How to fix the Growl installer for an InstaDMG Workflow
Growl's installer helpfully includes a postflight script that opens up the System Preferences app so that you can configure the Growl options. This is genera...
Read post →Our thinking
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Technical notes and observations from years of supporting creative businesses on Mac.
Adobe Creative Suite Updates
Adobe now have a blog (with atom and rss feeds) where you can quickly and easily see what the latest updates for Creative Suite 5 are. In addition to this fe...
Read post →Funky Fresh Fonts
I've been using Myriad as the Automatica corporate font but until now there was no easy way to reflect the design of the printed page on the internet. TypeKi...
Read post →Possible fix for iChat not working but Adium OK
I've got an Xserve running, among other things, iChat server. To tidy things up, I wanted to have all users with a login of something like [email protected] r...
Read post →Kerio Control on an appliance
I'm still testing this and aren't at a fully working solution just yet, but it's looking promising so far. I'm wanting to try out Kerio Control but don't wan...
Read post →Interesting bug in Importing to Apple Mail from Entourage 2008
If you have a large number of items in a single mailbox in Entourage, when you import into Apple Mail it will import no more than 6000 items from one mailbox...
Read post →Remotely rebooting an Xserve without ssh access
Read this carefully as it may save you a long drive on a cold night, as it did for me. So, I'm working on an Xserve somewhere over the other side of Melbourn...
Read post →User Interface Design Framework
Over on the Webalys blog, there's an excellent for user interface design and mockups. All free for commercial and non-commercial use and high quality - even...
Read post →Safari 5.0.1 Released
Apple have released Safari 5.0.1 today which, among other things, fixes a bug in WebKit that makes the body of a Mail message have a black background when th...
Read post →Solution for playing media on the PS3 from your Mac
I've been looking into Playback recently as an option for playing back media files on the PS3. Playback is great in that it also allows you to stream media t...
Read post →Graffiti Analysis
Love it or hate it, you have to admit that there is a style to graffiti - a modern calligraphy even. This project aims to preserve not only the look of graff...
Read post →once in a blue moon...
Apparently once in a blue moon = 1.16699016 × 10-8 hertz via Google Search .
Read post →The new Apple Mac mini...
With it's first major facelift since the Mac mini was introduced with a G4 processor in January 2005, the new Mac mini looks awesome. It's now more compact t...
Read post →Screen Printing at Home
Over at Nathanael's One Tonne Graphic blog, there is an excellent guide to getting started with screen printing at home . It covers all the steps from start...
Read post →Safari Extensions
Safari 5 is now out, and there are some great Safari Extensions already up to be downloaded. In the Preferences -> Advanced you will need to tick the box for...
Read post →Kerio Certified Partner Status
Breaking News. Automatica is now a Kerio Certified Partner. Kai has passed the Kerio certification exams and will shortly be listed on the Kerio Resellers po...
Read post →VIDEO_TS to PS3 with no re-encoding
I've known that it somehow HAD to be possible to rip a DVD and play the ripped files directly on a PS3 without having to transcode anything. My reasoning was...
Read post →Autonomous Handbrake Park
And I, for one, welcome our new handbrake-parking robotic vehicle overlords. YouTube - Autonomous Sliding Parking (video only) .
Read post →Fix for PPTP VPN access via Telstra Next G/3G wireless internet
Telstra have some of the fastest 3G wireless and some of the best coverage in Australia. Yes, you sure pay for the privilege, but it's there when you need it...
Read post →How to destroy angels.
Trent comes out with his first new music release since NIИ: HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS . Debut single is nice, downtempo, quite haunting and very listenable...
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