quick look plugins
Posted on March 24, 2008
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one of my favorite new little features in leopard is quick look. it allows you to find out more about a given file by selecting it then clicking the space bar. the really cool thing is that there are quick look plugins available to extend the ‘usefulness’ of quick look.
here are some of the ones i use
Folder Quick Look Plugin
this plugin gives you the ability to look inside a folder without actually going inside. it creates a nice list view.
BetterZip Quick Look Plugin
this is a really useful plugin as it allows you to look inside the contents of various compressed archive types (ZIP, TAR, GZip, BZip2, ARJ, LZH, ISO, CHM, CAB, CPIO, RAR, 7-Zip, DEB, RPM, StuffIt’s SIT, DiskDoubler, BinHex, and MacBinary)
flv Quick Look Plugin
allows you to view flv (flash video files) using quick look.
Suspicious Package
allows you to look inside an apple installer file prior to launching the installer.
quick chm
allows you to view chm files.
sneakpeak pro
allows you to view Illustrator, InDesign, EPS and Freehand documents without launching an application.
apple script quick look plugin
allows you to preview apple script files using quick look.
flash text effects with reflection
Posted on March 20, 2008
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do you use flash? if so TxEff is an easy way to add cool flash text effects & reflection.
check them out here.
review Hendrick’s Gin
Posted on March 18, 2008
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Hendrick’s Gin… ever hear of it? you might have seen the bottle once or twice on the shelf at a retailer. if you are like me [bourbon/whiskey/scotch drinker] you most likely don’t mess with gins. well, one day while at a local retailer i noticed the bottle. the bottle spoke to me. no no - not literally - it was sitting there short and squat. looking like something pulled off a pirate ship. i was drawn to the design. the simplicity. i picked it up, glanced down and noticed a little pamphlet attached which read “”Preferred by 1 out of 1000 gin drinkers” and “It is not for everybody” and my personal favorite “loved by a tiny handful of people all over the world”. wow. it now was something i had to try - mostly because i am not normal, and i must be one of those “1’s”.
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partition size not a multiple of 4k
Posted on March 12, 2008
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when formatting an external HD today [Mac OS Extended Journaled(HFS+)] i ran into the following error.
“partition size not a multiple of 4k”
after a quick google search, i found the following fix:
“When formatting using Disk Utility, remember to select GUID Partition Table as your “partition map scheme” instead of MBR (Master Boot Record).”
basically do as follows:
- 1. open disk utility
- 2. select the drive
- 3. select the “partition” section
- 4. under the volume scheme select the number of partitions required
- 5. select the “options” button
- 6. make sure “GUID Partition Table” is selected NOT “Master Boot Record”
- 7. click apply
you now should be good to go and the drive should function correctly. yay!
how to install windows xp64 on a mac pro
Posted on March 1, 2008
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holy crap, it took a bit of time but last night i was able to install windows xp x64 on my mac pro. i guess the first question is why do it? well for me it was pretty simple…
i like gaming every now and then… ok maybe a little bit more now than then. sadly, a couple of the games i like are not ported over to mac so since i have rid myself of pc’s over the years i run boot camp.
well, why xp64 then?
simple prior to last night i was running boot camp with xp pro sp2. but funny thing is i never seemed to have enough ram. well come to find out that even though my mac pro has 10gigs of ram (yes i said 10) windows xp only saw 1.9gigs. this isn’t caused by the windows cap of 4gigs, it is caused by a firmware issue with boot camp. the only way to get your mac to see any more ram is to install windows xp or vista 64 bit.
so should be simple eh? one would think.
well, apple doesn’t include any 64bit drivers for windows with boot camp (well the version i have and can get anyway) so here is what i had to do…
Macworld and So Much More
Posted on January 30, 2008
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ive been away for awhile… and have not had a ton of time to write as of late. well, that should change soon as there are so many things that have happened since the holidays. here are a couple things coming soon…
Web Master World 2007 Vegas
Adventures in my Apple Stock Portfolio Part I =)
MacWorld 2008
Adventures in my Apple Stock Portfolio Part II =(
San Francisco & My Lunch w/ Lenny Kravitz
Review of one of my favorite Mac Apps - iPassword
My New Apple TV
custom iTunes smart playlists
Posted on November 9, 2007
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here are some of the playlists i have setup. i dont take credit for all of these, as i have picked up most of them from all over the place…
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Protected: IKEA Stuff
Posted on October 28, 2007
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Protected: Motocycle Books
Posted on October 28, 2007
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OSX 10.5 Leopard Install begins
Posted on October 26, 2007
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9:20pm - let the install begin. installing a fresh copy of the new OS X Leopard
9:35pm - installer disk finishes checking consistency of the install dvd.
9:36pm - i top off my glass of scotch - brb 
9:38pm - installer begins installing OS X Leopard on volume “Untitled” - i swear there wasn’t any pr0n on that drive!
9:41pm - installer calculates that it’s going to take about 59mins to install - i hope it counts better than “XP”
9:43pm - doh! guess it doesn’t count that well… now it says 1h20m - we shall see
9:56pm - 25 mins remain or so it says - i shall cross my fingers
10:19pm - Installer has finished - rebooting!
10:21pm - Welcome Video starts playing. nice stuff. i start filling out setup questions, language, country, user migration, wireless service, apple id, create acct, select picture for acct, .mac.
10:27pm - All done, checking out interface, very pretty, dock is neat, nce stuff so far.
10:30pm - apple updater already asking to update - doh! - Remote Desktop Client (3.2 client update)
10:31pm - iTunes is the same version as before, this was a slight concern to me.
10:32pm - installing a few quick apps. LittleSnitch, Quicksilver, 1Password, smcFanControl, FireFox then going to pay some attn to the wife