Spam: a big steaming load of funt lamp groggery

Added March 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Computers | No comments yet
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I often wonder how many spam emails the average web developer/internet professional receives per day. I wonder how many hours in a given week we spend dealing with spam… whether it be spam training, pressing the Junk button, or actually even reading some of the messages. If you actually take the time to read your [...]

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Jim’s real world guide for old people new to the internet: Lesson 1: Chat rooms, email, message boards omg lol!

Added November 1st, 2008 | Posted in Computers | No comments yet
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Alright. I have probably wasted six million hours watching old people type out the double-you-double-you double-you-dot-oh-shit-that’s-a-comma-backspace-backspace-backspace-backspace-double-you-double-you-double-you-dot…. fucking shit!!! So, to help combat youngsters the world over from suffering thru shit like this, I’ve decided to put together the long-needed Geezer’s Ultimate Guide to Learning Real-world, No-shit Useful Internet Techniques. Hopefully, some of you will find [...]

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Apple’s LED display peculiar advertising showing the loupe in Aperture

Added October 15th, 2008 | Posted in Computers | No comments yet
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The other day Apple introduced a brand-new 24″ LED display that compliments their line of notebook computers. As I was glancing at the features, I noticed that one of their pictures adds a giant shiny glare thing, directly through the middle of the loupe tool in Aperture.

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This is what the hell RSS is

Added October 13th, 2008 | Posted in Computers | No comments yet
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For some reason about 100 million people have asked me “just exactly what the hell is RSS?” in the past 3 minutes. RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication, which is basically a really simple way to syndicate shit. My brother wrote an article talking about RSS not too long ago, and it’s probably one of [...]

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Software Update won’t update: You do not have appropriate access privileges

Added October 4th, 2008 | Posted in Computers | 27 Comments
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Recently, I migrated my user from a Mac Pro running 10.5.2 to an iMac, also running 10.5.2. Other than Apple pro applications (Aperture, Final Cut Pro, etc.) which did not migrate over well, everything else went smooth. The trouble didn’t start until trying to run Software Update. I continuously received an error message stating that [...]

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Testing a post on WordPress to Myspace Crossposter v2.0a

Added July 19th, 2008 | Posted in Computers | No comments yet
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If this works, hot diapers! If not, son of a bitch. Testing testing. UPDATE: 2 minutes later, this sucker works! I get some errors here and there but probably an easy fix. This is kick ass! Thanks to Roderick Russell for this awesome WordPress plugin!

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Invert your screen in Leopard

Added July 7th, 2008 | Posted in Computers | No comments yet
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Somehow I just stumbled across this one. No idea how long this feature has been around. Mac users: CONTROL + OPTION + COMMAND + 8 Pretty cool.

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