http://hackthismac.com Mac hackery, etc. Mon, 11 May 2009 21:32:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a bit silly, but... Microsoft recently made their photosynth project available to the public at photosynth.net. My first question was why the hell not .com? They own photosynth.com, but it redirects to .net. That aside, I wanted to see some of the demos. I go to the site, ... http://hackthismac.com/2008/08/21/microsoft-admits-that-they-are-not-cool/ Look, this is simple. Steve Jobs doesn't call a reporter about his health, then speak "off the record" about it. Journalists would kill for this "scoop." To believe that this actually happened, well good luck in life, you flat-earthers. And Gruber himself falls in, or off... But that’s only true if the ... http://hackthismac.com/2008/07/28/joe-whatever-is-a-liar/ These aren't a big deal to me, but they are enough that I keep thinking about them. For most people I bet none of these are issues. Read the rest with that caveat in mind. An easy way to see the wireless connection speed. Signal strength and connection speed are somewhat ... http://hackthismac.com/2008/07/25/five-minor-vista-features-i-wish-leopard-had/ There are a few sites (arstechnica style linking) reporting that Steve Jobs said he was expecting the App Store to launch with 200 apps, but ended up with "over 500." I know that sounds impressive, and in fact, Jobs himself is quoted as saying "This is the biggest launch of my ... http://hackthismac.com/2008/07/10/how-selective-is-the-app-store/ Last December I gave up on .Mac. I stopped using most features at that time and began changing over to a new email address. Although my account didn't expire until February, I wanted to get a jump on the transition so I wouldn't be tempted to re-upgrade for a fourth ... http://hackthismac.com/2008/07/09/can-prior-mac-members-get-a-mobileme-trial/ Apple's customer service, or more specifically what they call AppleCare amazes me. It is either exceptionally good, although rarely it can be exceptionally bad. I've complained about it here a few times. I had an experience with them on Monday that I felt worth sharing. I won't drag this out too long, ... http://hackthismac.com/2008/06/20/apples-customer-service-amazes-me/ What's in pork and beans? Quite a lot! I present to you, in order, the YouTube videos that were reproduced in whole or in part for Weezer's Pork and Beans music video. Pork and Beans contains literally dozens of other YouTube and internet meme references, especially in the large scene at ... http://hackthismac.com/2008/06/06/whats-in-pork-and-beans/ This bugs me to no end. In fact, I can't even capture it with a screen capture. I often code while watching... err... listening to a DVD. Every once in a blue moon, I need to do a screen capture to examine pixel for pixel what I'm doing. And every time I ... http://hackthismac.com/2008/05/22/no-screen-captures/ This is not a giant run-on paragraph. I'll figure out why it appears that way later.There's no real problem with big sites. Some of the biggest are amongst the best. A bad example is Wikipedia, and a good example was Ars Technica.Latin is by far my least Favorite language, right ... http://hackthismac.com/2008/05/18/we-lost-ars-technica/ Engadget has reported that Microsoft has officially bid on Yahoo, and Microsoft confirms it as well. I'd really rather skip the anti-Google rhetoric and the anti-Microsoft rhetoric too. Oddly, I don't know of any reason to be against Yahoo, except that YIM crashes a lot. But we are looking at something that ... http://hackthismac.com/2008/02/01/yahoo-microsoft-google/