February 2004 archives
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February 28, 2004 by Sciri
Andrew is a bastard…
Thanks to Andrew, I can’t get Freezepop out of my head.Archive
February 26, 2004 by Sciri
Photoshop – IPTC and JPEG Files
When batch modifying XMP and IPTC header codes on JPEG files using the Adobe Photoshop File Browser, a new file is created with a new creation date and the original JPEG is deleted. Since Photoshop does not yet offer lossless JPEG rotation, I was worried that the new JPEG files with attached IPTC header codes [...]Archive
February 24, 2004 by Sciri
Looking for devices matching vendor ID=1193
If you disconnect your Canon CanonScan LiDE 80, 50, or 30 scanner, be prepared for thousands of logfile entries while the scanner driver searches the USB bus for the scanner. Looking for devices matching vendor ID=1193 and product ID=8717 Looking for devices matching vendor ID=1193 and product ID=8718 Wonderful. Since I permanently deinstalled the scanner [...]Archive
February 24, 2004 by Sciri
Introducing the Microsoft Powerbook!
I guess Microsoft loves the Powerbook enough to use it in their advertising. Sure, there’s Office for Mac OS X, but using a Powerbook to promote Microsoft security doesn’t exactly give me the warm fuzzies. I guess Microsoft just really wants to be like Apple. I’m sure they had a good reason for the faux [...]Archive
February 13, 2004 by Sciri
A Fistful of CSS Quickies
Not only have I been converted over to the anti-tables camp, but I’m finally starting to learn advanced CSS layout techniques. If you still need proof that CSS is the fast track to more organized Web development, check out the CSS Zen Garden project. Once you admire the designs, you’ll definitely want to conform to [...]Archive
February 13, 2004 by Sciri
Panther – Forcing Mail.app to accept self-signed SSL certificates
Apple has an official knowledgebase article describing how to inject self-signed SSL certificates into your X509Anchors keychain so Mail.app and Safari.app will stop complaining when establishing a connection for the first time. I’ve been doing this by hand for quite a while, but Apple’s method is much easier.Archive
February 11, 2004 by Sciri
Is that all you got?
Quite a few years ago, when I was living in the Mission Hill combat zone just outside of Boston, I was a Full Body Cast member of the Cambridge Rocky Horror Picture Show. In and of itself, that fact should have classified me as a pervert, but I had the distinct honor of meeting someone [...]Archive
February 11, 2004 by Sciri
Too smart for your own good
That’s the problem with being a systems administrator or engineer. You always tackle the most obscure complex problems before checking for the blinding flash of the obvious.Archive
February 9, 2004 by Sciri