Month: November 2007

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Leopard Mac OS X

Leopard Feature – Show warning before changing extension

I’ve spent the last couple of days using Leopard full time and so far, it’s been pretty good to me. I’ll reserve my complaints for later, but so far, the collection of little things in Leopard have added up to a really nice package.

Haven’t heard anyone talk about this, but I frequently change extensions in Mac OS X and always got a stupid warning asking me if I was sure that I wanted to do that. Great question to ask my mom, but for me… not so much.

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Also, Finder Preferences is the place you can turn off the trash emptying warning too.

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Video

SNL – The Change Bank

Really should be working… but this is one of my favorite SNL ads of all time.

“How do you make money doing this? The answer is simple. Volume.”

Love it.

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Ditching Cable Video

Hulu beta – The Simpsons

So, I’m traveling right now for the Thanksgiving holiday and catching up with some shows is difficult to do (legally). Being on Pacific Time still, my wife and I aren’t exactly the best at going to bed early, so naturally, a little laptop enabled television entertainment is in order.

Normally, if there was a program that I missed or am away, I’d pay the $1.99 to download the episode, or in the case of many programs unavailable on iTunes, I’d find them… well, elsewhere. This morning, however, I got an invite from Hulu to try out their new service.

For your viewing pleasure, I share with you, The Simpsons. It’s not going to help you on that transcontinental plane ride to see your folks, but it will help you once you can’t go to bed at 8:00 pm PDT.

I have to say, it is cool to watch The Simpsons on your own blog.

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Home Entertainment Off Topic Video

The case for the writer’s strike

Growing up in a union family, I’ve always had sympathy for the working man (ok, I’m also a working man, but you get the point).

Admittedly, some unions are better than others and not knowing both sides of the case, I whole heartedly, with full disclosure, present this video I found today about the writer’s strike going on in Hollywood.

Godspeed, Writer’s Guild of America and good luck. I’d like to see the Daily Show again this year.