Trying to fix my persistent issue with iChat AV whereby I don't hear alerts when I perform actions like sending or receiving a message, I believed that I had accidentally deleted my buddy list. Went out, bought some very lame father's day presents for tomorrow, and a card, came back. Turns out my buddy list was just fine. I don't know why, but I ( Read more... )

After an hour and a half of work, I finally got my dad's office printer set up. For my own future reference, here's all it took:

Connecting an HP LaserJet 6MP to a flat-panel 17" iMac G4 via a Farallon Ether-Wave Printer Adapter (Ethernet to LocalTalk)- Go to System Preferences->Network ( Read more... )

After a customer at the store today asked about it, I've been playing around with Speakable Items on my Mac tonight, for the first time in a while. It's been moderately successful, though I wish it was more comprehensive. It can't close tabs in Safari, for example; it can only close whole windows. And it still makes reference to Sherlock, for ( Read more... )

This song, Creepy Doll? I love this song. Don't read the lyrics until you've listened to it, though. If you want to download it for free, it's available at the blog of the fellow who wrote it, a fellow named Jonathon Coulton. He also wrote Code Monkey, Re: Your Brains, Skullcrusher Mountain, and Mr. Fancy Pants, and arranged an excellent samples- ( Read more... )

Ok, whutuhfuh. There's something wrong with my computer. It kept telling me that I had inserted a disk that had no volumes it could read when I plugged in my iPod or inserted a CD. So I tried to run DiskWarrior, which has for about five years now solved anything wrong with any of our family's computers. That took like five tries- I kept trying to ( Read more... )