I was going to buy a new t-shirt with this design, because I used to have one that I loved for all of a day, and then the first time it got washed it shrunk beyond fitting. (Darn close-cut American Apparel shirts.) So rather than wasting money on a new one, I post one here,…
Author: Mark Boszko
Mark is easily distracted and seems not to require sleep. However, this is an illusion. He is mortal, like you. Perhaps doubly so. He makes videos and a little bit of art and design. He also watches way too many movies and jokes around on Twitter.
TinyURL to encode a ‘secret’ message
I guess technically you’re not supposed to do this, but an interesting way to obfuscate a message would be to enter it in TinyURL and get back a short url that you could pass on, upon linking to which, the recipient would see your message in the browser address window (or the domain error message)….
Clamato Chips
Another entry for the Gallery of Regrettable Food, methinks.
Gotta love the shaggy merlin-hair
No joke. I believe it is now a statute in 43 states. Of course, you may love the leo-hair instead, as an option. Unfortunately, neither Alex nor Scott are eligible for substitution. Thanks be to the Urban Ape for this spectacular new universal version of Thumbscrew. [Thumbscrew has been discontinued —ed. 2015-08-15]
Multitouch Demo
Amazing demo of large-screen multi-touch displays by Jeff Han. (Same technology as in the iPhone, but much bigger.
Having trouble mounting a removable drive? Read on…
Let me start with how Mac OS X deals with removable drives. When you plug in a FireWire or USB drive, or even toss in a CD or DVD, those drives pretty much just appear on the desktop, right? Sure, but underneath the glossy Mac surface, the Unix system does something else. It creates an…
HowTube 005 – Use Your Wiimote to Control Your Mac
HowTube Episode 5 [No longer online —Ed. 2015-08-14] shows you how to use the beta DarwiinRemote software to control your Mac with your Wiimote. Yes, it’s a bit silly, but it’s fun!