October 2005

The Dilbert Blog

If you enjoy the Dilbert cartoons then you’ll probably enjoy Scott Adams Dilbert Blog. For instance: The only reason I dare writing this blog is because I have absolutely no sense of embarrassment. Most people would be horrified at the prospect of proving their ignorance to thousands of readers. My attitude is more along the [...]

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16 of 280 NZ Government web sites use valid HTML

Peter Krantz at Standards-schmandards has a quick look at NZ government websites in relation to standards: A list of 280 New Zealand government web site links was obtained from the government portal govt.nz. They replied with a list within one hour of my request. This list was fed to my modified local install of the [...]

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Photoshop TV Video Podcast

Photoshop TV is a brand new weekly video podcast from the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), featuring “The Photoshop Guys:” Scott Kelby, Dave Cross and Matt Kloskowski. Using iTunes podcast technology, the show delivers tips, step-by-step tutorials, and the latest Photoshop and digital imaging news. [Via Photoshop Blog.] The first video show was a [...]

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Drop a directory

I just made an accidental discovery while saving a file. I had a Finder window open in the background — the folder I wanted to Save into. I picked up the target folder’s proxy icon and dropped it into the Save dialog box and there I was. No more clicking around to reach the right [...]

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Take Control’s 50%-off sale

I’m a fan of the Take Control series of books and have bought most of them. Over the last few weeks though there was a flurry of new releases and I’ve been too busy to make the purchases. My laxness has paid off as there’s a brief 50%-off sale on the books. … the Take [...]

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Three years of Newbies Guides

Macguide #24 arrived the other day. It contains my Newbies guide to iPhoto and PowerUp to Backups. On looking at my records I see my first Macguide article, Newbies guide to Spreadsheets, was published in issue #6, back in November – December 2002. Since then I’ve looked at a heap of topics including Mail, iTunes, [...]

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