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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 huge number of hits, but it's pretty consistent at around...
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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 updates once again. A fortnight ago it was Parallels 7 hitting with...
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Updated JAMF Casper Tech Paper & JAMF Conference

I've just starred a new item in Google ReaderNot sure how, but I failed to announce the recent release of JAMF’s newly updated tech paper “Simplifying Adobe CS5 and CS5.5 Administration with the Casper Suite” document. This has been updated...
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? The New Apple Advantage

I've just starred a new item in Google ReaderPeter Bright wrote a good piece earlier this week at Ars Technica, documenting his attempt to buy a MacBook Air-like Windows laptop (he doesn’t want an Air running Windows using Boot Camp...
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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 using screen, which is shipped with Mac OS X and...
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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 levels of sensitivity. At $200, it's barely even expensive! The Inkling will be...
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Update to Automated Installs of Mac OS X Lion

I've just starred a new item in Google ReaderUpdated tools are here, or if you’ve cloned the Git repo, do a `git pull` to get the changes. When the “Install Mac OS X Lion” application runs, it queries Apple’s Software...
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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 public beta), and it only took about a minute to realize ifttt’s potential handiness....
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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 stereo amp built into the left speaker and feature a kevlar coned driver and...
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