August 2009
RT @HunterDK: Just imagine, for a moment, what would have happened to anyone who carried a gun to a George W. Bush rally.
Nice NYC day. http://twitpic.com/fzw5i
Thanks to @gruber for the link love http://bit.ly/3fgrUt
Dang, and I was just starting to get good. http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/139617
Avengers Mickey Mouse Club Assemble! #marveldisneyslogans http://bit.ly/XprK8
Seriously, my brain is not right today. 9:30a conference call was pushed right off the stack. What’s the deal with that?
Entourage missing search results in Snow Leopard, possible fix http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Entourage/11299
So glad that @stevensande now knows the feeling of inadvertently sharing something with 42,000 people… :)
Talkcast reminder: 10pm ET Sunday, the Snow... →
Filed under: TUAW Business, Podcasts
Last week, we spent almost the entire hour shaking our heads and making “tsk, tsk” noises over the FCC responses to the Google Voice imbroglio. You…
Everything I ever said about “TUAW commenters are the smartest on the Internet,” I am now rethinking. AYFKMWTS? http://bit.ly/CopFj
Fake Steve link #1: Why the American educational system has failed Glenn Beck. http://bit.ly/NxNsP
Puppet Walt Mossberg on Snow Leopard. Make sure not to be drinking anything at the 4 minute mark. http://bit.ly/1bzk70
Snow Leopard nice touch: no more "Picture 1" files →
Filed under: Snow Leopard
I’ve always been a fan of ⌘-Shift-4 for taking quick and easy screenshots on my Mac, even with such level-up options as Jing, Skitch, GrabUp and …
Who completely could not remember the IP address of his home router? Not me. Nope. No way.
Interesting… Entourage Spotlight search broken for me in Snow Leopard.
Yes, I had a second fortune cookie. http://twitpic.com/fsck3
Wow, people are REALLY torqued over Snow Leopard’s switch to the official definition of megabytes & gigabytes. http://bit.ly/6AQd5
Snow Leopard extends Wake-on-LAN feature... if... →
Filed under: Wireless, Snow Leopard
It’s been a stealth feature of modern Macs for years: the ability of a sleeping machine to respond to a ‘magic packet’ delivered over Ethernet and…
For those who wonder why Twitter matters, writ large and small http://bit.ly/xeQGe (via @tj)
Now he just needs the ice and web versions and he’s all set. http://bit.ly/POInY (via @mantia)
Awesomesauce: http://bit.ly/v7ecz (via @vagredajr)
OK, the iMac is happy on 10.6. Next: either the MBP or the MSI. Hmm.
A bit of [Big] Apple history: visiting Tekserve →
Filed under: Retail, Cult of Mac, Retro Mac
It may have lost a bit of luster compared to the chrome, glass and steel of Apple’s nearby retail stores (one within easy walking…
Wife will be wheels down in 5 hours. :-)
Dare I press the “Install” button for Snow Leopard when Discovery leaves the pad? Yes, yes I dare.
Godspeed, Discovery! Wow, what a sight.
Thomas Edison says ³That is one fake-looking snow leopard.²
http://bit.ly/1Rj5h1 242681/
Gah, twittermail fail. Thomas Edison & the fake snow leopard: http://bit.ly/BGBSe
Hey! launchd! You can’t have 72% of my processor, you little wanker.
Just heard from @heidihoover, she is on the plane now (after a thorough grilling from airport security). Smooth air!
Not sure if it’s the antibiotics giving me a sour stomach, or the massive check I just wrote to the mechanic. Ow.
I LOVE it when I start closing email windows and discover critical messages that have sat, unsent, for several days. I <3 my brain.
Helping babysitter with her new Dell laptop. Interesting to see a smart person engage with technology for 1st time (tentatively).
Pandora started playing theme from “Chuck” just now, freaked me out.
Door guy @UHBHNY to woman: “What’s that other ID? There, in your wallet. Your sister’s? You’re 27 & she’s 20? Yeah, I don’t think so.”
Backstage with @ylove preshow! http://twitpic.com/fizcb
Checking out the bands at TBH (@ The Bell House in Brooklyn) http://bit.ly/aRdm7
RT @TUAW: We’re extremely proud and excited to announce the official TUAW iPhone app! http://bit.ly/d82GA
Show at Bell House was slamtastic. Thanks to @ylove for the great welcome & for rocking the mic.
Snow Leopard reviews roundup →
Filed under: Reviews, Snow Leopard
With only a few hours more to wait until the packages start arriving and the stores start selling Snow Leopard, the reviews are beginning to pour…
8yo just called for iPod tech help. A surreal experience.
going to District 9 in USQ.
District 9: part X-Files, part Enemy Mine, part Buckaroo Banzai, part awesome. Bonus points for Sharlto Copley improvising all his dialogue.
Just gave the shop go-ahead to do repairs that will cost ~40% of car’s blue book value. *sigh*
Oy. Front page of NY Post: my old buddy Sunda Croonquist, being sued by her mother-in-law. What a world.
The Sunda story: http://bit.ly/5nibD Looks pretty silly on the newsstand next to the other front pages with Ted Kennedy.
Nasty little XSS security issue for Basecamp http://bit.ly/OWeUH (via @dinag)
Wow — @blankbaby, up until a moment ago I did not know that that was, in fact, what I wanted — but I did. http://bit.ly/L0v4i
Malware detection coming in Snow Leopard? →
Filed under: Security, Snow Leopard
We usually look at news updates and blog posts from antivirus vendor Intego with a bit of a gimlet eye, since the company has been known to…
RT @Naunihal: M. Night is only 2 days older than me & he’s already directed 8 films. Then again, I never made a stinker like “The Happening”