Boot Camp: Apple keyboard mapping in Windows XP and Vista map Microsoft operating system functions and special keys to Apple external and built-in keyboards, as well as which keys to use for various functions by keyboard type. (tags: microsoft keyboard mac osx howto xp macintosh windows reference guide bootcamp apple resources shortcuts mapping vista)
Multicolr Search Lab – Idée Inc. We extracted the colours from 10 million of the most “interesting” Creative Commons images on Flickr. Using our visual similarity technology you can navigate the collection by colour. (tags: tools tool web design webdesign reference image graphics photo search images photography online photos art color flickr colors colour pictures)
macosxhints.com – What's Keeping Me? – Identify files on 'busy' volumes If you work with disk images at all, it's likely you've been thwarted at some point when trying to eject an image — you'll get a generic message about not being able to eject the image because it's "in use." As is typical of [...]
$50 and Up Underground House Book – Underground Housing and Shelter The $50 & Up Underground House Book teaches how to build the lowest cost, most sunshine-filled, best ventilated and driest underground houses of all. It teaches how to incorporate greenhouses, root cellars and fallout shelters into an underground home. It covers both hillside and [...]
Meta Tag Allows Full-Screen iPhone Web Apps If you include this meta tag in your iPhone-optimized web app, thenuse the Add to Home Screen feature, it will launch as its own standalone app, with no Safari browser chrome. It’s a way to make site-specific browsers for the iPhone. They run as their own processes, outside [...]
tms – time machine command line tool Allows basic cvs style operations on Time Machine volumes. Read-only – does not modify any Time Machine files or settings. Allows various status operations Why? As someone who is often in a Terminal environment I become frustrated with the Time Machine GUI and found it totally inadequate for [...]
Roundup Issue Tracker Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition. (tags: bugtracking issue tracker bug helpdesk bugs roundup software tools tool application web sysadmin management opensource CMS tracking)
Factchecking Palin, By Hilzoy – CBS News (tags: palin politics election) Security: How to Set Up a Laptop Security System Let's take a look at several free and cheap methods you can (and should) use to keep your laptop safe, secure, and out of the hands of thieves. We'll also take a look at software [...]