Oooo. I like the layout of this more than XJournal's. Much more sensible. How to switch quickly between different user accounts, though? And what's the extra step to cross-post?

Each week I re-shuffle what goes into each section, it really depends on the weight of whatever I bookmark that week *sigh*. Though "Geekery" is not a section this time, that's only because it appears in ALL sections below.

That said, this is pretty much the perfect icon for this particular set of bookmarks.


( Tools & Reference )

( Recommended Reading & Shininess )

( Visual: Art, Photography, Design & Video )

( Fandom )

I still have no name for the MacBook.

I discovered how to change the mouse and keyboard prefs so that I can tap-click with the track pad, get a secondary menu (two-finger tap) despite singular mouse button and enable the function keys.

Things I'm having difficulty adjusting to: no page up/down or home/end keys. Wah.

Also: are buttons not in the tab order or what? I am used to using the keyboard on my Windows laptop for most of everything, but on the MacBook it seems I'm unable to tab between anything on a webpage that isn't a text field. What's going on there?

Mac users - can you recommend me free (pref. open source) software to convert FLV files to MP4? iSquint seems to just yank the audio, not the video. Googling isn't very helpful on the reliability front. I am running OS X.

Question for Mac nerds:

Since I installed my scanner drivers, my Photoshop keeps crashing. How do I uninstall the drivers?


Question for Firefox users:

ARGH. I am using Firefox 3 on three machines, but in one of them (windows laptop), I am not able to get pages to load by typing the address into the address bar. Well, I can type in the address, but hitting enter or the go arrow does NOTHING. I can only get to 'new' pages by clicking a link or bookmark. Any ideas?

One of the top free iPhone applications is one called "PhoneSaber". Allow me to transcribe the description:

Ever wished you could swing your iPhone around like a lightsaber? Well, now you can, with PhoneSaber.

As you swing your phone, a range of lightsaber sound effects will be emitted from your phone's speaker. Not only that, but you can also withdraw and put away your saber.

Last but not least, you can also change the color of your lightsaber for maximum effect.

This is the third most downloaded application on the new iTunes Apps store. Why am I not surprised?


By the way, my phone appears to be in the middle of transitioning from one carrier to another - my old SIM is no longer active but the new one's not roaming yet. So if you need to reach me in the meantime, pliz call me at home or email me :)

Ooo, I wonder how far my wireless reaches into town? :D


ETA2: BWAHAHAH! Oh, encycl_of_weird is awesome :D

Would anyone like to share their experience/suggestions with external hard drives? I am planning on buying possibly two (a desktop and a portable), here are my initial thoughts:

1) A desktop HD of between 350-500GB. Primarily I need something to back up my iMac, which has a hard drive of 300GB. So I will probably need to format it for Mac so it works properly and I can use Time Machine. I'm thinking of getting more than 350GB so that I can either: a) take into account any expansion of my own machine in future, or b) partition it and have about 200GB of archive space for things like movies or TV shows I've already watched, raw vids, etc; and 300GB+ in another partition for the backup.

Currently I have a WD Elements 500GB that I bought in the UK. It doesn't seem to be working properly, though - I've had difficulty formatting, unmounting, even just getting the computer to recognise it. Time Machine won't work on it, and backing up manually invariably hangs after a while.

So I am considering:
* a LaCie 320 or 500GB; I've found some recommendations for LaCie from Mac users, though they are expensive
* a Maxtor 500GB - some mixed reviews, but more affordable


2) I am also after a portable drive of between 150-200GB. I am after something light and cross-platform that I can use to tote around files to and from other people. I am pretty settled on a WD Passport 160GB; it has excellent reviews around the place and is reasonably affordable.


So, considering the above, if you have opinions or knowledge on the following, drop me a comment:

* Firewire. I'm not quite sure what it is, though I think I might have it on this machine, as it is very new and fancy. Should I be looking for this in an external HD?

* What brands can you rec or anti-rec? For Mac, or cross-platform, or in general?

* Any specific products you can recommend from your experience or otherwise?

* Any other considerations I'm missing?


Thank you in advance, o geeky ones, if you have the time/inclination to help me out here :)

(Medically speaking,) blogging is good for you.

Also, Google Gets Serious About Open Source Mac Projects \o/

Also also, I am fond of this kitty defense system.