmniGraffle 3.2, Applescript and Text 01/03/06 11:32 AM
Enough silence… When creating a shape with text via AppleScript in OmniGraffle 3.2, you must specify alignment for the text,…
Safari and Tab-Delimited Plain Text 09/22/05 12:25 PM
Just an observation: Safari (and I assume WebKit in general) wraps tab-delimited plain text (both local and served with text/plain)…
CVS Through an SSH Tunnel 03/15/05 4:10 PM
So our CVS repository is on a server behind a firewall. Using an SSH tunnel, I can SSH to the…
An Applescript to add a NetNewsWire Tab to del.ico.us 01/04/05 4:18 PM
Here’s an applescript that will take the URL and title from the currently selected tab in NetNewsWire and open a…
Add Label Click Support to Safari 12/19/04 10:18 PM
Safari’s lack of full support for the <label> element has always bothered me. You can’t click the label and focus…
AppleScript to Replace Raw Smart Quotes with HTML Entities in BBEdit 12/06/04 1:35 PM
After banging my head against the wall trying to figure out a regular expression in a perl script to replace…
Synch iCal without .Mac 05/06/04 1:20 PM
The main thing preventing me from using iCal is the requirement to purchase a .Mac account to synch between two…
Ligatures in Safari 1.2 02/25/04 5:06 PM
Hidden away in Safari’s Debug Menu, there’s an option entitled “Use ATSU,” which turns on OS X’s ATSUI character rendering…
Panther 10.3.2 Breaks ssh 12/18/03 12:14 PM
I upgraded my work machine to 10.3.2 this morning and now attempting to ssh out not only doesn’t work, it…
Flash Crash 12/11/03 4:31 PM
Tuesday, Flash MX decided that it wouldn’t launch for me. Convenient. My first thought is a font problem and the…
Image Dimensions AppleScript 06/05/03 10:01 AM
Here’s an applescript to get the dimensions of an image from the finder. tell application "Finder" set imageFile to (item…
In the Shop, Out of Commission 04/09/03 1:56 PM
I’ve got one complaint with Apple: getting your machine fixed is ridiculously slow. After a week of trying to figure…
Mike Tyson’s Tattoo 02/19/03 2:08 PM
I heard about this and thought it was bizarre……
Real Audio AppleScript 02/18/03 4:29 PM
A little Applescript to automatically open downloaded real audio .ram files in OS X: on adding folder items to theFolder…
Safari Autofix 02/13/03 9:29 AM
I spent about an hour the other night trying to work out some layout bugs in Safari for the new…
Safari UI Improvements 02/07/03 9:33 AM
Dave Hyatt is asking for feedback and suggestions on the Safari interface, so here’s my list in no particular (meaning…
Junk Mail Rule AppleScript 02/06/03 9:25 AM
I get a lot of spam from a few senders that aren’t caught by OS X Mail’s spam filters and…
Cleaning up iTunes 01/20/03 9:58 AM
O’Reilly Network: Cleaning iTunes Applescripts to update your misnamed and miscategorized iTunes tracks. I used them already….
My Thoughts on Safari 01/07/03 3:14 PM
My initial thoughts on the new Safari browser from Apple:It’s fast.Like IE/Win, it doesn’t correctly render border-style: dotted (it’s dashed).It…
Oh Canada 11/12/02 11:07 AM
A nice little Switch spoof. Who doesn’t love a Canadian, eh?…
Kung-Log 10/10/02 2:19 PM
Now that I’m running Moveable Type, I downloaded Kung-Log, from the creator of Kung Tunes. It’s a quick little app…
Back Up Again 10/06/02 1:48 PM
After two and a half days of work, I’ve finally got my iMac up and running again, this time with…
Whether I Like It or Not 10/04/02 9:29 AM
I’ve been debating whether or not to do a clean install of OS 10.2, but that decision was made for…
Palm Annoyances 09/29/02 11:17 AM
Handspring finally released supported desktop software for OS X, but they seem to have overlooked a few crucial things, like…
What’s Your Problem, Punk? 08/11/02 12:19 AM
My problem is that I like learning stuff just for the sake of knowing it a little too much. For…
iTunes 3 Smart List Bug 07/31/02 2:25 PM
For some reason iTunes doesn’t like to randomly play smart lists with items that are removed as soon as they…
Loads of New Software 07/18/02 3:53 PM
Big day for software installation:Real Player for OS XMicrosoft remote Desktop ConnectionQuicktime 6Flash Player 6.0.40Updated Flash MX ActionScript DictionaryOffice X…
Kung Tunes 06/22/02 12:25 PM
I added a little Kung-Tunes deal to the homepage, letting everyone (hah) know what I’m listening to on iTunes. The…
Evil Incarnate 04/23/02 10:33 AM
This is great: Apple is really a communist demon leading us all astray as revealed to us by Dr. Richard…
iMac on its Way 04/13/02 11:05 AM
Just ordered our new iMac because we’re getting money back from the government. I really love OS 10. I just…

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