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Entries for May, 2004

X-Box Modded…

So, my chip came in the other day and following these instructions, I was able to get it working after about an hour and a half of “not quite, move it a little that way, nope too far…GRRR.” I nearly threw the whole thing out the window at one point, as the first time [...]

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NeoOffice®/J 0.8.3 released…

NeoOffice®/J 0.8.3, the Java OS X port of OOo, has just been released. It’s still just a prototype with all the warnings and disclaimers you’d expect, but it also happens to be one of the best free Micro$oft Office replacements out there. Don’t bother with the download page. Just launch your Terminal [...]

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Missed this: OS X 10.3.4 supports Bluetooth caller ID

This is cool:
OS X update has Bluetooth caller ID
Gadget Lab’s Brian Lam sez: “I noticed that you covered bluephonemenu in the past, so figured I’d drop a line about the new os x panther update. I was just reading the update details and saw this :
“Dialog windows for incoming phone calls and SMS messages for [...]

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Programming in Cocoa…

As my summer hobby to keep my over-active self entertained, I decided to move beyond my very intermediate to laughable coding skills by attempting to learn Cocoa. I just received Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X: 2nd Edition by Aaron Hillegass (a day early, too!) from Amazon. I ordered it at the recommendation [...]

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I want VoIP!

Well, I decided a while back that I would prefer to have VoIP service at around $35 a month, rather than my old skool landline. I even had the Cablevision folks come out to my house to set up a VoIP service that would work with my current cable internet and which would be [...]

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10.3.4

For the brazen among you who hate to wait, run Software Update now for OS X 10.3.4 update (41MB; restart required):
The 10.3.4 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.3 “Panther” and is recommended for all users.
Key enhancements include:
improved file sharing and directory services for Mac (AFP), UNIX (NFS), PPTP, and [...]

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USB Flash Drive and OS X 10.2 Incompatibility?

Anybody out there have any experience with this problem? One of my coworkers has a USB Flash Drive that she uses at home with her OS 9.2 Mac, but when she brought it to work the other day and tried to plug it in to her OS X 10.2 iMac, she received the “unrecognized [...]

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Re-resurrecting my iPod Blog…

I just wanted to mention to everyone that I’ve started posting semi-regularly to my iPod blog again. When I first (re)launched the site on Blogger, I was hoping that the other contributors that I recruited would post more regularly than me, as I am honestly more interested in this site than that one (nudge [...]

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I’m mentioned on Apartment Therapy today…

This post has nothing to do with Macs, and is only slightly related to my 3650, as the pictures linked to were taken with the 3650, but in any case, Apartment Therapy posted an email I sent to them praising their site (it’s become one of my favorite daily reads) and mentioning the Flor area [...]

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Poopli: ReplayTV Filesharing…

If you have a ReplayTV, but you forgot to record the finale of The Swan [I can't believe the plastic looking one won . . . wait, they were all plastic looking!], you can always post a request for it on Poopli: the ReplayTV Sharing Server. From Poopli’s about page:
Basically this site is a [...]

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More bad laws?

Well, we’ve all been living under the stupid tyranny of the so-called Patriot Act for several years now. Now on a lower tier of bad laws, they are trying to pass the Pirate Act. Grrr…

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Inquisitor

Check this out:
Applications/Inquisitor
Inquisitor is a Cocoa interface to Google that displays results as you type…[The Tao of Mac]
Pretty cool little find. Here’s the direct link to Inquisitor. Download it and check it out. It is small enough to run just to the right of your main Safari window on the 12-inch and [...]

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Modding an X-Box in a Mostly Mac Environment: Preface…

I’ve had an X-Box for a little over a year now, and while from time to time I’ll pop in Matrix Revolutions, for the most part I do most of my gaming on my GBA SP and the PS2. The X-Box has become our DVD player for the bedroom. For some time now, [...]

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Engadget points to MobileBurn Bluetooth Headset round-up…

Check it out:
Bluetooth headset roundup
MobileBurn has a roundup of four different new Bluetooth cellphone headsets, the Motorola HS810, Tekkeon’s ezTalker, the Plantronics M3500, and Tekram’s TM-312. They actually like the Motorola best, though they seem to feel comfortable recommending any of them.
[engadget.com]
I have yet to see a clear leader in the world of bluetooth [...]

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