CSS Sculptor 3: Don’t Bother!

software,web assist,css sculptor 3 I don’t, as a rule, write negative reviews. Sometimes a company does something that merits a "that was dumb" comment but as I said, I generally don’t slam products – except for Microsoft of course! That is about to change. Web Assist, a maker of extensions for Adobe Dreamweaver, has recently [...]

Momentary End to Chaos

web site changes Just an FYI, the chaos is over… for the moment. Most of the web site has the right colors and logos. Now the real work of a re-design begins. I haven’t decided if I am going to roll it out in pieces or wait for the big bang. Both have advantages. Thoughts?

iTunes 9.0.1 Update

iTunes 9 update,iPhone,iPod,os x,snow leopard Apple released an update (mainly bug fixes) to iTunes. This one, 9.0.1, doesn’t appear to add any new features, just clean up some odd behaviors. One issue I am interested in seeing the improvements for is syncing between iTunes, and iPhone and iPod touch. Maybe it’s a perception problem on [...]

iTunes 9 Feature: Home Sharing

iTunes 9,iPhone,iPod,macs Much as I love Apple and Steve Jobs (good to have you back, Steve), I must confess that I take what Apple’s Marketing says with a grain of salt. Reality sometimes fails to live up to the hype. I know, some of you are thinking "he speaks heresy!" Think back to the whole [...]

Warning: Chaos Ahead

web site changes I’m in the mood to change my web site around. Some things have already happened in the background, more will be coming soon. And let’s face it, how often do you get to see a web site under-go a redesign in semi-realtime? You go to sleep and it looks one way; wake [...]

Why I Love macmedia!

macmedia,customer service Everyone I know knows I’m a rabid Apple fan. I have used their systems off-and-on since the original Apple ][‘s. Since 2005, they have been my platform-of-choice for everything I do. The latest Macs and OS X Snow Leopard are a work of art. I love Apple – don’t always agree with them [...]

Contribute CS4: So That’s How You Do It!

cs4,cs3,contribute Back in March, when I finally got the money together to buy CS4, my biggest complaint was this obnoxious pop-up I saw every time I wanted to add an image to a post: (Yeah I know about the "Don’t show again" thing but I didn’t because it represented a problem I needed to fix.) [...]

Scanning is Back!

Way back when we still had OS X Tiger 10.4, I bought an hp 3310 multifunction printer. In addition to printing, it scanned, faxed, copied and, with the optional attachment, get you coffee from your local Starbucks! hp had a software suite that worked well and everyone loved it. (Ok, "loved it" is a bit [...]

More on Parallels 4.0.3846

parallels,mac,software,osx,snow leopard Parallels seems to be liking my Windows VMs again. Some how the OS got the permissions to the VMs directory confused as read-only. A quick restart and we were back in business.

Snow Leopard and Parallels 4.0.3846, NeatWorks 2.1.8

parallels,mac,software,os x snow leopard,neatworks Like many of you, I was at my favorite mac store, macmedia in peoria, to pick up my copy of OS X Snow Leopard. Tighter, faster, more stable, better security, 64-bits – in short all words that are music to my ears. But into every life a little rain must fall. [...]