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General

August 14, 2005

Meteos

Finally there is a reason to own a Nintendo DS, Meteos.  It’s truly a great game and should have been released at the DS launch.  The game is everything I want from a handheld game, short (< 5 min.), lots of replay value, and fun.  The last one being the most important item.  Too many [...]

General, Programming

July 10, 2005

Mailing Lists

I decided today to switch all of my mailing lists over to a gmail account.  I wanted to consolidate them all into one incoming email address since I’m sick of replies bouncing due to an unsubscribed email address.  I figured I’d use gmail to let google pick up the tab and so I could use [...]

General

June 23, 2005

Default email client in Tiger

Setting the default email client in Mail is a bit awkward for a new user.  The preference is in Mail, which is fine.  The problem is that Mail will not let you access the setting until it has been configured for an account.  On first launch, Mail prompts the user to enter their account info [...]

General

May 31, 2005

Congratulations Dale!!!

Congratulations go out to Dale and Kathleen on their engagement. Dale finally popped the question and Kathleen accepted. From Dale’s description, it sounds like he had a pretty good set-up and execution:
I was able to pull Kathleen away from work Wednesday when a good friend of ours called and invited us to her [...]

General, Programming

May 20, 2005

Quartz Effects

Sam Kass has a really cool page of quartz composer compositions and plugins that he’s made. I’m definitely going to be spending a bunch of time playing with everything there.
Thanks go out to Bill Bumgarner for pointing the site out. Although I should be cursing him for getting “Take on me” [...]