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Here are the links of interest to readers of my books for the week ending January 26:
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A video on College Humor.com. Thanks to @bck on Twitter for sharing the link.
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Interesting take on the lack of features in the MacBook Air. On MacUser.com.
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More commentary about the MacBook Air’s lack of features. On The Macalope: An Apple Blog.
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I don’t think I could have added anything to this. Quite complete, quite true. Hope Apple is reading it, too. On the TidBITs blog.
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New article on Peachpit.com.
My most recent article for the Peachpit Press Web site is now online: “Going Back to Your Mac in Mac OS X Leopard.”
The article explains how to set up and use the Back to My Mac feature of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
You can read more of my Peachpit articles on their Web site.
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Here are the links of interest to readers of my books for the week ending January 19:
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Excellent article that explains why WordPress blogs can’t be submitted to Digg with Bad Behavior 2.0.11 installed. Includes instructions on how to fix the problem. On GeekTeks.com.
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Comic that pokes fun (and a little hole) in the rumored Mac laptop. On Kalbzayn’s World.
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Here are the links of interest to readers of my books for the week ending January 12:
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Excellent advice for people trying to implement GTD to be more productive — and not succeeding. On the Cranking Widgets blog.
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Good article about switching from partial to full RSS feeds. On PlagiarismToday.com.
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For Mac OS X Tiger; should work in Leopard, too. On MacOSXHints.com.
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Link to EXCELLENT article, in PDF format, that explains exactly how colors work together. From Before & After magazine.
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An anti-Word, pro Scrivener piece (of all things!) in the New York Times. By Virginia Heffernan. Thanks to @ev on Twitter for sharing the link.
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Steven Poole no longer uses Microsoft Word. Here’s why.
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Steven Poole lists the features an ebook reader SHOULD have. I think they sound rather familiar, don’t you?
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More rumors of what might be in store for us at Macworld Expo next week. On ReadWriteWeb.
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Some tips for getting more followers on Twitter, which can boost your profile on other Social Networking sites. On ReadWriteWeb.
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Interesting article about using Kindle to publish a book and entice readers to provide feedback to the author. On ReadWriteWeb.
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A how-to piece with suggestions on how you can participate in Twitter when you don’t have access to the Twitter.com Web site. On Twitter Facts.
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Workaround for problem using video chat feature of iChat with Mac OS X 10.5. On the Apple Support Web site.
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Great post by Miraz Jordan that summarizes her must-have WordPress plugins. I’ll have to do a similar post soon. On the WordPress Visual QuickStart Guide support web site.
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John Scalzi’s take on why the Sony BMG plan to release non-DRM protected music won’t work. I tend to agree with him.
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According to this story on Forbes.com, the U.S. Army is adopting Macs to help thwart hackers. Not exactly good news for Mac users — we don’t need to give hackers a reason to go after us — but good for Apple.
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John Gruber’s take on the Kindle. On Daring Fireball.
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Sony drops DRM. On MacUser.com. Thanks to @dmoren on Twitter for the link.
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Humorous photo of a recycled iMac. On I Can Has Cheezburger?
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Excellent article about the secret history of iPhone development. On Wired.com.
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A great tip for helping to protect an image posted on a Web page from being stolen and used by others. By Derek Powazek.
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Links for the Week ending January 7, 2008.
In a feature I hope to include regularly on this site, I’ll be recapping the recent additions to my Del.icio.us bookmarks. I use Del.icio.us primarily to automatically post links to my main Web site, An Eclectic Mind. You can find those link entries in the This Just In category there. I’ll be echoing the links of interest to readers of my books here.
This first summary is from more than the past week. But you get the idea.
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Information about NBC’s pull from the iTunes store. On Apple Insider.
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There’s some good tips here for Mac OS X 10.5 users. I expecially liked the one that explained how to get the printer to Quit automatically after printing. If you use Leopard, check this out. On Appletell.com.
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An interesting video showing the way Leopard’s Stacks feature was originally designed. I suspect that Apple will remove this from the Web via threat of lawsuit, so don’t be surprised if this link doesn’t work in the future. On Kuragari.com.
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Basic information about security issues with Leopard’s Back to My Mac feature.
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Some advice on when to use Time Machine or Backup with .Mac to back up data on your computer.
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Information about the fonts installed as part of a Mac OS X 10.5 installation and where they are installed on your hard disk.
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Miraz gets a plug for our WordPress book in New Zealand. Article includes a lot of blogging basics. On it.gen.nz.
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On Apple’s Web site for the iTunes Music store. Lots of valuable information for podcasters, including video podcasters and people interested in creating content for AppleTV.
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Details on the rumors of a Mac sub-notebook — perhaps my next computer? On Apple Insider.
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A very detailed review of the Amazon Kindle. On Apple Insider.
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An Apple support article with links to more information about using and troubleshooting Leopard’s Time Machine feature.
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An Apple Support article with links to other resources for adding and troubleshooting printers on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
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One way to help protect Web content from scraping. Too drastic for me, but it is an option. On Plagiarism Today.
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A list of 15 windows and Mac OS applications you can use with Skype to record conversations. On VOIP-Sol.com.
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Interesting article about the history of software-based calendars, leading up to iCal 3.0 in Leopard. On Apple Insider.
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Excellent article by Rob Griffiths with how-to info for adding functionality and ease of use features to the Screen Sharing feature in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. On Macworld.com. Thanks to Miraz at http://mactips.info for sharing the link.
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A web site that lists and links to QuickLook plugins for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard users.
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I could read blog posts like this all day. John Gruber tears apart the December cover story for Fast Company, revealing shoddy, hack journalism and a touch of the dramatic. On Daring Fireball.
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An amazingly complete list of Web browsers for Mac OS, kept up-to-date. By Darrel E. Knutson.
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Details about the changes in WordPress from version 2.3.1 to 2.3.2. On Westi on WordPress.
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Okay, so I’m a bit late, but this is worth sharing. On Future Tense.
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