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Yearly Archives: 2006
IE7… customized by Google!
I’m pretty sure this wasn’t what Microsoft had in mind when they incorporated the ability to customize IE7 distributions. There’s Dell putting their little flashing logo’s in the toolbar instead of Microsoft’s… then there’s complete circumvention of Microsoft’s search engine … Continue reading
Using XBox 360 controller on your Mac
The XBox 360 controller is really one of the best gamepad ever made for any console out there. The best part is it works on computers as well, where past efforts by various companies to produce a good gamepad has … Continue reading
Between work, holiday, and everything else…
… I became an American citizen at last. As much as I should have been excited, my mood was rather nonchalant, preceded by weeks worth of anxiety, and followed only by a sense of relief. My journey to citizenship was … Continue reading
Tab & selection fields on MacOS X
There was one very, very annoying issue that I’ve found with MacOS X. When you tab through fields, it will by default, always skip over drop-down selection menus. Since so many websites uses this as say, the credit card expiration … Continue reading
Trick to get Word out of Word 2007
As a follow up to my post about Word 2007 file format incompatibilities, there are some very clever people that found out how you can extract the text out of these new file formats. Go to MacOSXHints to read more: … Continue reading
Terabyte on a DVD? Laughing in the face of blue-ray
ZD’s emerging technology blog has a piece on some new research that combines the usage of lasers at different wavelength, allowing recording on multi-layer DVD technology and storing up to 1 terabyte of information per disc. Even more impressive is … Continue reading
Firefly MMO may be coming our way?!! Now that’s shiny, dong ma?
According to Wired, Multiverse has signed a deal with Fox, securing the right to make a MMO based on Firefly. I’m holding cautious enthusiasm right now, since Multiverse has not to this date, produced any games on their own. Instead, … Continue reading
Mac software for switchers
As I’ve mentioned in the “Yes, I’m a ‘switcher‘” post, I’m a very recent convert to the Mac. Although I can’t quite identify myself as a pure convert, since I’ve had plenty of experience with Mac since childhood, throughout college … Continue reading
Wowhead beta key contest
Wowhead is holding a contest & giving away 100 beta keys. Several people I know already have beta keys, but if you’re one of those who are still yearning for one, this might be a worthy contest. See more details … Continue reading
Office 2007 and Mac incompatibility
News.com has the scoop here: New Office file format could cause headaches This makes me wonder, if OpenOffice (or its Mac cousin, NeoOffice) would have an easier time at opening the new file formats & types than the Mac or … Continue reading
