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  • Happy Fathers Day

    OK, I must be the only person who gives a visit to fix a computer as part of a Father’s Day gift, but some quick notes for making things easier for people who don’t want the hassle: # “Autologon”:http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm enabled. Before Windows got secure, with Windows 95, you didn’t have to worry about logons. Mac…

  • Apple Airport Utility 5.3.2

    Good news is that the 5.3.2 update looks like it is OK to take for the Airport Utility. Also I’m now using Entourage 2008 and Excel 2008 and that looks like most problems are fixed as well Apple – Support – Discussions – Any problem with Airport Utility 5.3.2 … Airport Utility 5.3.2 is quite…

  • MacBook Air $100 off at Amazon and so are iMac’s

    MacInTouch: timely news and tips about Apple Macintosh, iTunes, iPhone and more… MacBook Air is only $1699 with Amazon’s discount and rebate. Save $55-$105 off the new iMacs: 20-inch/2.4GHz, the 20-inch/2.66GHz or 24-inch/2.8GHz with Amazon savings. Save $75-$180 on other MacBooks and MacBook Pro models, and save on AppleCare, too. Save $150-$380 on the latest…

  • iPhone 3G

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  • Perceptual Experiment and priming

    Hat tip to Peter for this one, watch the video and count the balls…See what happens 🙂 at “Transformationteam.net”:http://transformationteam.net/video/perceptual_experiment_tc

  • Mae Phim Downtown

    OK, here is where we’ve been lately. You don’t see Mae Phim on many lists, but it is actually very good. The Curry Noodle soup is amazing! Mae Phim Thai Restaurant – Pike Location Menu Mae Phim Thai Restaurant was established in 1993, it’s “Bunyatipanon” family co-owners provide “Fresh, Fast, and Friendly” Thai food. Whether…

  • Mybus.com

    Hat tip to Abel for this one, as I ride the bus more, here is a great way to see where the buses are in real time: “Mybus”:http://mybus.org is the top level page. Plug in a route number, get a list of all major stops for the route, then select your stop. I’ve bookmarked the…

  • OpenTable rocks!

    My friend Jeff is doing a great job there. Haven’t used it in a while, but “OpenTable”:http://opentable.com now does a nice job with AJAX, it sends invites, it knows how to export reservations to Outlook VCS and also therefore iCal, but Entourage seems a little broken. Also, you can send invites to others for reservations…

  • Could Google Calendar or MobileMe replace Exchange calendaring

    With the announcement of MobileMe, we looked again at whether we can replace Exchange on our backend. The mail is interchangeable and the contacts we have aren’t shared, so the only function we really need is a shared viewable calendar that works online, offline when you are on a Macbook, on a Blackberry and on…

  • Apple iPhone v2

    Mac Rumors: Apple Mac Rumors and News You Care About announced new features of Firmware 2.0 and the SDK, including: – contact searching- complete iWork document support- complete Office document support (now includes PowerPoint)- bulk delete and move for Mail- save images you receive- scientific calculator in landscape mode- parental controls- language Mac Rumors: Apple…