I want a transparent Menu Bar so I can complain too

The transparent menu bar in Mac OS X Leopard is perhaps one of the two most controversial “enhancements” to the Operating System. One could say it’s a backhanded compliment to Apple when the biggest gripe anyone has with your brand new OS is the Menu Bar and the Dock. Anyway, I had gotten used to [...]

Leopard — It’s cool cause I waited in line for it

Just wanted to jot down a few thoughts about the new Mac OS X. I waited in line for about 40 minutes on Friday at my nearest Apple Store, more so I would get a shirt than be the first to have Leopard. My upgrade was mildly disastrous (probably my fault since I’ve been running [...]

Thank the Maker! GMail Now Supports IMAP!

I’ve been waiting for this day for quite some time. GMail now supports IMAP. For some time I’ve been forwarding my GMail to my .Mac so I could take advantage of IMAP. Now I’ve gotten used to .Mac, but I’ll figure something out. Anyway, if you’re interested check your GMail settings and you should see [...]

Warner Bros. Gets It Right…Almost

Here’s the conumdrum for the 21st Century Movie Consumer. That great new movie you like just came out to buy. You want the DVD so you can watch it in 5.1, see 5 hours of fluff pieces on how wonderful everyone is, listen to inane commentary and watch those animated menus that take 5 minutes [...]

Automator: Backup, Encrypt and Move to iDisk

Offsite storage is an excellent and some would rightly argue an essential piece of any sound backup strategy. Because of the limitations (cost, disk space, bandwidth) involved with an offsite, online backup, you would probably want to limit it to just really essential data that you simply could not afford to lose. You can backup [...]