Image via WikipediaWhile I love my Mac there are some things that drive me mad.Where the hell is the hash (#) key?It's ALT+3 on my keyboard, but you'd have to be a genius to work that one out by yourselfAt least the tilde (~) is on the keyboard, unlike a standard Italian PC keyboard which seems to have it hidden from view for some inane reason. … [Read more...] about Mac Keyboard Frustration
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Do you own a Bluray Player?
I'm curious. Do people own bluray players yet?Or are you all still waiting for something....Please vote on the poll … [Read more...] about Do you own a Bluray Player?
Hover – URL Shortening With A Twist
There seem to be a lot of URL shortening services out there.While TinyURL has been around for a long time a lot of Irish users opt for url.ie, but in recent months there seems to have been a lot more added.While competition is generally a good thing there's only so much you can do with a URL shortening service.Custom aliases, 301 redirects and a lot more besides have all been … [Read more...] about Hover – URL Shortening With A Twist
Vim on Mac OSX
I'm editing a few pages on a few sites today and realised that I didn't have a proper text editor installed on my Mac desktop. There is a text editor app, but it doesn't have syntax highlighting, nor does it do a lot of the other funkier stuff that Vim does "out of the box".The silly thing is that a Google search for vim on osx (you can adjust the keywords to suit your taste) … [Read more...] about Vim on Mac OSX
Atmail Open – Slick Open Source Webmail
Over the past few years I've used several of the open source webmail solutions to access my mail when I've been on the move. Squirrelmail, for example, is quite functional, but the size of my personal mailbox has grown so big that it took forever for it to load.A few months ago the Atmail team announced an open source version of their webmail solution. I was interested in … [Read more...] about Atmail Open – Slick Open Source Webmail