From the monthly archives:

July 2009

How to Change Time Machine’s Backup Schedule

July 9, 2009

Have any of you Mac users noticed that if you have Time Machine enabled, it will absolutely drag your system down when it decides to perform a back up while you are working? It was driving me absolutely nuts until Cali pointed me to a little freeware application called Time Machine Editor 2.1.

The Most Important Words in the English Language

July 8, 2009

5 most important words: I am proud of you! 4 most important words: What is your opinion? 3 most important words: If you please. 2 most important words: Thank you. 1 most important word: You.

Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word: WordCamp San Francisco 2009

July 7, 2009

For those of you who didn’t see them I’m going to begin posting the WordCamp San Francisco 2009 videos here on the blog. I went to WordCamp again this year to film the speakers and as usual a great time was had by all. This first video is Matt Mullenweg’s traditional State of the Word [...]

The Inspiring Story of Victoria Bell – the WordCamp Dallas MacBook Winner!

July 6, 2009

(Photo courtesy of Zig Baird) Folks, I wanted to share this story with you all because it’s just so awesome. The following story comes from Victoria Bell, who was the lucky winner of the MacBook Pro at WordCamp Dallas. I usually try to maintain an ‘attitude of gratitude’. Not claiming to be wildly successful at [...]

The Most Interesting Origami Discussion Ever

July 4, 2009

Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami, using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful. Some of the origami patterns have been used even to go into space telescopes which need to be large at the destination, but small for transportation. It [...]

50 Reasons Why We / It / They Can’t Change

July 2, 2009

If you ever work for me, and I hear one of the following excuses, you’re fired. 50 Reasons Why We / It / They Can’t Change 1. We’ve never done it before. 2. Nobody else has ever done it. 3. It has never been tried before. 4. We tried it before. 5. Another company/person tried [...]

Review: Brother MFC-9840CDW Multi-Function Color Laser Printer / Scanner / Copier / Fax

July 1, 2009
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Ok, I’m about to go on and on about how much I love the Brother MFC-9840CDW Color Laser Multifunction Center with Wireless Interface and Duplex, but before this turns into a giant love fest, let’s start with the bad news. Software installation is a bit of a nightmare. Software Installation I installed the printer to [...]

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