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Category: ramblings

Figlio (1994?-2010)

Posted on 2010-11-242015-08-15 by Mark Boszko

Figlio was my first real pet, and by “real,” I mean “not a goldfish.” My dad didn’t want any mammalian pets in the house, and so I never had one as a child. We adopted Figlio a little over six years ago from a lawyer whose fiancé was allergic to cats. She hid under the…

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What George Lucas can learn from Bruce Campbell (and AAlgar)

Posted on 2010-09-302015-08-15 by Mark Boszko

Almost a decade ago, I first met Bruce Campbell at his book signing for “If Chins Could Kill” at a bookstore in Arlington, VA that no longer exists. Of course, “meeting” a celebrity at any sort of signing can hardly be said to be a meeting at all. Maybe you get a minute or two…

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Pro Applications Update 2010-02

Posted on 2010-09-212015-08-15 by Mark Boszko

Update to Final Cut Studio applications today on 15 September, including these lovelies (among others): FCP: Closed captioning data is now preserved when outputting to AJA Io HD with Print to Tape/Video. FCP: XML export now retains the carriage return when working with text and third-party applications. FCP: Several memory fragmentation issues have been resolved….

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iTunes AppleScripts to Clean TV Episode Metadata

Posted on 2010-08-252015-08-15 by Mark Boszko

This weekend, I dumped a bunch of TV episodes I ripped from DVDs into iTunes, and faced a daunting task to clean up all of the titles and other metadata. Thankfully, iTunes has a special […] At this point, I’m not sure what happened, but it seems the rest of this paragraph got lost when…

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Apple Pro Keyboard disassembly and cleaning

Posted on 2010-08-162015-08-15 by Mark Boszko

The Apple Pro Keyboard is mushy and unresponsive, but worst of all, it traps and showcases dirt inside its clear plastic shell as if it were a disgusting work of art. If you want to get back to your pristine-looking APK, it takes a fair amount of effort to take apart and clean. This guide…

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Make OS X re-run the initial Setup Assistant

Posted on 2010-08-152015-08-15 by Mark Boszko

Note: This article has been updated for newer versions of Mac OS X (10.5 or later) that don’t use Netinfo Manager. Read the new article. When I’m prepping an old Mac to resell or give away, I like to install a clean system and apply all of the available updates first. Of course, I need…

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Drobo Rev1 Firmware Update Trick

Posted on 2010-08-112015-08-15 by Mark Boszko

I have an original first generation Drobo (USB only) that was not acting well lately. I was having some hanging and mounting issues, and on top of that, I couldn’t even get the firmware to update, which the Drobo folks were thinking might solve my other problems. I tried updating the firmware automatically from Drobo…

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Mark Boszko

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