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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:02 PM

My Windows 7 Beta 1 Experience

As mentioned in a recent post about My Windows 7 Theme Pack , I’ve been running Beta 1 (build 7000) for awhile now, and I love it! Windows 7 feels nimble, it doesn’t get in my way, and it lets me access and organize my work using some very natural conventions.
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Sunday, January 25, 2009 6:10 PM

My Windows 7 Theme Pack

I've been running the Windows 7 beta for awhile now, and I'm in love! If you're relatively technical and want to take the new OS for a spin, the good news is that we've extended the beta download period until February 10, 2009. Once you have it installed,
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Sunday, July 20, 2008 8:24 PM

My Decision Matrix

Have you ever had to make a decision with too many options or factors to consider all at once? Or perhaps you’d like to be more objective about your choices. Or maybe you need to document your decision to make it more defensible later on (“your honor,
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Monday, July 14, 2008 9:34 PM

Obscure DVD Recommendations

Okay, "obscure" may be exaggerating a bit; perhaps "less well known" is a better way to describe these DVD picks. Like Helvetica: The Documentary , these aren't your typical Saturday night popcorn popping blockbusters. But if you have an interest in any
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Monday, June 02, 2008 9:23 PM

How I Make My Wallpaper Images

I’ve put this one off for way too long. For everyone who has sent me e-mail over the years asking how I create my wallpaper images, I’ve finally taken the time to write down my thoughts, techniques, workflow, tips, and tricks . Wow…I never realized how
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Sunday, June 01, 2008 11:50 PM

How I Make My Wallpaper Images

Almost every week, I receive e-mail asking how I create my wallpaper images ; this is an attempt to answer those questions. Until I sat down to outline this article, I didn’t realize how many steps I actually go through! For context, I’ve been a photography
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Friday, April 18, 2008 8:42 PM

Internet Sharing with the Samsung BlackJack and Windows Vista

I was waiting for a flight out of Orange County Airport earlier this week, and after I fired up my laptop, I couldn't find any publicly available wireless networks. So, I decided to try using my Samsung BlackJack (SGH-i607) for internet connectivity,
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Monday, April 14, 2008 10:04 PM

Over One Million Wallpaper Visitors

I watched the stats for my wallpaper page tick past one million a few days ago. Wow! If you'd have told me when I posted my first macro photo years ago that it'd be the most popular page on my blog (by a long shot), I wouldn't have believed it. I haven't
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Sunday, March 23, 2008 11:39 PM

Donkey Kong at MIX08: Behind the Scenes

In the two weeks since our MIX08 event in Las Vegas, I've been asked many times about Steve Wiebe's attempt to re-claim the Donkey Kong world record at our TAO attendee party on March 5th, 2008. So, I thought I'd document what happened "behind the
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Saturday, January 26, 2008 8:47 PM

Helvetica: The Documentary

I ran across Jeff Atwood 's blog post, Typography: Where Engineers and Designers Meet , about a week ago. Like Jeff, I've been interested in fonts and typography for a long time. As a matter of fact, I used to create bitmap fonts for the TI-99/4a, Commodore
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Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:57 PM

What Do I Do? Top sites, MIX08, and PDC08.

A few days ago, I received the following e-mail: Help me out here. I've been reading your blog off and on for years and I can't figure out what it is you do. Your obviously involved with the PDC and MIX conferences, you send a lifesize cardboard cutout
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Monday, January 14, 2008 8:02 PM

Return of The Spider King

As many long-time readers may recall, I've been trying to foist blogging onto my friend and colleague, Thomas Lewis, for nearly three years. He's endured my chiding both online and in person; thank goodness he's one of those guys who can take my constant
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Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:59 PM

TiVo Gadget v1.0.2 Enables Video Download

I made a very minor update to my TiVo Now Playing gadget that allows you to download recorded shows to your computer. While viewing the show details window, simply click on the title to begin the download. Because the video files are protected, you'll
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Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:57 AM

TiVo Gadget for Vista

For awhile, I've wanted to try my hands at writing a gadget for the Windows Sidebar in Vista, but I could never come up with a project idea that was small enough to accomplish and useful enough to justify. Since we recently added two TiVo HD units to
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Sunday, October 07, 2007 6:17 PM

MOO, Blurb, Wallhogs, and Zenfolio

Can't say I ever expected to type that post title! I take a lot of digital photos, and I thought I'd share some creative resources I've discovered on the 'net either by recommendation or my own research. They offer unique services, and the quality of
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