One of my favourite things is finding ways to make my computer work harder so I can work less. A recent series of MacTips showed how to use Keyboard Maestro, macro software that can save an awful lot of work.
25 Tech links I found interesting in the last week. Highwire robot; solar house; night vision; probable computers; tweetup; 0.6 litres per 100 km; RFID tags; bird-proof glass; megapixels; DSLRs; mind maps.
Spammers hit my site every minute or so yesterday. Here’s how I handled it, with a look directly into the database, and by closing comments for a while.
25 Tech links I found interesting in the last week. Giant tide turbine; messages on Google Earth; wound gel; Mecca clock; care hacking; pulsars; killer paint; biofuels; iris scans; plug-in solar panels.
I needed to grab both today’s date and tomorrow’s date within Applescript to use in some recordkeeping. Here’s how I made it work. It may help you too.
I’ve found my iPad makes for a handy training aid. As the trainer I can keep my notes for what we’re doing to one side, and not have them displayed on the main screen. Battery life is fabulous too.
25 Tech links I found interesting in the last week. Graphene nanobubbles, gigapixel photos, smart bandaids, robots, wind and solar power, huge buses, satellites, bridges and more.
Location is all the rage these days. There’s GPS for photos and for tweets, but there’s also building up community around where you are. Foursquare is a game that hooks in to this.
