Category Archive for: ‘Development’
Farewell Steve Jobs
Midway though writing a blog entry about yesterday’s iPhone 4S launch, I’m struck with this totally unexpected news. Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple has passed away, aged 56. Steve, and the company he helped create, have been an inspiration to millions – myself …
Automator Folder Actions
Automator is a little used, and misunderstood application available to all Mac users. If you’ve used it before, then you might find this article interesting as it looks at setting up an automatic folder action for your workflow. If the previous sentence didn’t even make …
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iPhone 4.0: Why can’t we all just get along?
There’s been a storm brewing between rivals Google, Adobe and Apple. Each day seems to bring news of some minor sparring between the software giants, but instead of looking on in mild amusement, I’ve started to realise how their actions are affecting the future of …
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HowTo: Ubuntu as a Time Machine Volume
Have you ever wished you could use Apple’s Time Machine service over a network? Since I’ve got almost 2TB of storage on my Linux (Ubuntu 9.10) server, I certainly did – but unfortunately Apple only lets you use physically attached USB or Firewire drives, or …
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It is time. To The Mac!
In late 2006 I wrote an article about how I switched from PC to Mac, and through frustration over a few petty things I switched back. The main reason was simply that the Mac didn’t allow me to play my PC games, nor did it …
Ubuntu | Remote Desktop Without A Monitor
Ubuntu 9.10 makes a great OS for a home server, but if you’re not comfortable using terminal commands to setup and administer your box you may quickly run into a problem with the Desktop Edition of Ubuntu…
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Tech Support Cheat Sheet
I found this while mindlessly browsing the web tonight. Made me laugh ) – Perhaps I should email it to my family to save on phonecalls!
Arthemia Premium: Fix for Random Posts
If you’re using the Arthemia Premium WordPress theme, then you may have come across this problem: The “Random Posts / Video” footer you can choose to have at the bottom of some of your pages assumes that ALL of your posts have thumbnails available. The …
