links for 2008-07-18
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This tip wasn’t in any of my public speaking classes….
links for 2008-07-02
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A nifty little script that runs as a login item or a Dashboard widget that is used to notify a Mac User that is bound to Active Directory how much time until their password expires.
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A new type of image file was introduced in Leopard — the Sparse Bundle. This new type of disk image is critical for Time Machine
links for 2008-06-30
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A nice short article about how to do a vignette using Pixelmator on the Mac
Sammy the Chaperone Dog
I don’t remember why I was thinking of this today, but I was. When I was in high school, my parents had a black Standard Poodle named Sammy. She was a funny dog with TONS of personality and she adored my dad.
I need to back up a bit and then we’ll come back to Sammy. The house I grew up in was a rambler style house. It had a fully finished basement, and the basement was where we had the family room and the TV. When we watched a movie, we watched it in the basement. In high school, my brother and I would often bring dates over to the house to watch a movie or just hang out. It was pretty convenient that the family room was in the basement, as my parents often went to bed around 10 o’clock, and so we’d have the basement to ourselves.
One evening my girlfriend and I were sitting in the basement family room watching a movie and I heard my dad say, as he got up to head to bed, “Sammy — go downstairs and see what those kids are doing.” A moment later I heard Sammy pad down the stairs and her big fluffy head appeared in front of me as she checked out what we were doing. Fortunately — we were just watching a movie! She then climbed up onto the couch and sat down directly between me and my girlfriend. That’s right. She sat BETWEEN US. As she sat there, she looked back and forth between the two of us, her big, pink tongue hanging out. She sat there the rest of the evening.
I told my parents about it the next day. She was henceforth referred to as “The Chaperone Dog”. My dad always made it a point to send her downstairs to see what we were doing whenever I had a date over to watch a movie. Figures.
–Pete
Photo of the Week – Ears in the Air
We played with Emmet, our 10 year-old lab, in our pond last Sunday. This was my first chance to try and get some action shots of him swimming and playing in the water with my new camera.
Like most labs, Emmet is a natural in the water and he’d rather swim than do just about anything else. He swims very low in the water and uses his tail as a rudder. One time, he swam so much and so hard in one day, he actually sprained his tail. Who would have known that would be possible!
links for 2008-06-20
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This explains how to reset the local KDC for a Leopard client to prevent this problem.
Photo of the Week — Catazo the Llama
My animals are always a favorite subject to photograph. This photo is of Catazo, our gelded male llama that lives out at my friend’s farm. Catazo is quite a large llama and has a big personality to go with his size. Although some llamas do spit, he rarely spits — at least at people. I have seen him spit at other llamas and at our dogs from time to time. I like this photo because of the vivid colors that ended up in the background and because of how it highlights his very expressive face.
–Pete
links for 2008-06-10
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A really nice article about the differences between active, inactive, and wired memory in Activity Monitor
Photo of the Week — Inter-species Bonding
It is always interesting to me to see what photos that I post on Flickr other folks find interesting. I keep a group of photos that is titled “Top 20 Most Interesting“, and it is automatically generated each night based on what Flickr thinks are my most interesting photos. For quite a while now, the most interesting photo in my set has been this photo of Catazo the Llama and Bucky the Labrador. Catazo is our gelding male llama that lives out at my friend’s farm. Bucky is a Labrador Retriever that belonged to some friends of ours. Bucky was just around a year old when I snapped this photo. Sadly, Bucky has died since this photo was taken.
You might want to check out the other photos in my Top 20 Most Interesting Set. Be sure to comment on the ones you like. Commenting changes how “interesting” Flickr thinks my photos are.
–Pete
Playing with Mars Edit
There is no excuse. I haven’t posted much of anything in weeks on the blog here, except stuff from my delicious account. Tonight I just had a few minutes to try out the new version of Mars Edit. I had tried this software in the past and was underwhelmed by it. This no version looks pretty cool actually. One thing I like is the integration with Flickr. I’ll keep you posted on it. I may just have to buy this one….
–Pete
links for 2008-06-06
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An interesting article about some ways to extend the functionality of ARD, especially in large scale deployments.
links for 2008-06-03
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Awesome command line utility for manipulating the Dock in Mac OS X
links for 2008-05-31
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A nice set of resolutions by a School District CIO
links for 2008-05-21
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I want one of these!!!
links for 2008-05-14
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A heartwarming story about a pony with an artificial leg