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Thursday, October 12th, 2006

OS X Color Picker

So I needed to figure out the hex values for a color a few minutes ago. OS X has a built in color app but it’s a bit hard to get to. Thanks to this blog post, I found out all I need to do is fire up Applescript and type “choose color” and save [...]

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Friday, September 22nd, 2006

Dreamweaver vs GoLive

The battle is here. With Dreamweaver and GoLive now both owned by Adobe, what will get included in Creative Suite? The answer is… both.
CS Premium will include both GoLive and Dreamweaver. I wonder how long that will last? And I guess Fireworks will disappear which is sad. I’ve never felt that Photoshop was that great [...]

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Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Knoxville gets an Apple Store

Where do you think an Apple Store would you in Knoxville, Tennessee? Probably somewhere at in Farragut right? Maybe Turkey Creek, there’s lots of high end stores out there. Nope, Knoxville’s Apple store is in West Town Mall.
Cheers to Knoxville for getting an Apple Store. Wonder what the chances are of Johnson City getting one [...]

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Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

New MacBooks are here

Apple finally released the new MacBooks today. It’s a good option for people like me who think that the MacBook Pro is a bit too expensive. The entry level MacBook is $1099, the entry MacBook Pro is $1999. Sure, the MB Pro has dedicated video chip/memory and a few bells and whistles like a illuminated [...]

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Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Apple sends Windows to Boot Camp

Apple released a beta of Boot Camp today, an “official” Windows/Mac dual boot solution. It will be built in to OS X 10.5 “Leopard”. The ability to easily dual boot means that my next computer will be a Mac.
Of course I recently bought a G4 mini, and my Dell is not even a year old, [...]

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Written by Dan Greene, web designer and library geek. Topics covered here include Library and Information Science, Information Technology, web design, and maybe even a monk or two (more...)

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