Quite a simply tip this and one only for Mac users I am afraid…. although someone with a knowledge of Windows will tell us how to do it on a PC. I use Thesis in my sites a lot. Thesis comes with an image rotator – very useful. Just an aside here. I am looking [...]
by Rich on April 1, 2010
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MacOSaiX is a confusing name for a procedure that use to take hours to perform and need a huge amount of computer grunt. And now it’s as easy as 1, 2 and 3. 1. Choose the image from which to make a Mosaic. For my example I chose my youngest daughter Mia, scowling. 2. Choose [...]
by Rich on March 31, 2010
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Are you going to buy an iPad? I am so ready to buy one that I am even considering buying it from the States. 150,000 applications immediately available to you. I have an iPhone and can already run my business from it. An iPad will be a short step up. It will provide larger real [...]
I make no bones about my love for all things Mac. And I love my iPhone. It is brilliant as a work tool, as a ebook reader, study aid and games machine. Brilliant. But it gets better there is an iPhone app for WordPress bloggers. In their own words: Introducing the only iPhone app that [...]
by Rich on November 4, 2009
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This is a brilliant application and I love the way it works. From the CameraBag website: CameraBag recreates the magic of film in a fast, intuitive, minimal interface: choose a photo, choose a filter, and you’re done. Digital cameras have replaced film for all but the most die-hard photographers, but something was lost in that [...]
by Rich on June 29, 2009
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“The day Microsoft makes something that doesn’t suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners.” -Ernst Jan Plugge What a fantastic quote…. No more needs to be said.
by Rich on November 9, 2008
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The ‘kill’ command. You need to type a process number. If you don’t know the process number, type ‘top’ or ‘ps -A’, then a simple ‘kill 123456′. To kill all instances type ‘kill all’ or ‘killall mozilla’, will kill all Mozilla processes.
by Rich on July 6, 2008
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The new Mac keyboards feature an Expose key on [F3] that when pressed shows all the open windows on your screen. So the trick now is to use the [F3] key to do the rest: Cmd + [F3] will show the desktop [Ctrl] + [F3] will show only windows from the front most app.