Archive for December, 2007
software bug solved: don’t use your computer
How’s this for customer service … Intuit (who makes Quicken, QuickBooks, and other software) pushed an auto-update out for QuickBooks users on the Mac platform and the update deleted all the files on the user’s Desktop: QuickBooks Pro bug leads to data loss for some. But wait, it gets better … while Intuit fixed the [...]
showcasing the showcasers
I remember when sites like CSS Zen Garden first appeared, offering beautiful CSS designs and inspiration to designers. I haven’t looked at a lot of CSS gallery sites recently, but a couple design projects on the horizon spurred me to add some new CSS/Design feeds in my newsreader last night and I found Cascading Style [...]
Ethel’s cactus flower
The new banner image is also posted in the gallery (linked on the thumbnail) — it’s a cactus flower from the backyard at Marlin’s family home. It bloomed the day before his mom’s funeral last month. Marlin said the flowers are notoriously short-lived and sometimes only last a few hours, so I snapped some photos [...]
hand me my alethiometer, I’m lost
This review at wired.com — The Golden Compass Gets Hopelessly Lost — pretty much nails the way I felt after seeing The Golden Compass. I have not read the book(s) nor was I familiar with the story before seeing the film, and I was a bit lost at times. The ending is totally lame. Some [...]
smart addressing?
I was excited to find the article Manage your holiday mailing list with Address Book on The Unofficial Apple Weblog. One thing I dread this time every year is fighting with Microsoft Word and Outlook to print out mailing addresses for holiday cards. But now that I’m 2/3 converted* to the wonderful world of Mac, [...]