Category archives: Lore & Other Nightmares
Setting File Permissions on OS X Without Disk Utility
I’ve been transferring files around a lot the last few days. I had a 27″ iMac that I had done Migration Assistant on for years, even as far back as when I used a PC many years ago. So when… continue reading »
Eleanor Roosevelt Lived a Shitty, Shitty Life
Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, was the first lady of the United States from 1933-1945. That makes her the longest-serving First Lady in US history, serving four terms. She lived through the Great Depression, saw Pearl Harbor destroyed… continue reading »
Lion + Adobe, Sittin’ in a LaunchPad
Well this just is just wonderful. A real testament to icon design and color theory. Six idential icons for six different programs shows up in my new LaunchPad, and lord knows what that “missing program” icon is doing there. It’s… continue reading »
A Future for Indianapolis
Matthew Tully has a piece in the IndyStar from this week that just caught my attention. It’s an op-ed on the discussions that incumbent mayor Greg Ballard and challenger Melina Kennedy ought to be having about the future of our… continue reading »
From the people who brought us YouTube comments…
I don’t know why Apple allows people to make comments about apps in the App Store. They’re completely useless and pointless. They offer no value and are usually wrong. Here’s one for World of Goo, arguably one of the best… continue reading »
Photoshop has crashed. Whatcha gonna do about it? Huh, punk?
I hate Photoshop. I really do. It’s like some mafia gangster that shows up at your door, barges in, rummages through all your stuff, breaks everything and by the time you grab your gun he’s out the door. Just look… continue reading »
Camera Attached to Fireworks
Via Lebowit.net
Steve Jobs Meets Mick Jagger
This is just great. Arguably my two favorite celebrities meet back in 1982: Steve Jobs, Mike Murray and Bill Atkinson got out of the cab in front of Mick’s two-story brownstone townhouse, hauling along a Macintosh in its canvas carrying… continue reading »
The 80′s Must Have Been So Awesome
I particularly like the part with the floating cameras about a minute in. You really must watch the whole thing. Also, for the uninitiated, much of this footage is from “A View to a Kill”, the James Bond flick starring… continue reading »
The Non-School for Homeschool Schools
I read an article the other day in the Salem newspaper about a new homeschool, uh, school, opening soon. The idea being that students in the region who are schooled at home can get a “more traditional public education experience”… continue reading »