Monthly Archives: September 2005

The 10 Secrets of a Master Networker

Posted on 9/30/2005 by Jason

Sure, you could buy this book through the link on the left, and you’d be smart to do so – it’s one of the best business-related books I’ve read this year – but you’d be almost as well off by … Continue reading →

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OK, this is a bit much…

Posted on 9/27/2005 by Jason

I know Apple’s Mail.app junk filter is bad, and I shudder to think of the people who actually trust it enough to have it automatically put junk mail in the junk folder, but there are times when it just blows … Continue reading →

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Fixing stuff HURTS

Posted on 9/26/2005 by Jason

You know those times when you’ve been fighting a bug for an hour or two, and nothing’s working, which means it’s got to be in the “stupid error” category, but you just can’t figure out what you did wrong while … Continue reading →

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Change audio devices on the fly in OS X

Posted on 9/20/2005 by Jason

FYI, if you’ve got a USB headset, you might appreciate SoundSource from Rogue Amoeba – it lets you change audio input and output devices from the menu bar.

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New Toys

Posted on 9/19/2005 by Jason

New additions to the Lab: Plantronics DSP-400 Headset: I’ve been meaning to pick up a headset for a while for late night Skype calls, mostly for the microphone – there are 2 doors between the office and the bedroom, but … Continue reading →

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LINQ’s great, can’t wait till I’m 40

Posted on 9/15/2005 by Jason

For a collections junkie like myself, Microsoft’s LINQ technology looks pretty damned cool – it’s basically a way to get query languages integrated nicely with code. I’m not going to get too far into it, since I imagine it’ll all … Continue reading →

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Google blog search

Posted on 9/14/2005 by Jason

Via Boing Boing, Google’s got a new blog search tool that’s a whole lot faster than Technorati (OK, what isn’t these days?). I’ve now got an RSS feed for the last 100 mentions of vegan, which may or may not … Continue reading →

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iPod vs iSight

Posted on 9/13/2005 by Jason

A quick “while I think of it” update that could also be a “while I wait for installs and reboots” (my ThinkPad got wonky while I was installing WinXP on the iMac – hardware jealousy or just a bad omen?): … Continue reading →

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Unexpected dividends

Posted on 9/13/2005 by Jason

I don’t know why I didn’t realize this earlier, but my MSDN subscription includes not only Virtual PC for Windows, but the OS X version as well. Sweet! I don’t expect I’ll be using it a lot, but if it … Continue reading →

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