Last week I had a scheduled outage for our website that was set to last a total of five minutes. Obviously, I hate scheduling those kinds of outages as normally I can make them transparent to my coworkers and our customers, but on occasion there’s no way around them. Mid way through minute number one, […]
el gato has updated its excellent EyeTV 2 software to version 2.1. This new version adds Universal Binary support so it’ll run natively on the Intel Macs, including the new Mac minis, as well as supporting 1080i playback on all Intel Macs with an Intel Core Duo processor (the iMacs, Mac Book Pros, and the […]
First of all, what is social bookmarking? A quick answer is that it is an on-line way to save your Internet bookmarks. But it’s more than just having access to your personal bookmarks, it also means having access to everyone’s shared bookmarks and it usually entails being able to categorize your bookmarks and perhaps being […]
We’re not the only company that employs small dogs as jesters to boost employee morale… or are they just here for the treats, massages, and getting chauffeured around? On Friday, Google’s own Nickey (a Pug in their Canine Division) put together a well written post entitled Pug-speak . While we don’t currently have any Pugs […]
iChat is a great communication tool. It allows me to reach a co-worker who’s in a different part of Small Dog’s 2 buildings without physically having to go to them. From a work perspective, it saves me a lot of time. Something else I enjoy about iChat is the use of the icons. I like […]
If you have a 15-inch Aluminum PowerBook, you may want to run your Software Update to see if there’s a firmware update for your battery. Apple just posted an update but not all PowerBooks will need to install it. You can check the Apple Support page to see if you need to update or just […]
It’s official. The hack has been completed. “narf2006” and “blanka”, two programmers were able to build a dual boot iMac Intel. There are screen shots over at ArsTechnica’s Infinite Loop and it’s been confirmed that it is not a hoax. For those unaware, a website titled Windows XP on Mac has been collecting a pool […]
(Of course, it’s customary that you say that like Leeloo from The Fifth Element does) Last week, Apple started offering a couple of television shows available under a “Multi-Pass” including two of my favorites on TV right now: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report ! For only $9.99 you get sixteen […]
Last week we started getting our first comment spam here on Barkings (aww, we’re growing up!), so we did some minor upgrades to our CMS (Content Management System; which, by the way, is the excellent Textpattern) on Monday evening. One of the things we’ve done is implemented image verification to prevent comment spam. Basically, you’ll […]
I worry that I might have a major crash, or an sync error that wipes out all my data. Sync errors are a particular concern.
