Pick a password. Any Password.

I just upgraded my machine at work to OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). It is one of 4 machines that I regularly work on. I keep the passwords and PIM data on these machines synced using MobileMe. Upon the first run of the MobileMe sync process after the upgrade, I got this dialog:

So apparently I [...]

MobileMe desktop syncing truly “automatic” now

At last!

Since the release of MobileMe, the “automatic” setting for sync preferences has been a bit of a farce — at most, it would sync your data up to the cloud once every 15 minutes. With the release of OS X 10.5.6, finally you can rely on your desktop updates being propagated within a minute [...]

Feel the power

wildsoda sent me this photoset of a man unboxing an Apple //c. That sent me to the Wikipedia article on the Apple ][. Where I read this caption under the picture of the Apple IIGS:

“The Apple IIGS, the most powerful Apple II, featuring a true 16-bit CPU, 4096 colors, Ensoniq synthesizer, a Mac-like GUI and [...]

Um. Right, thanks.

According to yahoo answers, this answer was marked “preferred” by the “Asker”. To be fair, asker had one choice to choose from. Still, in this case I think no answer would truly have been better. I’m classifying this “anti-helpful”.

Q: How can I play the Sims 2 in window mode on a Mac?

A: If you bought [...]

F*ck you, iCal

Why can’t I have a little monthly calendar in the corner and my incoming appointment notifications visible at the same time?

While we’re at it, what’s up with you reaching some kind of point of no return with being able to sync over .mac? Even long after I’ve deleted all traces of /.*ical.*/ and /.*calendar.*/ and [...]

FINDER SIDEBAR NEEDS UNDO

Sorry, I just needed to scream for a second. So lame.

Dubious computer cart ensemble

Check out this computer cart packaging product image. As if you’d ever see this combinaiton of a G4 PowerMac and a Cinema Display in use together. The tower is from 1999, the display is from 2004. Fine, it’s only truly funny for Mac aficionados.