Multiple Operating System Disorder (MOSD)

Now please, have a seat on the couch and I’ll tell you all about it. In my role as web developer and consultant, I have often had to look to the ugly step-sister of the computing world (Windows) in order to accomplish some of my tasks, whether it is integration...

Fresh Squeezed Media!

Have a corrupt file you are looking to recover text and graphics from? Or how about a PowerPoint slide show that you need the photos from? What about grabbing icons and program elements to be used in an application your building? A long time ago on an OS far, far away...

Mr. CD/DVD Disk Art Designer Guy

Here’s to you, Mr. CD/DVD Disk Art Designer Guy. After all the time, effort and money is spent developing those slick multimedia and music titles, the producers give you one hour to design the disk art. You suck down a frozen grandé mocha latté (decaf, with soy...

Not Always the Apple of My Eye

Yes, it’s true. We are not all blind worshipers at the altar of the Holy Apple. Many of us are (mostly) mature computer users who have learned through experience the benefits of Macintosh ownership. The joy of (mostly) easy maintenance, of bundle-osity (iLife...

Deal of the Century

Blink, blink, blink. Three months have gone by. Yikes. Time really does fly by. I apologize for not keeping up, I even had one person say they missed the articles. Wow, that means at least one person is actually reading them! So I guess I need to pick myself up and...

Found in Translation

And now the continuing saga of one man’s battle to ride the tide of change. The Intel change, that is. And the battle is going pretty well. All those lovely Rosetta-marked icons are slowly fading from my DragThing palettes. Adobe’s Design and Web Standard...