Mac does Windows…
It’s old news that Apple‘s new computers all run the Intel Core Duo processor (or the unimaginatively — yet redundantly — named Core 2 Duo), and that thanks to Boot Camp, or a third-party app called...
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Giving Microsoft a ribbin’ over the ribbon
OK, that was an incredibly lame title; I guess I’ve just read too many headline puns in Entertainment Weekly over the years. Anyway, I’d like to take a moment out of my ongoing obsession with...
View ArticleMicrosoft does well by their customers… and even better by their non-customers
I was curious to read today about Microsoft’s new Windows Genuine Advantage changes coming in Windows Vista Service Pack 1. The current draconian system of locking down machines that appear to be...
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Wherefore my Mac malaise?
Anyone who knows me well knows what a Mac fanatic I am. I’ve used Macs exclusively since 1994 (except one Dell desktop I stupidly purchased in 2000… but I did still own an iBook at the time), when the...
View ArticleYet another new home page redesign
I’ve reorganized the room34.com home page yet again. If you’re looking at this page and the layout looks totally hosed, you either: a) need to clear your cache, or b) are using Internet Explorer 6. I...
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Fun with site usage stats
OK, “fun” may be an exaggeration, but it is interesting to look at these stats for room34.com courtesy of Google Analytics. The usage statistics that are always of the most interest to web designers...
View ArticleNot cool enough…
(Found at Daring Fireball, of course. More at the online remains of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. With a name like that, no wonder they went bankrupt.)
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Ubuntu hits the big time, for real this time
I just finished installing Ubuntu Linux 9.04 on my MacBook under Parallels Desktop. In the past, I’ve ventured boldly into the realm of triple-boot configurations to allow my Mac to run Mac OS X,...
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Fun with site usage stats, part two
Back in February, I wrote about web browser usage by visitors to my site. Some of the discussion over my recent redesign has prompted me to do it again. Here we go! Web Browsers Compare to last time:...
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State of browser/OS/device usage on Underdog of Perfection, June 2012
I just had a look at my Google Analytics stats for this site. I made some interesting observations. First, I saw iOS, iPhone and iPad showing up as separate devices. I wondered if iOS was a composite...
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Did Adobe actually mock up these Mac OS X screenshots on Windows? (Yes… I’m...
So, for reasons I’d rather not get into, I had to break down and install Flash Player in Safari today. (OK, I’ll get into it briefly… due to a rather obscure bug, Chrome — my preferred browser — has...
View ArticleHow to install Windows 8 on a MacBook Air
No longwinded backstory in this post. I’m just posting this here so I can remember it if I ever have to install again, since I seem to keep forgetting. If you’re trying to install Windows 8 (or Windows...
View ArticleMac does Windows…
It’s old news that Apple‘s new computers all run the Intel Core Duo processor (or the unimaginatively — yet redundantly — named Core 2 Duo), and that thanks to Boot Camp, or a third-party app called...
View ArticleMac does Windows…
It’s old news that Apple‘s new computers all run the Intel Core Duo processor (or the unimaginatively — yet redundantly — named Core 2 Duo), and that thanks to Boot Camp, or a third-party app called...
View ArticleSome thoughts on the unintuitiveness of the Mac’s Menu Bar
(This post is adapted from a rambling Twitter thread I just posted.) I was just reading Nick Heer’s post on transparency in macOS Big Sur and it got me thinking about a related issue I recently dealt...
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It’s old news that Apple‘s new computers all run the Intel Core Duo processor (or the unimaginatively — yet redundantly — named Core 2 Duo), and that thanks to Boot Camp, or a third-party app called...
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