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Mod: use your MacBook Air Superdrive on any machine
via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) by Brett Terpstra on June 24, 2008
Filed under: Peripherals, Hacks, MacBook AirIf you've got a MacBook Air SuperDrive and you've been hankering to use it with other computers (Mac or PC), tnkgrl over at tnkgrl Mobile has a solution. With a $9 part and some intestinal fortitude, you too can make your MBA Superdrive universally compatible.Using the drive with other computers has been a desire from its inception. After some...
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Ur rite.
via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? by ichctcf on June 24, 2008
Record your own or Listen to other Audio Clips!Ur rite. Hoomanz don land on dere feetz.kitteh nawt awlwayz land on dere feetz either.picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: Pauley464 » Recaption This
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Look Around Photos in 3D (ish)
via geobloggers by (author unknown) on June 03, 2008
Shared by Rex Pechler freakin cool!!!By some strange quirk today I came across this great way to, well, look around photos taken at a single location …… by using Creative Commons photos from Flickr. Although I’m sure any repository of geotagged photos would do.Far more information in the creators blog post over here http://openphotovr.jottit.com/re_panoramio. This screen shot taken from...
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Script Your DOM with Chickenfoot
via webmonkey by Scott Loganbill on June 02, 2008
Users who are grappling with Greasemonkey’s bugs in Firefox Release Candidate 1 should check out Chickenfoot.Chickenfoot is similar to Greasemonkey, a firefox add-on providing user-generated page scripting, but goes a step forward by manipulating the browser’s Document Object Model (DOM). The DOM represents the interactive abilities of the web includes things like links, text boxes, radio...
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From the Mind of Hugh
via Scripting News by (author unknown) on May 28, 2008
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Banning Websites in Offices Can Make Employees Less Productive
via Digital Inspiration by Amit Agarwal on May 28, 2008
If blogs, personal emails, social networks and other time wasting websites are banned at your workplace, show this to your boss.A study of office workers in UK has found that banning access to websites at work actually decreases staff productivity. Tea breaks and fag breaks have long been the most common types of break within office culture but the report shows that online breaks are fast...
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CSS Leak Provides a Sneaky Approach to Per-User Customization
via webmonkey by padams on May 28, 2008
You’ve been seeing already-visited links turn a different color from unseen ones so long that you probably don’t think about it. Interestingly, Aza Raskin points out, CSS does think about it. By programmatically looking at the style of links your browser is displaying, a JavaScript script can tell which are purple and which blue; and hence where your browser’s been!A new script called...
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OS X Update Supports Google Contact Sync
via Lifehacker: Top by Adam Pash on May 27, 2008
Apple's Address Book update in today's release of OS X 10.5.3 now adds the ability to sync your contacts with Google Contacts. To enable contact sync, make sure you've updated to 10.5.3 and then head to the General tab of your Address Book preferences. From there, turning on sync is as simple as ticking a checkbox and entering your Google account info. Address Book has supported Yahoo...
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Google LatLong: Google Earth, meet the browser
via google-latlong.blogspot.com by (author unknown) on May 27, 2008
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The Science Behind 3-1-1
via Evolution of Security by Lynn on May 19, 2008
Over the weekend, Fox News published a story about the UK liquids plot. Here’s an excerpt:“Far-fetched as it sounds, bombs made from hydrogen peroxide and the breakfast powder drink Tang could have taken down seven planes bound for the U.S. and Canada - using flash cameras to trigger the explosions.…The alleged plot, and the excellent police work that went into busting it, resulted in the...
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