Category Archives: Random

Aw, Snap!

Google Chrome has the best error screen ever when it comes to pages that won’t load! A folder with “x x” eyes and an error stating “Aw, Snap! Something went wrong when loading this web page!”

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Windows 7: Been There, Done That.

Yesterday, I download the Windows 7 Beta and installed it on a Desktop, as well as a laptop. The installation went well, all the hardware worked post install without issue. Everything was quite ordinary. The features demonstrated at the CES are indeed there, and work well. I can’t say I’m too impressed, however.

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Motorola S9 on MacBook Aluminum

Getting static on your bluetooth headphones while playing music via iTunes? Are you sure you are using A2DP (sorry, I had to ask!) I recently pulled my S9s out of retirement to try them out on the new MacBook. Expecting nothing less than a perfect experience, I was surprised at the quality of the audio.

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Cheeseburger in Hell

So, on our last day in Maui, we decided to share a burger at Cheeseburger in Paradise. Apparently, they are not aware of the usual personal space people enjoy as a common courtesy. Anyway, here is a summary of what happened.

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Google Chrome, Always Incognito!

In order to always run google chrome incognito (why would you want to run it any other way?), just add -incognito to the short-cut command line! That’s it! Nice and simple.

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Browser Rendering Wars

I recently did some benchmarking on the most popular browsers to see which one rendered HTML and Javascript the quickest. It turns out, Apple isn’t full of it when they say Safari is the fastest browser!

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Microsoft Explorer Mini: Smooth Scrolling

I recently picked up a new wireless mouse: the Microsoft Explorer Mini with BlueTrack Technology. So far, I am very satisfied with the quality and usability of the mouse (both on Mac and PC). BlueTrack is definitely not a gimmick, and it turns virtually any surface into a mouse pad (not including clear glass, as MS states). I never thought the couch would make a decent mouse pad!

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Spore: Copying Saved Games from Vista to OS X

I recently picked up a MacBook. Having played several hours of spore on Vista, I wanted to try out Spore on my MacBook. I installed Spore, and went through the long patching process only to find out your saved game data is not saved on the Spore servers. Turns out, the save game data is stored locally. Here’s a summary of what I did to get my Saved Game data from Vista to OS X.

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