March 29th, 2006
About the favicon.ico file and how you can create one.
Ever wonder how some Web sites put their own custom icons in the address bar of the Web browser window when you visit them? Or, if you read your site’s Web logs, why there are so many requests for a file named favicon.ico that
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March 29th, 2006
Information from Software Update
iPod Updater 2006-03-23 delivers:
New iPod Software 1.1.1 for iPod New iPod Software 1.1.1 for iPod nano
For all other iPod models, iPod Updater 2006-03-23 contains the same software versions as iPod Updater 2006-01-10.
Important: After downloading the iPod Updater software, connect your iPod to your computer and launch the
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March 29th, 2006
Apple’s response to a lawsuit.
Someone realized that if you turn up the volume on your iPod and spend a lot of time with it blasting into your ears, it’ll damage your hearing. (Duh.) So they sued Apple.
Apple responded by creating software that enables you to set a maximum volume level for newer
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March 24th, 2006
Informit.com posts sample Chapter of QuickBooks book.
You can now find a sample chapter of my QuickBooks Pro 2006 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, in HTML format, on the Informit.com Web site. The chapter covers entering sales and related topics.
March 21st, 2006
I used to know how to spell.
Plagiarism is not spelled plagerism. How embarrassing to have spelled it incorrectly — in the title, no less — of my previous post. I just fixed it.
Spelling checkers in word processing software have made me lazy. Why know how to spell a word when my word
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March 20th, 2006
Information from Microsoft’s Web site.
Microsoft has released Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.2.3 Update, which includes many improvements for all Microsoft Office applications. You can learn more on Microsoft’s Web site.
March 20th, 2006
Information from Software Update.
Security Update 2006-002 is recommended for all users and improves the reliability and security of the following components:
apache_mod_php CoreTypes LaunchServices Mail Safari rsync
Additionally, this update incorporates Security Update 2006-001, which improves the security of the following components:
apache_mod_php automount Bom Directory Services iChat IPSec LaunchServices LibSystem loginwindow Mail
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March 19th, 2006
An easy WordPress hack to make your blogging life easier.
If you have more than a handful of categories in your WordPress blog, you may have noticed that the Categories check boxes in the Write Post window has a scroll bar. You’ll need to scroll down every time you want to check a category
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March 19th, 2006
Teaching myself new WordPress tricks.
I made the big decision yesterday that I was going to combine the LangerBooks.com Web site, which is currently in a very sorry state these days, with this site and blog. But that opened up all kinds of new challenges for me.
The big challenge was making book-specific files
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March 1st, 2006
Information from Software Update
Security Update 2006-001 is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:
apache_mod_php automount Bom Directory Services iChat IPSec LaunchServices LibSystem loginwindow Mail rsync Safari Syndication
For detailed information on this Update, please visit: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
March 1st, 2006
Information from Software Update
With iTunes 6, you can preview, buy, and download over 3,000 music videos and hit TV shows on the iTunes Music Store and sync your music and purchased videos with iPod to enjoy on the go. To watch purchased videos, you must have QuickTime 7.0.3 or later and Mac OS
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RSS Summaries
A reader chastises me.
The other day, while writing about the Reading Options in WordPress, I decided to experiment with this blog. I togged the settings so only summaries of my entries would be sent to people accessing with RSS readers.
Understand that I don’t use an RSS reader. I surf the old fashioned
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