I am enjoying Leopard’s Spaces.app quite a bit, especially once I fixed the Finder issue. Most of the time I experience no problems, however, occasionally Spaces starts to misbehave or becomes unresponsive. The most frequent problem I have encountered is that sometimes Spaces will stop switching to the space containing the [...]
How to Restart Unresponsive or Misbehaving Spaces in Leopard [Mac Tip]
By Franklin Davis on Nov 27, 2007 within Apple, Tips | Comments
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
By Steve Henderson on Nov 22, 2007 within Coffee Break | Comments
Happy Turkey/Tofurky/Turducken Day!!! Whether you’re a vegetarian, meatatarian, or breatharian, we at Zaphu wish you a bountiful holiday break.
Since everyone knows Thanksgiving is the opening act for Christmas, I shall leave everyone with a Charlie Brown Christmas, narrated by the cast of Scrubs. Enjoy, and we’ll see you Monday!!
Back to the Future! - Change Time Machine Icon to a Delorean [Mac Tip]
By Sam Davis on Nov 20, 2007 within Apple, Tips | Comments
When I think of time machines, images of Marty McFly, Doc Brown and Flux Capacitors come to mind. I suppose these associations were hardwired into my young brain sometime in the vicinity of 1985. So, it was quite natural that I wanted to change the icon for Mac OS X Leopard’s Time Machine application to [...]
Amazon Customers Vote - 6 Rounds, 18 Ridiculous Deals
By Riley Porter on Nov 20, 2007 within Coffee Break | Comments
You may be familiar with Amazon’s Customers Vote from years past. Well, it’s back again for 2007 with 6 rounds and 18 different deals (that means 3 products in each round for all of you division-challenged people out there). The voting has already begun, but don’t fret if you haven’t cast your ballot yet because [...]
XtremeMac Luna - Innovative iPod Alarm Clock and Speaker System
By Franklin Davis on Nov 20, 2007 within Reviews | Comments
I’d been looking for a good iPod alarm clock / speaker combo for awhile. Unfortunately, I hated most of the ones you’d see in Wal-mart or Target. I knew I wanted something with good sound and a functional, attractive design. Multiple alarms and a nice remote were also an important [...]
Recommended Music Download - Boxer by The National
By Steve Henderson on Nov 16, 2007 within Music | Comments
Here’s a nice recommended download for the day. A little bit of rock, a little piano, and an awesome voice: Boxer by The National. You can read some of my random thoughts below, and/or just stream some samples from anywhere.fm under the playlist TGIM: 9/3/07. Feel free to tell me what you [...]
Recommended Music Download - La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project
By Steve Henderson on Nov 16, 2007 within Music | Comments
Thank God It’s Friday! Take a listen to La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project. You can read some of my random thoughts below, and/or just stream some samples from anywhere.fm under the playlist TGIM: 9/10/07. Feel free to tell me what you think of Gotan Poject or even suggest other artists [...]
Show Full Directory Path in the Finder Window Title [Mac Tip]
By Franklin Davis on Nov 14, 2007 within Apple, Tips | Comments
This is just a quick tip to get Leopard’s Finder window to display the full path to the current directory in the title bar. Essentially this is just the results from a pwd command being constantly displayed in the finder window. While power users will immediately find this very useful even normal users [...]
Recommended Web Reading - 60 Second Science
By Franklin Davis on Nov 13, 2007 within Coffee Break | Comments
You may be familiar with Scientific American. This oldest periodical in the United States has been around since 1845! Well, the magazine that your grandfather’s grandfather might have read has a new website called 60 Second Science. Building on the success of Scientific American’s daily podcast of the same name, 60 Second [...]
E-Messaging Abbreviations of Twenties' Slang
By Sam Davis on Nov 10, 2007 within Coffee Break | Comments
Most of us are familiar with the abbreviated words and phrases finding their way into the electronic messaging vernacular (e.g., BFF, LOL, OMG). Well, what if these abbreviations do not fulfill your e-messaging needs. Heaven forbid you actually have to type out an entire word. In the interest of expanding the e-messaging lexicon, I’ve decided [...]
Send Text from Firefox to your TiddlyWiki via TiddlySnip
By Franklin Davis on Nov 7, 2007 within Apple, Linux, Windows | Comments
TiddlySnip is a small Firefox extension that allows you to quickly send text snippets to your TiddlyWiki that we previously set up here. Recall that TiddlyWiki is a single file personal wiki that is super portable; allowing you to enter notes, random ideas, and projects wherever you are. Furthermore, by combining TiddlyWiki with [...]
Grammar Mistakes Commonly Found in Digital Communication
By Riley Porter on Nov 7, 2007 within Coffee Break, Featured | Comments
Have you ever opened your email and cringe because you know the sender is sure to include some grammar mistake that just grinds your nerves? Maybe you’re one of those guilty people who still don’t know the difference between its and it’s. Sure, many grammar mistakes probably result from quick fingers and typos, but some [...]
How to Show the Finder on All Spaces in Leopard [Mac Tip]
By Franklin Davis on Nov 7, 2007 within Apple, Tips | Comments
I absolutely love Leopard’s new Spaces feature, however, the Finder’s default behavior in Spaces drove me slightly crazy. For example, if I wanted to quickly add an attachment to an Email and Finder was open in a different space I would have to either close that Finder window or drag the Finder window to [...]
Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M - A Great Document Scanner for the Mac
By Franklin Davis on Nov 2, 2007 within Apple, Reviews | Comments
The ScanSnap S510M is a great Document scanner designed for the Mac. Its Auto Document Feeder (ADF) is extremely reliable and can scan 18 double sided pages per minute. The software is simple to use and the one-click scan button makes the scanner super easy to use. If you [...]
How to Automatically Accept iChat Messages in Leopard without Chax [Mac Tip]
By Franklin Davis on Nov 2, 2007 within Apple, Tips | Comments
This just a quick tip explaining how you can avoid iChat’s ‘accept chat’ dialog without using the popular Chax extension. Chax is great, however, it is currently only compatible with Leopard’s iChat via an alpha build. Furthermore, many of Chax’s most compelling features have been added to iChat by Apple so I’m not [...]