September 2004

Resize images

We’re turtle-sitting while a friend’s away and I decided to take a photo every day and upload it to a private album on the web. So, every day I take a few photos, choose the best one and then resize the photo to 800*600 and a thumbnail version at 125*83. Then I upload and add [...]

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Big numbers

Let’s say we have a large number like: 249,345,678,987,234,564. Well, you may be able to say it, but once we get past a million or so my eyes glaze over and I have no idea how to say it! Here’s where your Mac (with Panther) can help. Visit the Speech section of System Preferences and [...]

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The first airplane

I received an interesting email the other day and have visited one of the web pages mentioned below. It presents some evidence that Aleksander Mozajski flew a powered airplane some 20 years before Richard Pearse or the Wright Brothers. I was pleased to look at your web site with the Internet address mactips.info/blog/index.php?p=29 which is [...]

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Setup Assistant really works

A client, G, has just bought a new Aluminium Powerbook to replace his aging Titanium model. It was my job to transfer his data and set up the new machine. What a breeze! The only problem I had was that I hadn’t asked G for his password before he went out of town for a [...]

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Get pictures out of iPhoto

A little “Thanks” goes a long way. Lisa emailed me: I know nothing about computers. I only know how to email from iPhoto. I have a Mac laptop. I don’t know how to download my pics to anything. I have to put it in a file first before I send to Dogster, right? Help! I [...]

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Miniature horses for the blind

I like to think of myself as forward-thinking, open-minded, flexible and willing to consider the unusual, but somehow this item just crosses all my borders. I’ve lost track of where I found out about this, but Miniature horses for the blind is just too improbable. Visit the site to see “The world’s first horse to [...]

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