Tip: If you want to test iChat’s screen sharing feature using your laptop and desktop machine, don’t set the laptop down on your desk in front of your desktop’s speakers. Sound is also shared with it and you can get a really nasty feedback loop going. My ears are still ringing from it.

For those of you looking to set up gmail IMAP still, here’s a couple tips to help things go smoother.

Use [Gmail] for the IMAP path prefix instead of INBOX. Gmail uses the [Gmail] label for the all mail, trash, spam, sent, and draft folders. So using it will keep any folders [...]

I finally got the new IMAP option enabled in my Gmail account today. I was really excited when they added the option, so far I’m not impressed. I’m going to give it another day or two, but I might be either going back to pop or setting the mail to forward and archive [...]

Andrei Drynov:
If you like the look of the Dock when on the side, you can get the exact same look everywhere by using:

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall Dock

(via John Gruber)
Saving this one for later reference. I have a feeling I’m going to want it shortly.

Cyndicate 1.0.4 is now available for download from either Cyncial Peak’s website or running Cyndicate’s updater. As with all our point releases, this is a free update for all Cyndicate users. This release is for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility. Any user upgrading to Leopard should update to Cyndicate 1.0.4 to avoid [...]

It appears that the Democratic leaders have decided to block the permanent ban on taxing internet-access according to Captains Quarters and Congressional Quarterly. The permanent ban appears to have the support of the of the majority of congressmen from both sides of the aisle, but for some reason the leadership won’t let it come [...]

Philippe Mougin:
F-Script is an open-source scripting layer dedicated to Cocoa. If you aren’t using it yet, this is your chance to learn how it can improve your productivity as well as those of the users of your own Cocoa applications. In this article, our goal will be to produce a nice little animation using fancy [...]

A Phoenix Cocoaheads chapter has finally started up! The first topic will be “Beginning Cocoa
Development” and will involve setting up and running Xcode through
learning how to develop in Cocoa. Bring any projects you’ve been
working on and would like to show off!
Date: October 11th, 2007
Time: 7-9pm (we’ll hit a local watering hole after the meeting [...]

Keith Law:

Although the Diamondbacks had the better record and will have home-field advantage, the Rockies had a much better projected record based on runs scored and allowed.

ESPN’s experts need to pull their heads out of their asses. Had a better projected record? The season is over, why don’t we go with [...]

I’m watching the ASU-Washington State game and saw something that confirms we should start treating the players as players and stop pretending they’re students. Ryan Torain, the ASU running back, had listed on his profile card “major: plans to major in sports psychology”. Sounds like a good major and not something that’s a [...]