Tag Archives: Macintosh

I can not divine the use for these ‘Divination Symbols’, can you?

Posted on 7 November 2012 by Leefe

Looking through the Mac OS X Character Viewer, I see there is a section for ‘Divination Symbols‘. They all look like blocks of horizontal lines in a variety of combinations. Some full times, some with breaks in the middle and … Continue reading →

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Bookmarking in the iTunes store

Posted on 26 December 2009 by Leefe

Do you ever find things in the iTunes store and think “I don’t want that now, but might be interested later”? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bookmark feature in iTunes? Well its good to see that I am … Continue reading →

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The weather will be mild, and blazing hot

Posted on 7 November 2009 by Leefe

If you are using a Mac, there is a nice Dashboard Widget that displays the next 7 days weather forecast in Australia, Weather Australia. Drawing its data from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). Much better than the widget that comes … Continue reading →

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Restart your Mac for PowerPoint Help

Posted on 2 November 2009 by Leefe

On needing to install a new PowerPoint theme, downloaded from the web, I found these useful instructions in the help menu. Save the template to /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/My Themes. Restart your Mac. I suppose these instructions are written for all … Continue reading →

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The Apple Buzzle Puzzle: Did AAPL control insolvent reseller

Posted on 7 May 2009 by digg

Apple Australia is being sued for allegedly controlling a failed reseller, trading while insolvent for months. This reseller (and by inference, its managers) was so grossly incompetent that Apple did not trust its management’s ability to manage and account for … Continue reading →

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iSquint at PSP MP4 converters for Mac OS X

Posted on 16 January 2009 by Leefe

I have a nice new PSP 3000 and thought it nice to upload some video to it. But all the software I found for MacOS X crashes or produces bad files. All that is but one. Looking through the things … Continue reading →

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Beijing Olympic Medal Count (BOMC 0.4)

Posted on 13 September 2008 by Leefe

Seeing at the Paralympic are now on I have updated the BOMC widget to display their medal results. I’m in the process of rewriting the backend of the widget (seeing as this is an experiment of using JQuery in Widgets), … Continue reading →

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Beijing Olympic Medal Count (BOMC 0.3)

Posted on 22 August 2008 by Leefe

It may be a little late, considering the Olympics are almost over, but I thought people might like it anyway. Here is a widget I wrote to display the medal count at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Since there is no … Continue reading →

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Buzzle in the news again

Posted on 15 September 2005 by Leefe

Buzzle, the failed merger of 80% of the Australian Mac resellers, is in the news again 5 years after they went splat. Apparently the Buzzle liquidator is suing Apple for for contributing to the companies colapse. Article in the Australian

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Why the Macintosh is good for your sex life.

Posted on 7 November 2004 by Leefe

This cartoon from PvP shows you why Macintosh computers are good for your sex life 🙂 Player vs Player: 2001.05.09

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