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Secret Weapon Notes: Volume 3

By editor • May 11th, 2006 • Category: General

Apple is not going to kill Aperture. Can we please drop this conversation now
Here’s a useful tip to iPhoto users alike: Use the advanced red-eye and retouch tools in iPhoto 6
For the FileMakers amongst us, there are new and interesting techniques abound. Most recently, I stumbled upon a revised ChangeLog calculation at DatabasePros.com, aptly […]



Who Needs Free Icons? They’re Free Here

By editor • May 9th, 2006 • Category: Design, General, WWW

For those UI designers, tinkerers, and lovers in general, you surely know about Icon Buffet’s free icon service. Basically, they serve up free and fun icons for any kinda of use (personal & commerical), to registered users (registration is free) and expect you to trade them between fellow designers, coders, UI enthusiasts, etc.So for […]



Secret Weapon Notes: Volume 1

By editor • Apr 26th, 2006 • Category: General

I’ve been close to changing the format of the blog, for the better, to enhance the posting frequency quality. But, there more to come on that on a forthcoming post.
In the meantime, discuss:

FileMaker Inc. has released updaters for FileMaker Pro 8, FileMaker Pro 8 Advanced, and FileMaker Pro Server 8. You can get […]



Apple Releases Sick Laptop = Auction to drop my old 17″ G4 from a 10-story roof

By editor • Apr 24th, 2006 • Category: General, Noteworthy

But in case you haven’t yet add Apple’s Hot News RSS to your subscription list or read any other Apple related site for the past 24 hours then you wouldn’t know that Apple has updated their 17″ Powerbook G4 to a 17″ MacBook Pro powered by an Intel chip.
I’m not going to bore you with […]



The Death Of Mac OS 9

By editor • Apr 21st, 2006 • Category: Entertainment, General

I remember this conference most especially for Steve Jobs line to the attending developers:
“It’s not dead for them [Mac users], but it is for you.”