Switchblogposting Mac news that matterLaser-etched Powerbook- November 20, 2005 I didn't really plan using a $20,000 laser cutter on my 17&38;8220; Powerbook to etch a 19th-century engraving of a tarsier... MAKE: Blog The whole thing turned out great, but I don't think I'm brave enough to do this with my Powerbook!http://www.suplido.com/joel/archives/2005_11.html#001309 Create an Optical Classic Mac Mouse- November 20, 2005 A friend of mine sent me this cute little hack: how to build a modern optical mouse into a classic ADB mouse's housing.TUAW This is a great project especially because we have broken optical mouses and unused classic ADB mouses. Time to dig them up!http://www.suplido.com/joel/archives/2005_11.html#001308 Get to your iPhoto images easily- November 20, 2005 For those of us who don't want to launch iPhoto just to drag the image onto the desktop, there's this handy workflow from OfflinePixel that'll allow you to easily browse your Library and save images (originals especially) onto your Desktop. TUAW To date, I have about 12000 pictures. The more tools I have for these photos, the better!http://www.suplido.com/joel/archives/2005_11.html#001307 Bluetooth trackball announced- November 20, 2005 Chwang Yi Company has announced the availability of The Ball, its Bluetooth wireless trackball... MacMinute I used to have a Microsoft trackball and the only time I decided to leave it behind was when I got a Logitech mouse. This looks like a promising new product for trackball fans.http://www.suplido.com/joel/archives/2005_11.html#001306 RSS now active- November 19, 2005 The RSS feed for Switchblog has been repaired. It was pointing to an atom feed which was for my gallery, so no &8220;new&8221; items have been showing up. Comments and Trackbacks are also up and is powered by Haloscan.http://www.suplido.com/joel/archives/2005_11.html#001305 Use Perfect Passwords- November 18, 2005 Gibson Research Corporation has a site that generates a unique set of custom, high quality, cryptographic-strength password strings which are safe for us to use.http://www.suplido.com/joel/archives/2005_11.html#001304 Enable Haloscan Comments and Trackbacks in Movabletype- November 18, 2005 Here's how to enable Haloscan Comments and Trackbacks for MovableType 3.2. I got some help from Jeevan's post at the Haloscan Forums. Disclaimer: I will not be held responsible for any damage to your blog. Please backup your templates before proceeding.http://www.suplido.com/joel/archives/2005_11.html#001303 Contact Me- November 17, 2005 My contact link is now active thanks to Email Cloaker (for OS X and Windows(!)). Though you can see my complete email address, it's actually cloaked from spambots.http://www.suplido.com/joel/archives/2005_11.html#001301 Protect your iPod nano- November 17, 2005 Podguard today introduced a new invisible film to protect the iPod against scratches, marks and fingerprints.http://www.suplido.com/joel/archives/2005_11.html#001300 Buy &8220;Confessions On A Dance Floor&8221;- November 17, 2005 Confessions on a Dance Floor downloads are now available for sale at the iTunes Music Store.http://www.suplido.com/joel/archives/2005_11.html#001299 |