K’s Weblog

It seems like forever since I’ve been behind the mic recording my very own segment for the podcast.  But sure enough, here I am.
fseventer
First off this week is a tool from FernLightning called fseventer.  This app gives you new visibility into just what files on your hard drive are modified by the tools you use [...]

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Pictures are worth a thousand words, or so the story goes.  When writing blog posts or any other kind of content on the Internet images are a big key to making the content more understandable and more interesting.  A great way to help manage the images that you use for your site is to make [...]

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There’s a quick list of Easter Eggs over on LifeHacker… Some of them are pretty sweet (Google Earth Flight Sim!).  Some are old classics.
Have a look at the LifeHacker post, and then check out these other two sites for a few more:

Mac OS X Easter Eggs
Windows Easter Eggs

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As some of you may already know, I run Windows Vista on my Macbook.  Not full time, mind you, I’m a fan of virtualization.  :)  I’ve been trying to give my ol’ Vista install a bit more of a “wow” factor recently, and I’ve come across some great tips to help make your PC unique.
1. [...]

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Messaging and “GTD-ish” service Jott has just launched new local numbers in many major cities in Canada. The service has gone from one local number in Toronto, to twenty nation-wide.
Here is an excerpt from the email sent to Canadian Jott users today:
In an effort to protect your privacy, most Canadian mobile providers have blocked [...]

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Recently some of you may have noticed some instability with the theme on this blog. The theme on the blog seemed to reset to the WordPress default without any rhyme or reason. I assumed it was one of the many plugins I had installed to try to provide additional content or functionality [...]

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Here’s a real-life example of how scope creep can absolutely kill a project you’re working on. I tend to find that this particular phenomenon tends to take hold of my projects on a regular basis, and I’ve been actively trying to combat it for quite a while now.
The project in question was a very [...]

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I took my first stab at Google Presentations today, and was pleasantly surprised. I could certainly lay the ideas for a PowerPoint deck using this setup, or even put together some quick and easy slides.
The real big seller for me was the ability to embed the presentation in your blog or website. Now, [...]

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OK, so it’s been about a month since I installed Leopard, and there are a few things that have been bugging me.  One which is a constant source of frustration for me (since I’m really a keyboard guy at heart) is the fact that by default, OS X won’t allow you to “tab” your way [...]

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The folks over at MacUpdate are doing it again.  They’ve bundled together a ton of apps and are selling them off for one low packaged price.  The deal is set to expire this Tuesday, December 12th at about 20:00 PST.
The software included in the bundle is:

ForkLift
RapidWeaver
Swift Publisher
Marine Aquarium
Xslimmer
Memory Miner
Yep
XMind 2008 Pro
iStabilize
PulpMotion (still locked)

Full retail cost [...]

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