This comes courtesy of macosxhints and is definitely in a list of things
I plan to do in the morning. 

*** Disable Shadow In Screen Window Captures *** 

In Leopard, there is a shadow around whole-window during screenshots (ie,
Command-Shift-4, Space). This can be disabled from Terminal with this command:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true 

To make the changes take effect, logout and login, or restart SystemUIServer. 

[robg adds: This works, and I activated it with killall SystemUIServer in Terminal. To add the shadow effect back in, delete the newly-added pref: defaults
delete com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow, then restart SystemUIServer again.]

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*** Set Help Window to NON FLOAT ***

he following Terminal command will revert the Help Viewer window to its “not
always floating” 10.4 behavior:

defaults write com.apple.helpviewer NormalWindow -bool true

Additionally, execute the following (bash) commands as an administrator in Terminal to have access to the application via Command-Tab or its Dock icon:

i=/System/Library/CoreServices/Help\ Viewer.app/Contents/Info.plist sudo defaults write "${i%.plist}" LSUIElement 0 sudo chmod 644 "$i"

Sources:

• Non-floating window command from Ars OpenForum.
• Command-Tab and Dock icon from macosxhints.

[robg adds: This hint makes the second half of this previous hint (which required hacking the Help Viewer executable code to change the window behavior) irrelevant.
There's still some good info in the previous hint if you'd like to not only gain a dock icon for Help Viewer, but also change the window's behavior (by editing its .nib file). For most people, though, I suspect the simple Terminal command in this hint will be sufficient. I went through the Help Viewer binary files in the 10.5 release, and I honestly don't recall seeing theNormalWindow string
anywhere, so this may be new in 10.5.3 (or I just overlooked it with the earlier release).] 

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*** Show All 64 bit apps using terminal ***

#
For Intel: locate -0 app/Contents/MacOS/ | xargs -0 file | grep x86_64

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Here at work, we run across some pretty large files. The majority are larger than what traditional email can cope with. Traditional FTP is our primary choice. For whatever reason (firewalls, corporate policy, ignorance) some people just won’t get with the program – even when it’s FREE.Unlike Bittorrent, Azureus, Limewire etc., these are probably a bit more private. I’d send sensitive data through the sites below before I’d use the Bittorrent stuff.Firewalls and corporate policy are legitimate concerns. They may even make these apps below stop working. Give them a try to find out. They are really handy.Without further ado, here are some of my favorites: (note you’ll probably have to click on the picture thumbnail to see the picture. Not sure what happened…)

As you can see from here, the interface is minimal. It’s not a big deal to learn. It’s just a matter of putting a little bit of relevant information in there and shooting it across to the people waiting for it. Your recipient receives an email when the uploaded file ready for them to download. Make sure yousendit is not on their spam blacklist or it will go unnoticed.

• with a T-1, you get approx. 170KB/Sec upload speed.
• Sending a 1GB file can take upwards of 90 minutes to upload.
• It takes another 90 minutes to download. In that time, 3 hours is gone.

With an app like this, the time is almost reduced by half. It helps if the upload is a little quicker than the download.

Registering with the site will allow you to send up to 1GB files. It’s simple. Just click “Add Files” and select the files you want to send. It will begin uploading and give you the share link below. Just copy and email it to the recipient. It’s a big time saver to be able to concurrently upload and download files.

Here are several windows showing different states of the file transfer. First, you pick some files or folders to upload (top screen). It gives a pickup code. The other person goes to Pipebytes and enters the pickup code. (middle window). Finally, the recipient gets a window to begin downloading. Simple as that. All you have to do is call or email the pickup code to the recipient.

Here is the main working area. What you do is: add a file by clicking the green “Add Files” button. Then, you assign the files you drop a web address (minimum 7 characters). You also have option to password protect. You can have the file remain available for a specific time. You can decide how others access the file. Finally click the red “Drop It” button.

The cool part: The url is the site the recipient can go to pull the file(s) down. The Email address is cool. You send an image to that email address and it is sent up to that page. Same goes for voicemail

1. download and install the OS X or Windows client.
2. click “new”
3. Locate files you want to upload
4. set the email address to receive the link and begin the transfer.

Your recipient will receive an email link. Their podmail client will open it up and that’s all there is to it.

You just select a file, upload and the person will receive an email the file is ready. You can also keep track of when they pull the file down onto their computer.

Here is the main connect window that opens inside your browser. host: generally in the format of ftp.somewhere.com username is supplied by the people on the other side password is generally case sensitive and supplied by the people who give the user name connection type will generally be ftp but may also be sftp or something else. Bank on ftp though. Local Directory can be left blank. Many people put a forward slash (that thing under the ? key. Remote Directory can be left blank in most cases.

