by Rob Cottingham | May 10, 2005 | Technology
Want a practical example of how yak-shaving works? I want to export my bookmarks file to del.icio.us. Turns out del.icio.us doesn’t have an import function. Alex points me to a Perl script, del.icio.us import, that will do the job. I download the file, save it... by Rob Cottingham | May 9, 2005 | Technology
Arieanna asks, what should we be calling this thing I’m doing right now? I’ve noticed myself using the word “content” far too often in my “posts” and it’s suddenly occurred to me that this is not such a good thing. I... by Rob Cottingham | May 4, 2005 | Technology
MacMinute’s editor waves goodbye MacMinute won me away from the increasingly untimely MacCentral a few years ago. Sure, I don’t really have the kind of existence that requires me to know right now about breaking news in the Mac world… but it’s... by Rob Cottingham | May 3, 2005 | Technology
I’ve only just had the opportunity to start playing with my Flickr account (thanks again, Kartooner!). And it turns out the damn thing is amazing. The interface is gorgeous… and not because it’s loaded up with twirling 3-D buttons, but because... by Rob Cottingham | May 2, 2005 | Technology
Here’s a picture taken mere moments before things went so horribly, horribly wrong at MacStation on Saturday. Apparently my camera phone emits a frequency that tigers associate with the sound of a wounded, limping gazelle. To the surviving staff and customers, my... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 29, 2005 | Technology
Tiger arrived at my house just as we were leaving for work. I have yet to delve into it too thoroughly, but I can already tell that its Spotlight search function and Automator, um, automating function are going to be very big. And Dashboard, a layer of handy gadgets...