What Devices are On!?!?

Well, I was going through the usual feeds this morning…  And noticed this: This sounds like a use for Smart Folders (devices filtered by state), but I\’d really like to be able to see a page on Indigo Remote that show only lights that are on. I\’ve got 70-something light controllers, and I\’d like Indigo […]

Snopes!!!!

I finally got annoyed enough at Snopes.com to find out why I can\’t highlight anything on the site.  I use the site quite often to debunk emailed chain-letters from family and friends… But, I can\’t reliably cut & paste from the site.  All I can do is Select All & Copy…  Which typically meant alot […]

Debt Payment in Pennies

An online discussion regarding the Pirate Bay, led me down this road, and I thought I would share… Claim:   U.S. law specifies that merchants do not have to accept more than 100 pennies in payment. Status:   False. Origins:   This is one of the pieces of misinformation that makes me wish web sites […]

Our Wonderful Nature

Okay, this one is quite Safe for work, except for cartoon violence… But I don\’t know if I would suggest it for any minors… But it answers the question of what happens when you cross a nature documentary about Water Shrews & a Hong Kong Martial Arts flick (with Jet Lee). Oh and add in […]

The next MiddleMan

The cover of the new \”The MiddleMan\” graphic novel, presumably this is the one that Javi spoke about containing the scripts for the unaired TV episode….After all, that episode supposedly had DubDub captured, and thus the cover image. And Tyler in the lower right ties it to the TV universe… (See the Rest of the […]

Is this the next step in Spam? Sponsorship deals?

I just was re-reading Irregular Webcomic again….And they had a fantastic idea that I can\’t believe that no spammers have yet considered.  Sponsorship Spam.  Yes, Spam that has a sponsor… \”We reach tens of millions of verified e-mail addresses, every day!! Take advantage of our huge market penetration and high consumer awareness! Place your message […]

What do you mean? I\’m not an Administrator?

Apple has a technote out, regarding the fact that after performing an upgrade installation (the default type) of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, an administrator account may change to a standard one.  While I have not seen this, a co-worker has seen this once. This only affects Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). How to fix […]

Apple has frozen Snow Leopard APIs

In the ongoing quest to finish Mac OS X 10.6, Apple has officially frozen the Snow Leopard API\’s.  For those that don\’t know this, that is a good thing, and allows the developers to know for certain that the API\’s that they are testing with are what will be shipped. What\’s an API?  Advanced Programming […]