Answering your MacBook questions… Andrew writes: How do you find the keyboard with extended use ? The spacing looks excessive but my casual use at the store seems to find it fine. It feels just like a normal keyboard to me. The key travel and spacing is standard, it’s just the look that is different.…
June, 2006
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Several folks have asked for my thoughts on the heat issues and battery life of the MacBook. Here they are… Heat Yes, this puppy gets hot. The left side gets hot enough that I wouldn’t want it on my lap directly (I use several lap desks), and the heat is most intense when I’m running…
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Since I got the MacBook, I’ve been using it quite a bit. The consulting work I’m doing requires spending some time in the Windows-only world of Visio, and I’m running it on the MacBook using Parallels. For a beta virtual machine, Parallels is pretty good. I’ve had some fun getting my Windows license key accepted:…
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Though I badly want to be able to use my BlackBerry as a modem for my MacBook in Mac OS X (bounty is up to $105!), I can use the BlackBerry as a modem for the MacBook now if I boot into Windows via Boot Camp. This ability was one of the major reasons for…
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Every year, English teachers from across the country can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of teachers across the country. Here are last year’s winners….. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides…
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Apple – Support – Discussions – Hottest while charging? … JetBlue Wins Wireless Auction for Local Wifi Service. The Google of Mobile Search The Diet Plan and The Three Habits An Inconvenient Truth Optimized Firefox 1.5.0.4 for G4, G5, and Intel: BeatnikPad Journal The Seattle Times: Local News: Garfield says goodbye to its old self…
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As far as I can tell, no one has yet come up with a way to tether a BlackBerry 8700 to a Mac (running Mac OS X) to use it as a modem. This works on the PC, so it’s likely a matter of reverse engineering to get it working on OS X. It seems…
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I’ve got a bunch of MacBook and BlackBerry blog post ideas that I’ve jotted down over the last few weeks, and still no time to write them this week. Blogging about (not) blogging, I’ve sunk to a new low.
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There is an IBM commercial on TV right now that shows a series of people all singing along to: I’m not like everybody else…1 But… they’re all singing the same thing together – each one, like everybody else. Is the irony here intentional and I’m missing a larger joke? by the Kinks, I believe. [back]
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This weekend, I received an e-mail from someone who had signed up for a free trial of my Tasks software. This person’s e-mail said: Stop spamming me! I asked for some clarification, but did not receive it (though I did receive another request to “stop spamming me”). Now I certainly don’t like SPAM, and it…
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Another font story UI design, check. XHTML, check. CSS, check. – I’ve had the same experience. Why Ookles Used S3 and why your startup should too American Idol attracts over 63 million votes Firefox 2.0 adds new feed handling Book Preview: I, Woz Nofollow No Good? – My “nofollow”s only appear on comments less than…
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I’ve been doing some UI consulting up in the Seattle area this week and it feels very strange to be in an office all day. Lots of meetings, taking notes and capturing requirements, no walking the dog at lunch, waking up to be at the office at 8:30 (or 8:45…) regardless of how late I…