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Technology Acceptance
At some point in the life of any technology there comes a tipping point when that technology goes from something special to something expected. We’ve see this before with the lightbulb, indoor plumbing, and the telephone. Twenty years ago we didn’t see web addresses in commercials or know the email address of our news correspondents.… Read the rest “Technology Acceptance”
HP Photosmart C410a Premium Fax Wireless e-All-in-One
I recently needed to send in a copy of a receipt for an expense report for work. I attempted to scan the document but my old CanoScan requires additional drivers that are not compatible with my beta OS. I doubt if the drivers will ever be updated to Cocoa.… Read the rest “HP Photosmart C410a Premium Fax Wireless e-All-in-One”
iPod Mini Compact Flash Upgrade
Recently my iPod Mini has been hanging up on me. Typically this means that the hard drive is having trouble. I tried to restore the iPod but the problem persisted. It seems like it was time to put the old FireWire 4GB iPod Mini out to pasture.… Read the rest “iPod Mini Compact Flash Upgrade”
Lorem Ipsum Text on Chipotle Bag
I noticed the message on the side of the Chipotle bag. I guess they ran out of promotional messages and just left the default placeholder text. For the uninitiated, the Lorem Ipsum text is typically used in desktop publishing as a placeholder for future content.… Read the rest “Lorem Ipsum Text on Chipotle Bag”
How to Hide to Dock Icon of Any App
I downloaded a great program call Blotter 1.2 (Mac App Store $9.99) that puts your calendar on your desktop. I really like this app. I have it set to start up automatically when I log in. I don’t really care to see it on my dock.… Read the rest “How to Hide to Dock Icon of Any App”
iPad 2 Predictions
The current rumor is that we will have an announcement about the iPad 2 on February 9th. This is roughly one year from the original announcement so this make sense. I would assume they would announce at that time a release date in March.… Read the rest “iPad 2 Predictions”
FaceTime Certificate Error Fixed by Deleting GlobalPreferences.plist
Since the release of FaceTime .9 (92) I have been unable to run it on my laptop with an SSD. Whenever I launched FaceTime the app would start without an error but it would be lacking the controls on the right side.… Read the rest “FaceTime Certificate Error Fixed by Deleting GlobalPreferences.plist”
How to Install Adobe Reader X Safely on Windows
This is a followup to my previous posting How to Install Adobe Reader X Safely on Mac OS X. The step for disabling JavaScript is virtually identical for Windows. The frustration for me when trying to install Reader X for Windows was finding a download link for just Reader without any additional baggage.… Read the rest “How to Install Adobe Reader X Safely on Windows”
How to Install Adobe Reader X Safely on Mac OS X
The new version of Adobe Acrobat Reader is out. Unlike its Windows counterpart it does not have the Sandboxing option. They are calling this version “Reader X”. I assume the ‘X’ is to be pronounced “ten” since it follows Reader 9.… Read the rest “How to Install Adobe Reader X Safely on Mac OS X”