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Mac OS X oil paintings
Gautam Rao, the “Playful Painter,” has produced a series of oil-on-masonite paintings of the Macintosh experience. I present two of them here, along with the pixels that Rao used as his source...
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Disc images in Mac OS X
Disc images are a fairly common packaging standard for large software programs. If you want to try out a new Linux distribution, for example, chances are you’ll need to download a disc image in ISO...
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Possible fix for Mac apps that immediately quit
Out of the blue, iMovie decided to stop working for me. I’d launch it, and it would immediately quit. Not crashing, just quitting. (No crash log was generated.) The dock icon wouldn’t even appear. I...
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Another reason why I don’t use Windows
My colleagues and I were finally able to publish our Autonet research at a conference in Chicago. Being the lead author, I hopped on a flight to the Windy City last Tuesday to present the results of...
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My new computer: smokin’ fast
My computer upgrade cycle is 2.5 years. That’s about how long it takes for technology to improve to the point where new computers, with their faster chips, bigger hard drives, and more RAM, make the...
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Apple’s “Get a Mac” campaign goes international
Inspired by a recent MacRumors article about a Japanese version of the “Get a Mac” campaign, I wondered how many foreign-language ads Apple had made. I found five: French Italian German Spanish...
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Bunnies!
Apparently the developers at 1 Infinite Loop like to keep their code cheerful. An example posted to the Apple Developer Connection uses bunnies—yes, cute little bunnies—to demonstrate the power of...
View ArticleA set of scripts to unmount drives before sleeping
When I’m at home, my MacBook Pro is hooked up to an external display, a couple of hard drives, and other peripherals. When I need to go on the road, I put it to sleep, unplug all the peripherals, and...
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Resize a UIImage the right way
When deadlines loom, even skilled and experienced programmers can get a little sloppy. The pressure to ship may cause them to cut corners and look for a quick and easy solution, even if that solution...
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Xcode Groups vs. Folder References
When adding a folder to an Xcode project, you can add it as a group or as a reference. What’s the difference, and why would you choose one over the other? Each has advantages and disadvantages, some of...
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