Techhive pointed me to Guiz de Pessemier, who decided to build his own stop motion version of Donkey Kong using Perler Beads. Blink. I watched the whole video because growing up, Donkey Kong was my game. It was the game we played every time we got…
Continue reading →Leap Motion and Better Touch Tool
About a year ago, I saw the demo for the Leap Motion controller and I ordered one. I wasn’t even sure how I’d use such a device but the idea of a control surface in the air in front of my Mac intrigued me so much…
Continue reading →Back to Instacast
There are two podcatchers which seem to command a lot of loyalty, Instacast and Downcast. I started out with Instacast and then migrated to Downcast about a year ago. A few months ago, Instacast released a Mac client that brought me back into the fold. I decided to wait…
Listen & read notes →Mavericks and Tagging
Every since Apple announced Mavericks, I’ve been meaning to write a post about tagging. Today Brett Terpstra did such a great job at it that I can cross this off my list. One of my big hang ups with tagging has always been the…
Continue reading →MPU 148: Security Audit
In this week’s MPU episode, Katie and I go in-depth on defense against the dark arts with Mac and iOS security for 2013. Topics include disk encryption, email security, wireless security, and more. It’s a dangerous world out there. Constant vigilance! ∞
Listen & read notes →Millenium Falcon Icon
This is the icon you’re looking for. I’m not sure exactly how yet but I will be using Jory’s latest icon.
Continue reading →Home Screens – Ian Byrd
Recently I attended a 5by5 meetup in Santa Monica where I met several Mac Power Users listeners, including Ian Byrd (Website) (Twitter). Ian is an experienced gifted-student teacher that got inspired to try something else. He did just that with his website, Byrdseed.com, where…
Continue reading →Dialing Extensions with iPhone
I never knew the iPhone could dial extensions. Mac Observer’s Melissa Holt shows you how. ∞
Continue reading →Taking Better Meeting Notes with TextExpander
At Macworld I sat on a panel with Jeff Taekman, my spirit brother from the medical profession. Jeff sits in on a lot of meetings and talked about how he uses TextExpander snippets and Drafts to speed up note taking. He even wrote it up…
Continue reading →1 Billion Podcasts
Yesterday afternoon Apple announced 1 billion podcast subscriptions through iTunes. Billion. With a “B”. I take pride in the fact Katie Floyd and I added a little dent to that number with the Mac Power Users. Ten years ago I never thought I could…
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