Archives for computers
How to Make VirtualPC and Synergy Get Along
Recently, I installed VirtualPC on my XP box so that I could still test IE6 after installing IE7. However, I immediately ran into a problem. There is some sort of conflict between the mouse emulation being done in the VirtualPC window, and the mouse emulation being done on my PC to let me use my [...]
How to Use a Mac and a PC with a Single Keyboard and Mouse
As a web developer who prefers to use a Macintosh, I struggled to find the least painful way to test my work on a PC. Dual-booting was a possibility, but having to reboot every time I want to check IE was a pain. A KVM Switch was a little better, but it was still inconvenient, [...]
An Event Apart Seattle: The After-Party
After dropping off our laptops at the hotel, we headed to the after-party at the Alibi Bar in Pike Place Market, thrown by Blue Flavor. It’s a tiny, dark little bar, and it was really loud inside. It seemed like everyone was there, but since there were something like 200 people at the event, it [...]
An Event Apart Seattle: Liveblogging the Event!
We’re here! It’s 8:50, and the big screen is showing a slideshow of photos that they guys must have taken yesterday when they got into town. The conference room is really nice – slightly elevated rows as you move back in the room, with Aeron chairs at the desks for each row (no power for [...]
An Event Apart Seattle: The Day Before
Yesterday, Ryan and I got off the train in Seattle around 4pm. We caught a bus up to Hotel Andre, where we found we had a really nice suite on the 9th floor, where we had a bit of a view of the bay between a few apartment buildings. Since we had a few hours [...]
How many times do you access the Internet in a month?
I just took a survey, and one of the questions it asked was: “In an average month, how many times do you access the Internet or online services? (Please write in your best estimate).” I don’t even know how to begin to estimate this. Do I assume 10 times a day? 100? If I’m pretty much [...]
Howto: Search for This and not That using TextWrangler
I’ve been doing a ton of search-and-replace operations at my job lately, and one of the worst ones I did had to do with searching for the word “Comfort.” Unfortunately, this word is absurdly common on this site, and I was getting well over 1000 matches, most of which didn’t apply. Now, the first thing I [...]
