It’s amazing how far we’ve come in the past decade or so when it comes to the environment. We are all taking steps every day to make the world a better place, whether we make an attempt to, or just do it out of habit. And things are only getting better.
Check out this Sun Chips bag that will decompose on its own!
After about 14 weeks, Sun Chips bags will disappear. Can you imagine?! I look at the ditches along the road and there is so much trash. Wouldn’t it be great if it would all just disappear on its own? Maybe someday it will. This is a big step in the right direction and I hope all food makers hop on board.
With Twitter exploding in popularity in every direction, there are a lot of newbies that will not quite know what’s going on or who to follow. So I decided to write down the 9 things I look at when I determine who to follow on Twitter and who not to follow.
First of all, do not follow everyone who follows you. Some are legit, some are automated, some are spam, and not all of them are worth connecting up with. You get the most out of Twitter if you choose to follow only those who you are really interested in.
There are no shortage of Twitter applications out there. Each client seems to have a slightly different feature set too. I’ve tried a lot of them and below is a list of good Twitter applications that have been built for the Mac. No Adobe Air suggestions here, and most are available only on the Mac.
Bluebird
Simple and pretty, this app has the ability to be one of the nicest looking Twitter apps. It also comes with three built in themes which are very nice and supports multiple accounts. This one is one I haven’t played with much, but am loving it the more I use it. Only downside so far is no way to distinguish between read and un-read tweets.
This year, I decided to turn 29.1 instead of 30. Now, it’s not that I’m afraid of 30, but I just felt like it sounds better if I stay in my 20’s a bit longer. 
Yes, it’s true, I’m now 30. Back when I was a kid there was not internet, no cell phones, no SUVs. We had Intellivision, Garbage Pal Kids cards, and three channels on TV that you had to get up to change. These whippersnappers today have it so easy. Ha ha, there is my old man talk for the day.
If you’re anything like me, you have more than a few social networks you are a part of. Keeping up with all those networks can be hard too. However, with the Mac app Fluid you can create multi-site menu bar applications for quick and easy access.
What I have setup is Facebook mobile, Weather Underground mobile and Plurk mobile all loaded into one application and stored in my menu bar. When I click on the blue F, I not only see the weather conditions, but also any Facebook updates and Plurk updates.
I’ve been thinking about getting an online service to backup my computer for a while now, however most services made the plans confusing, didn’t have a Mac client, or had price levels that just made it more than I wanted to spend. However, I signed up for Backblaze and it’s been wonderful ever since. I no longer think about backing up, it just happens.
I know what a lot of Mac users are thinking, what about Time Machine? Well, as great as Time Machine is, if my house were to burn down, so would all my backups. An off site backup solution is the only way to ensure that my files are safe. Time Machine works well for local backups, but really isn’t the best solution overall and that’s why I looked into other options.
This August my wife and I will welcome a new addition to our family.
We don’t know if it’s a boy or girl yet, but will know before it’s born. However we don’t plan on sharing it with anyone. 
Until the baby arrives, we have a lot of getting ready to do. We already have the baby’s room painted, light yellow, and have started looking at strollers and cribs.
I’m also sure there are many things or me to learn. Examples:
Images from: Safe Baby Handling Tips
Are you uber excited for the new Safari 4 beta from Apple? However, on install all it does is bounce and crash? I’ve been having the issue under 10.5.6 and the fix is simple; remove your Safari addons!
Step 1 – Uninstall Safari 4 beta and revert back to Safari 3. If you still have Safari 3, then you’re good to go.
Note: You don’t have to reinstall Safari 3, it should just come back when you uninstall Safari 4 beta.
Step 2 – Go to Safari -> Preferences and look for any addons like…
Ever thought that you liked parts of one of my themes and parts of another? Well one reader by the name of Jeremy did. He decided to combine MidnightFox and iPox Aqua to come up with Midnight iPox.
Midnight iPox combines the dark of MidnightFox and the bright blue buttons of iPox Aqua to create a pretty nice theme! Hats off to Jeremy for such a nice mashup.
Download Midnight iPox
To install, download the Midnight-iPox.jar file from the link above. Then open Firefox and go to Tools -> Add-ons and drag Midnight-iPox.jar into the left side of the Themes section. Once installed, restart Firefox to use it.
After months of work, the new TwisterMc.com design is live!
Little things have been changing over the past week or so, like the new favicon, but the button has been pushed and doesn’t the new design look good?
If you find any issues, let me know. I’m eager to have it looking it’s best for everyone. Heck, it even looks good in IE 6, except for the rollovers. Close counts there. If you’re using IE 6, upgrade already. Might I suggest Firefox?
