Monthly Archives: August 2008

What Do You Consider Spam?

Monday, 18th August, 2008 – 01:33

I’ve written before about spam, especially about how I consider it to be a crime on a par with child abuse. But what what do you consider spam? Emails hawking cheap pharmaceuticals and penny stocks are obviously spam. What about a company that leaves a comment on your blog that is might be relevant to [...]

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Running for President

Wednesday, 13th August, 2008 – 00:12

For the past year, it’s been all about Obama and McCain. I don’t know about you, but I think it’s time to add a bit of spice into the mix. So I thought I’d make a run for President:

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Blue Collar Scientist

Tuesday, 12th August, 2008 – 17:41

I recently added the feed from BCS to my feed reader and was just getting into his blog, when the news broke that the author Jeff Medkeff was seriously ill with cancer of the liver. He died on August 3rd 2008.

Here’s one of his best posts, read it and see what BCS was all about:

A [...]

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Where is PrntScrn?

Tuesday, 12th August, 2008 – 17:32

One of the questions I get asked by a lot of Mac newbies is “Where is the Print Screen button?”. The answer, is that there isn’t one. So how do you perform a screen capture in Mac OS X. The answer is that there are two ways, you can use the Grab Utility found under [...]

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Using Automator to Create an Archive Folder

Tuesday, 12th August, 2008 – 17:21

One of the great things about Mac OS X is how easy it is to automate tasks, either using AppleScript or Automator. I’ve been laid up for a few days, so I had some time to play around with Automator.

If you’ve never used Automator before you’re missing out on a whole aspect of your Mac [...]

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George Orwell Goes On-Line

Saturday, 9th August, 2008 – 08:51

Today sees the first post from George Orwell’s diaries to go on-line. Exactly 70 years after they were first written, you now have the opportunity to follow the daily thoughts of the man that gave us 1984, and Animal Farm.

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