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Postbox Email App – Coupons & Discounts

So, after Running PostBox on both a Windows & Mac system for a few weeks with marvelous results, I finally broke down and bought it.  And, lo and behold they start a new discount program on the same day!
So, if you want PostBox but can’t bring yourself to fork out the $40 for it, then [...]

Email Clients: Again.. With improved success.

It’s been about 8 months since I last took a stroll through email clients, trying to find one that worked in my specific setup, and I’ve decided to try again.
First off, let me recap my situation:

I have 2 main email addresses, one normal GMail account and another one for VizWorld.com, hosted on “Google Apps for [...]

Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others – Pogue’s Posts Blog – NYTimes.com

I’ve wanted a Kindle for a while now, but after this I’m not so sure.
But no, apparently the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic edition, and apparently Amazon, whose business lives and dies by publisher happiness, caved. It electronically deleted all books by this author from people’s Kindles and credited their accounts for [...]

The 6 Versions of Windows 7

It’s things like this that make me glad I switched to a Mac.
via – PC World.

Hazel Image Optimizer Improved

After using the last post’s script a bit, I figured I should add some notification of what’s going on. I added a simple Growl Notification to Hazel before the script starts, and then setup GrowlNotify to report which file I should use, and the percentage of size savings.
New script follows:

#!/bin/tcsh
echo Converting “$1″ to “${1:r}.jpg”
@ [...]

Optimizing Images with Hazel

I use the Quicksilver “Capture Region” tool alot on my Macbook to save images for use here & on VizWorld.com, and it does a great job of saving PNG’s on my Desktop.  However, I’ve recently noticed that the images could be made alot smaller (and then be alot easier on Bandwidth once I upload them [...]

Online Backup Solutions – Revisited

A few weeks ago, months actually, I posted an article evaluating several online backup solutions.  I started with 3, but was quickly inundated with information from other users and vendors asking me to update it with their products.  The original layout I had just wouldn’t fit the new information.
So I’ve revisited the post and updated [...]

I haz a sad

I don’t know what happened.  Yeraze.com was fine at 7:00 this morning, and I hit it again about 8:30 to upgrade to the new WordPress2.8 (After upgrading VizWorld successfully), and the site was GONE. Completly gone, all files erased.  The database was still there, so a quick install of WP2.8 got that back, but I’m [...]

Apple MacBook WiFi Weirdness

I have a weird issue with the WiFi on my MacBook.  At home I use an Airport Extreme 802.11N Network (5Ghz N-Only, not the newer dual-band model) with WPA2 enabled that I connect to and use with Time Machine. Works great.  If you’re looking for an access point and don’t mind the premium price, I [...]

The Disappointments of WWDC

With eager anticipation, I watched the WWDC keynote (well, kinda, I watched the Gizmodo livestream) hoping for news of iPhone OS3 and Snow Leopard.  Unfortunately, I was disappointed all around.
OS3
Well, OS3 will be publicly available next week (Wednesday).  Unfortunately, I’ll be out of town next week so I’m stuck either waiting until I return or [...]