This week, I join the geeks live to record GGP #70. We decided to make use of the segment I prepped up for last week’s show before I found out about the Second Life Special Edition that Dave put together with the guys from DMGConverter As the name suggests this tool will allow you to [...]
Entries from November 26th, 2007
Mac Lab Rat – GGP #70: Timmy Opts Out
November 26th, 2007 1 Comment
Tags: Downloads · Global Geek Podcast · Mac Lab Rat · Podcasting
Tweak the Tabby from Terminal
November 21st, 2007 No Comments
UsingMac.com has posted a great tutorial for tweaking several new OS X settings from the terminal. These mostly make use of the defaults command which allows you to adjust any of the XML config files that make up OS X.
Tags: Admin Tools · Apple · Mac OS X · Utilities
Changing your Computer Name on OS X
November 16th, 2007 1 Comment
I had to do a quick Google search for this one after not finding any immediate help in System Preferences. The answer came to me through Matt Mullenweg’s blog. System Preferences –> Sharing –> Computer Name. Not quite sure why it’s under sharing… but this is a Mac and I guess I don’t quite think [...]
Tags: Apple
Understanding your Nerd…
November 13th, 2007 No Comments
I realize that the target audience of this blog probably doesn’t need to read this article, but chances are there’s someone in your life who should. I found this essay, The Nerd Handbook, via Wil Wheaton’s blog and found it extremely insightful. Being a computer nerd myself I found several of the items pertained directly [...]
YouTube dot CA eh?
November 6th, 2007 No Comments
YouTube has launched a Canadian focused version today. The Canadian portal will focus on Canadian content, and content uploaded from Canadian YouTube members. [youtube:http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=_y5MfzSnFLM]