Interestingly enough, someone over at Apple has a sence of humor. In the new 10.4 Apple added a dictionary application that is pretty slick. However, if you search for ‘blog’ you get a rather interesting answer. 🙂 blog |bläg| noun a weblog : blogs run by twenty-something Americans with at least an unhealthy interest in […]
Category: Software
Two WordPress Issues
Since updating to 1.5.1, I’ve run across two WordPress issues. First… my referrer karma is blocking a lot of sites. I’m not sure how they are getting referred to my site, however I keep blocking them when they only visit once. My setting say that it should take four times, however something isn’t working right. […]
Who will save Fireworks?
A few weeks ago we go the news, Adobe is to acquire Macromedia. As the deal gets closer to completion, I’m reading reports that Adobe may just drop some of the beloved Macromedia applications. Now I’m pretty sure that all Adobe cares about is Flash. Seeing as Flash killed their LiveMotion application years ago. However, […]
Real Web Browser Security
No web browser is perfect. Hackers will always find new security holes and opportunities for the media to create press and scare you. What really makes the difference in browser security is the time it takes a company to fix the issues. Within a week of finding out about security related issues in Firefox, the […]
WordPress 1.5.1
Subscription Music Stores
Yahoo just released their music store and it’s the latest in the string of subscription based services. Subscription based services that I just don’t get. Why would you pay a monthly fee to RENT songs? Even Napster states on their homepage “It is necessary to maintain a Napster subscription in order to continue access to […]
TextEdit – Possibly the Best App?
What’s the one application I probably can’t live without? Believe it or not, it’s TextEdit! TextEdit is just a basic text program that comes pre-installed with Mac OSX. It use to be called SimpleText back in OS 9 and you may think it’s only a text application, however it’s much much more. TextEdit can read […]
iTunes Video Store
With iTunes 4.8 we are one step closer to the iTunes Video Store. From MacRumors.com One blog points out that Apple’s iTunes Music store now appears to offer the ability to sell videos as well as songs. This takes advantage of iTunes 4.8 new features allowing it to manage and play video files. Several readers […]
Yahoo & MSN in iChat
I’ve found two tutorials on how to add Yahoo and MSN buddies to your iChat application. It works with iChat 3 found in Mac OS 10.4. Apple added Jabber to iChat which opens doors to adding in Yahoo and MSN abilities. Granted, it’s only chat. I don’t believe that any file transfers, mail notifications or […]
