May 2007

Mac Plus vs. AMD Dual Core

Mac Plus vs. an AMD Dual Core. Heh, heh.

Posted on May 31, 2007 1:44 PM | link to this entry

70 CSS expert ideas

70 Expert ideas for better CSS coding. There are some good nuggets in here—this is an area where there is no real 'best practices' document out there. It's about as freeform as one can get, and something many clients don't understand when they see a proposal.

Posted on May 22, 2007 2:18 PM | link to this entry

Bootable OS X on a Thumb Drive

Here are some instructions for how to build a bootable OS X install on a thumb drive. This could come in handy for a tools-only build to aid in recovery of dead drives.

Posted on May 21, 2007 3:39 PM | link to this entry

Apple's guide to installing Subversion

Apple's guide to installing Subversion. This is great, because there's a link at the bottom to a web-based interface and installation instructions for that as well. The only thing stopping me from having it running until now was having to deal with a command-line interface.

Posted on May 18, 2007 11:21 AM | link to this entry

Better CSS form styling

Here's an article on Css form styling, which contains a lot of info I didn't know (or have forgotten.) (via)

Posted on May 17, 2007 1:38 PM | link to this entry

Shakeup at JPG Magazine

There's a shakeup at JPG Magazine, which means the two founding editors have left. While I'm sad to see this happen, I'm sure they will go on to build another, better, more successful community somewhere else. This post also contains some fantastic business advice.

Posted on May 15, 2007 9:06 AM | link to this entry

Using an iPod as a bootable HD

This is just what I need: an article on how to boot up a Mac with an iPod. When I get the old 5GB iPod functional again, it's going to be my emergency boot disk/toolkit.

Posted on May 14, 2007 2:05 PM | link to this entry

Javascript courses online

For future reference: Yahoo offers courses on Javascript from their leading JS programmer. I haven't seen these yet, but the reviews look good.

Posted on May 11, 2007 12:36 AM | link to this entry

Bots on The Ground

From a Washington Post article about soldiers bonding with their robot helpers: "One time, he actually did break down in a mission, and we sent another robot in and it got blown to pieces. It's like he shut down because he knew something bad would happen." (via)

Posted on May 9, 2007 9:20 AM | link to this entry

Thinkpad Resources

As much as I've phased out my Thinkpad, I still use it quite a bit. The USB port on the back is dead, so I searched the lazyweb for answers and found this wiki site dedicated to thinkpads which tells me the chipset is probably toast.