Archives for 2009

Google DNS vs OpenDNS vs Comcast

I haven't noticed much of a speed difference but a recent BrowserMob article has me thinking of switching back to my ISP's DNS servers.

Windows Media Center “Little Red Dot”

The Show taskbar notifications setting in Windows 7 Media Center (found under Settings>General>Startup and Window Behavior) toggles the appearance of a little red dot in the taskbar when a program is recording.

Why isn’t the Zune HD a Windows Media Extender?

If DRM is unavoidable for now then Microsoft could at least take a page out of the iTunes Store playbook and allow users to authorize a certain number of computers and unlimited devices to play recorded media.

Linus Torvalds interviewed on FLOSS Week

Episode 88 of Floss Weekly is an interview with Linus Torvalds and is well worth a listen. Linus is spectacularly interesting both with regard to his thoughts on programming and his opinions of the open source movement in general.

Use the built-in iPhone sleep timer

Tucked away in the Clock app that ships with the iPhone is a Timer feature. When the timer finishes, the default action is to play a ringtone, but by tapping the "When Timer Ends" button, you can change this behavior to "Sleep iPod."

Facebook “for good” promotes world peace

As opposed to "Facebook for evil."

Snow Leopard Password Prompt After Screen Sleep *BOO*

Snow Leopard is different because the payoff comes later, but that fact that I'm seeing fewer obvious positives means that the irksome qualities become more pronounced.

PassAlong on iPhone Application List

iPhone Application List was kind enough to list PassAlong on their fine site.

PassAlong: Now available on the iPhone App Store

I really wanted an easy way to insert phone numbers (or other contact information) as plain text into an SMS message for near universal compatibility.

View Average iPhone App Approval Time

iPhone Developers Only: The iPhone Developer News page now displays the current average approval time for Apps submitted to the app store.

Enable Caps-Lock on iPhone Keyboard

Tap Settings > Tap General > Tap Keyboard > Tap the Enable Caps Lock slider

Use iPhone headphone microphone with a MacBook Pro

The headphones’ built-in microphone appears as the input device “Microphone port” in the Sound preference pane.

Jonathan Coulton interviewed on Lifehacker

I love this man.

Open the current working directory in Finder

My discovery of the open command and how I use it to open the current working directory in the Finder.

Repair Mac OS X Keychain

My Mac decided to stop remembering passwords.

Windows 7 RC

I decided to take Windows 7 RC for a spin.

Disable Desktop Cleanup Wizard

The fine folks over at TACK Tech have nice step-by-step instructions for anyone who is interested.

GTweet Beta 3 Now Supports OAuth

Slower-than-I'd-like response times prompted me to implement OAuth in GTweet.

GTweet Beta 2 Released!

GTweet Beta 2 is now live. Please visit gtweet.net to re-make your GTweet URLs.

The Future of GTweet

After a wonderful and relaxing trip to Greece, I returned to a flurry of e-mails warning me that GTweet is down.

Remove Firefox Location Bar Select-All Annoyance

I just discovered how to change a default Firefox setting that has been bothering me for ages.

Coda Updates to 1.6.3

As a belated St. Patrick's day gift to us all, Panic released Coda 1.6.3 today.

GTweet: Bugfixes and Beyond

I (hopefully) fixed some text-encoding issues with GTweet.

GTweet gets official

GTweet.net went live last night. Start reading Twitter in Google Reader today!

GTweet is born

I changed the name of Twitterfeed to GTweet and added avatars to the feed.