Archives for November 2007

TiKouka in bloom

This blog is named TiKouka, after the cabbage trees we have around our property. (That’s outside of the property — we don’t yet have any within the boundary.) In spring and early summer the tikouka bloom, with gorgeous panicles of creamy white flowers. With this year’s early summer, the trees are currently rather splendid, as […]

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On software licenses

Excellent! On checking my copy of Photoshop CS3 I find I’m allowed to install it on both my Macs. I just can’t use both copies of Photoshop at the same time. Fair enough. Since setting up the MacBook I’ve been trying to keep the system on it as slim and lean as possible. It’s a […]

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Worst web sentence? Compete for free courses

Rachel McAlpine has set up a competition that closes on 3 December 2007: what’s the worst sentence on the web?: Send us the worst sentence you’ve seen on a web site. Maybe it’s incomprehensible — or pointless — or incredibly redundantly circuitously absurdly wordy. The winner gets to do Contented courses free. That’s worth US$225.00, […]

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Use Applescript to assign applications to Spaces

No sooner had I published today’s MacTip, Assign Applications to Leopard Spaces, than I read about: Nifty AppleScripts from Jesse Newland for managing Spaces’s application assignments (e.g. “assign this app to space 2”). These scripts let you manage these assignments without going into the Spaces panel in System Prefs. [Via Daring Fireball.] Find the scripts […]

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The Apple Sale (New Zealand)

We Kiwis just don’t receive discounts and reductions on Apple products — except maybe once a year at the end of November: The Apple Store (New Zealand) – Ready. Set. Shop.: Come back to the Apple Online Store on Friday, November 30th for a special one-day-only holiday shopping event. You’ll find dozens of great iPod […]

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Quick Look inside a folder

My current series of MacTips is all about Quick Look — a new feature in Leopard. It lets you quickly see what’s in various files, but unfortunately it doesn’t see inside folders. Now xdd has created a Folder Quick Look Plugin that Taiyo@hatena explains how to use: Folder.qlgenerator shows pretty good file list on Quick […]

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Doing anything worthwhile takes forever

I’ve spent a huge amount of time this year writing the next incarnation of the Webguide (not yet officially ‘approved’ or launched, and definitely unfinished). Pretty much the whole time it’s seemed as though the more I wrote the less I achieved. It’s all taken a darned long time. For starters I wasn’t 100% well […]

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Edit WordPress Theme Style Sheets

My latest WordPress article has appeared at the Peachpit Web Design Reference Guide — Customizing WordPress: Edit Theme Style Sheets: If you want your blog to have a unique look, you must learn how to customize themes. A theme changes the look, layout, and even the content of your WordPress blog. There are many different […]

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Trivia connects – just as in real life

TV shows are full of ‘big’ moments: high drama, life and death decisions, the last 2 seconds before the bomb explodes. My life on the other hand is full of decisions about what to have for dinner and wondering if I’m going to miss the bus. For most of us, real life is mostly trivia. […]

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Word of the day: cabinetisation

Hey, we’re going to be ‘cabinetised’, or something: Telecom chief executive Paul Reynolds said the company was focussed on delivering a world class broadband footprint through the fast roll-out of its next generation network. “The submission of our cabinetisation plans shows we are serious about delivering fast broadband to New Zealanders and giving them more […]

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Mt Victoria Lookout official opening

There’s been work going on on the hill today — mowing and chainsawing mainly. Now I know why: New-look Mt Victoria Lookout to be Officially Opened: The new Mt Victoria lookout is to be officially opened by Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast at an early morning celebration on Wednesday (21 November). The short ceremony will begin […]

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I love OmniFocus and all its sibling apps

I think I’ve made two big mistakes with applications from OmniGroup: I didn’t just buy the whole lot as a bundle from the start; instead I’ve bought them one at a time. I didn’t just buy the Family Pack versions from the start. Honestly, their software’s just so darned good, and essential, it’s worth going […]

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