Light painting is one of my favorite photographic “tricks”. This guy takes it to an extreme; I really want to try some of these out. Continue reading…
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OS X Lion Two Finger Double Tap on Dock Icons
Awesome little tip for Mission Control in OS X Lion: if you have a Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad, double tap on a Dock icon with two fingers. Neat! Continue reading…
A Creative Use for Flash Triggers
This is an awesome technique if you have a “bulb” mode on your camera and some strobes at your disposal. Continue reading…
Enable SSH Access on Western Digital’s My Book Live
The reason I bought a WD My Book Live is because of a recommendation from Jim Cloudman, who posts an excellent tip to enable SSH access on the device. Continue reading…
Unhide Library Folder in OS X 10.7 Lion
For some reason, Apple decided to hide the user’s Library folder in the Finder. Here’s a quick tip to keep it visible. Continue reading…
Always Check Your Bills
For those of you that may have seen one of my latest tweets, you’ll know that I was drastically over-charged for my last electric bill. Well, here’s an update on the story. Continue reading…
Pro Tip: Liquid + Laptop
iPhone: Make Voice Control More Useful
Since the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone has had the ability to dial a number or contact, start playing an artist or album in the iPod, and numerous other commands via Voice Control. After playing around with my new iPhone 4, I’ve learned a couple of tricks on making Voice Control work better for me. Continue reading…
Safari Tip: Remove Failed Pages for Accurate Autocomplete
When I’m going to check my email or Facebook, I tend to type a little too fast in the address bar. Often I’ll type http://gma or http://faceb and hit return too fast. This can cause a lot of issues in Safari (or any other browser, I would assume), because it keeps these incorrect (and non-existant) pages in its history (my ISP is a DNS-hijacker). Now if I go to type the first part of the domain (e.g. http://gma) to have the browser autocomplete the address, the browser won’t because of that mistyped entry. Continue reading…
Financial Tip: Check Your Statements
For the most part, I’m in no real position to offer anyone financial advice. Almost everything I live by financially has come from “common sense” point-of-view, or from learning from other people’s mistakes. However, I do have a tip to share: check your statements; credit card or bank, checking your statements can be vital to your financial security. Thanks to this fast and simple rule, I saved myself from some possibly-large financial trouble. Continue reading…
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