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December 31st, 2007

CommentLuv = SpammerLuv?

One drawback to a WordPress plugin.

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December 30th, 2007

WordPress 2.3.2 Now Available

WordPress update info.

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December 22nd, 2007

MacBook/MacBook Pro Software Update 1.1 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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December 22nd, 2007

Security Update 2007-009 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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December 21st, 2007

Changing Mac OS X’s Default E-Mail Application

It doesn’t have to be Mail.

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December 20th, 2007

Powering Off with a Light Timer and Automator

A bit geeky but effective.

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December 19th, 2007

Downgrading from Leopard

Maybe you and your Mac just weren’t ready.

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December 18th, 2007

Changing Mac OS X’s Default Web Browser

It doesn’t have to be Safari.

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December 18th, 2007

Security Update 2007-009 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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December 17th, 2007

Triggering Scripts and Automator Actions with iCal

A little-known use for the alarm feature.

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December 16th, 2007

Clearing Out Previous Mail Recipients

A little housekeeping in Apple Mail.

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December 15th, 2007

Garage Band Update 4.1.1 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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December 15th, 2007

QuickTime 7.3.1 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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December 15th, 2007

Removing Words from Word’s Custom Dictionary

It’s a bit involved, but doable.

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December 14th, 2007

Learning (and Unlearning) Spellings

Tips for using Mac OS X’s spelling checker.

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December 13th, 2007

Using Leopard’s Mosaic Screen Saver

A very cool screen saver for folks with a lot of photos stored on their Macs.

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December 10th, 2007

Sherlock Not Supported in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

In case you were wondering…

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December 9th, 2007

I Claim this Blog!

A Technorati technicality.

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December 6th, 2007

Locked Out of Your WordPress Blog?

Here’s a possible solution.

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December 6th, 2007

Shortcut Keys, Part III: Spotlight

A list of shortcut keys you can use with Spotlight.

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December 5th, 2007

ecto, Revisited

An offline blogging tool that makes my life so much easier.

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December 4th, 2007

Seeing Related Words in the Dictionary Widget

It’s as easy as clicking a button.

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December 3rd, 2007

Site Changes: 3-Dec-07

A few minor tweaks.

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December 3rd, 2007

One Way to Speed up Word’s Launch Time

It works but it’s not for everyone.

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December 2nd, 2007

Shortcut Keys, Part II: Starting Up

A list of shortcut keys you can use at startup.

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