Once connected, you will see your local system on the left and the server you have connected to on the right. When you are done, just disconnect.

We attended the record-setting A-Day game (spring practice) for the University of Alabama football team.

I think most people went to see Nick Saban step onto the field as an ally.
There were over 92,000 fans there today. They had to close the gates during the 2nd quarter because the stadium had reached its capacity.

Needless to say, this is record.

Radial Blur applied to 40″ x 60″ image (16-bit) at 300ppi resolution.
It would appear all 8 processors are being used.

I’m happy.

via thescuderia.net

If you like Ferrari then you cannot miss this commercial. Nuff said.
http://www.partizan.com/partizan/media/clips/729.mov

If any of you are playing marketocracy, you might like this trading simulator, too.

If you win, they let you use this combine for 100 hours.

My father used to be a cotton farmer along with some corn and soybeans thrown in for good measure.
Years ago, he bought some software from FarmWorks that allowed us to digitize aerial maps and keep track of everything.

Today I got an email from the Farm Works folks about a newsletter.
So, I clicked it.
The newsletter featured the online simulator MarketMaxx.

Play this corn and soybean grain marketing game and you could be a big winner – in more ways than one. Learn how to develop a marketing plan, make fantasy grain trades and get expert advice from commodity gurus. There’s nothing to lose and plenty to gain. For details on how to begin your virtual marketing experience, click here for a complete tutorial.

Fantasy trade 100,000 bu. of Corn; 50,000 bu. of Soybeans

I can’t make the tutorial work.
On the serious side, if gives you insight into how difficult and risky farming can be.
You do this wrong in the real world and your entire livelihood is on the auction block.

it took two solid weeks of waffling between failed installations of MythTV on Fedora and KnoppMyth, but I finally got it.

I’ve got MythTV working. I really, really do.
It is tremendous.

I can watch and play the recorded shows across wireless LAN on my laptop, too.
I’m currently setting up my Mac so i can do the same thing.

this is toooooo cool.

Running Fedora Core 6
MythTV 0.20
Hauppauge PVR-150
NVIDIA 6200 LE 256MB
Athlon 900 on an A-Open AK73-Pro(A) mobo

It’s been running smoothly for a few days.
I’m the consummate tinkerer, so I’ll probably break it at any time while customizing it.
That’s the only way to get better at it, though.

Now, to begin preparations for a high-end HDTV HTPC…
moo ha ha ha ha

I saw an Enterprise, AL tornado report at fark.com. I can only hope the families don’t see it.

I typically refrain from human interest posting. Read the comments in this thread if you dare and you will understand why I was compelled to share my thoughts tonight.

People have been killed today and the majority of the posters at fark.com do nothing but make jokes about it. Several say they deserved it. Perhaps I misunderstand the point of fark.com. Even then, it doesn’t matter.

I’m always surprised how so many self-righteous gutterballs of humanity seem to display such ignorance, closed-mindedness, and pure non-human responses to tragedy. There are many more deeply disturbed people in this country than I thought.

Has it really come to this?

Finally, I’m getting some pretty good speed bumps. Let’s see how long till we hit the next brick wall.

Here’s the email I got from Sirius at 3am this morning.
Mel is promising Rear Seat video if the merger goes through!

S-weet.
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February 19, 2007

To: SIRIUS Subscribers

Today is a very exciting day for SIRIUS customers. As you may have heard, SIRIUS Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio are merging to form the nation’s premier audio entertainment provider.

This combination of our two offerings will benefit you – our loyal listeners. As a single company, we’ll provide superior programming to you every day with the best of both SIRIUS and XM. Currently, XM and SIRIUS broadcast a wide range of commercial-free music channels, exclusive sports coverage, news, talk, and entertainment programming. Howard Stern. Oprah and Friends. The NFL. MLB. NBA. ESPN. CNBC. Fox News. Additionally, the combined company will be able to improve existing services such as real-time traffic information and rear seat video as well as introduce new ones.

After shareholder and regulatory approvals, we anticipate that the combination will be finalized by the end of 2007. Until then, both companies will continue to operate independently. We will continue to provide you with the uninterrupted service – as well as the outstanding customer support – that you have come to expect and enjoy from SIRIUS. We do not anticipate any changes in your service during the merger process, however, please call our customer care team on 1- 888-539-7474 should you have any questions.

We look forward to the many benefits this combination will offer and continuing to make your listening experience an enjoyable one – offering more of the Very Best Radio on Radio.

Stay tuned,

Mel Karmazin, CEO