Reminder: How to tune Photoshop CS5 for peak performance
I've just starred a new item in Google Reader A customer asked me today for Photoshop performance-tuning guidance, so I took a minute to track down the lates...
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Technical notes and observations from years of supporting creative businesses on Mac.
Mac OS X Server v10.6: Hosting Software Updates for OS X Lion or Lion Server
Mac OS X Server v10.6: Hosting Software Updates for OS X Lion or Lion Server .
Read post →This post brought to you with the help of free range, 100% organic photons
I've just had a 3kW solar system installed at home, converting that sweet, sweet free-range organic sunlight into happy little electrons. I've got a Sunny Bo...
Read post →Wikimedia Foundation Releases Their Server Config
I've just starred a new item in Google Reader An anonymous reader writes "The Wikimedia Foundation has released their Puppet configuration in a public git re...
Read post →Trialling Google Ads
I'm trialling Google Ads on the blog portion of this site. They are now appearing on the main blog page and on the individual posts pages. I'm not getting a...
Read post →VMware Fusion 4 levels up for Lion virtualization
I've just starred a new item in Google Reader Winter turns to spring, night to dawn... and the two 800 lb. gorillas of the Mac virtualization market trade up...
Read post →Updated JAMF Casper Tech Paper & JAMF Conference
I've just starred a new item in Google Reader Not sure how, but I failed to announce the recent release of JAMF's newly updated tech paper “Simpl...
Read post →Picocom 1.6 binary package for Mac OS X 10.6
I'm finding I need to do more stuff talking to a serial port, and picocom seems to be the best terminal emulator I've found for Mac OS X. I was previously us...
Read post →The New Apple Advantage
I've just starred a new item in Google Reader Peter Bright wrote a good piece earlier this week at Ars Technica , documenting his attempt to buy a MacBook Ai...
Read post →Wacom Inkling
I've just starred a new item in Google Reader Wacom's Inkling is a pen that draws both on paper and on-screen, tracking the artist's linework with 1024 level...
Read post →If This Then That
This new-to-me website – officially known as “ifttt” (how do you pronounce that?) – is brilliant. I signed up yesterday (it looks like it’s currently in publ...
Read post →Quick Review - Audioengine A2 self-powered speakers
Two thumbs up. These tiny desktop speakers punch well above their weight. They are amazingly well built for the price, have a more than powerful enough stere...
Read post →Test Websites In Internet Explorer 9, 8 and 7 Under Linux / Mac OSX
I've just starred a new item in Google Reader Microsoft has created some customized Windows VHDs with the purpose of allowing web designers to test websites...
Read post →Update to Automated Installs of Mac OS X Lion
I've just starred a new item in Google Reader Updated tools are here , or if you've cloned the Git repo, do a `git pull` to get the changes. When the &...
Read post →Quick Tip - telnet with ssl
I've often used telnet to connect to random ports to make sure a service is working (eg: telnet somehost.example.com smtp to see if it's accepting connection...
Read post →It's a girl!
A new addition to the family arrived this morning at 00:17 weighing in at a respectable 4.33kg. Mum and bubby both doing very well.
Read post →Putting my money where my mouth is...
I've always thought that there is a place and a time to use the cloud, and to be honest, Automatica has been using Google Apps for the past two years to host...
Read post →Apple Consultants Network
Automatica is now a member of the Apple Consultants Network . This means that Kai has undertaken certification by Apple and has passed all of Apple's backgro...
Read post →List all users in /Users folder
Quick one-liner for bash: for user in `ls /Users/`; do if [ $user == "Shared" ]; then continue; fi; echo $user; done
Read post →Set up a transparent Apple Software Update Server
Update - Jan 2013 - this is quickly going to become obsolete, with Apple's release of Server.app version 2.2 for Mountain Lion , this enables a transparent c...
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