Month: March 2009

Mac OS X 10.4 & 10.5: Fonts list

The standard list of fonts included with Mac OS X 10.4, broken down into Essential or non-essential status by apple… Mac OS X 10.4: Fonts list Last Modified: April 08, 2008 Article: HT1538 In Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, the Mac OS X Installer installs fonts in one of two folders: /Library/Fonts /System/Library/Fonts You can […]

Identify Telemarketers at CallerComplaints [Telemarketers]

Caller Complaints, which can be used to identify, and file complaints against Telemarketers…. Next time you miss a call from an unknown number, check if it\’s a telemarketer on the CallerComplaints web site. CallerComplaints maintains a user-submitted database of telemarketer phone numbers and even rounds up the worst offenders. CallerComplaints [via Mashable]

Evolving an eye

I am in the processing of cleaning out some of my old clippings… The Bad Astronomy blog, from 05/2008, points out a YouTube video explaining the evolution of eyeballs… Now put down those sharp sticks, we don\’t need anyone poking out an eyeball today… It\’s entertaining, and quite interesting to see all the variants of […]

Create good queries in Spotlight | Software | Macworld

This older article from Macworld (April 3, 2008) discusses Spotlight searching for Tiger (Mac OS 10.4), but it is still relevant now for Leopard (10.5). The major benefit in 10.5\’s spotlight is the speed improvements, and some changes in the search results window(s)…. On the surface, searching with Spotlight is pretty straightforward. In our previous […]