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Disqus Spam
I love Disqus for what it tries to offer: a seemless commenting system that links all the comments across the land into a nicely bundled profile. It makes liking good comments easy and it also saves people the trouble of having multiple logins for what amounts to about twenty words. That said, Disqus has a [...]
Too Many Email Accounts
At the University of Minnesota, I’m lucky enough to get a Google Apps powered email account. Of course, I retain my personal accounts, the childish daybreak and the slightly better ryan.rampersad. And this discounts my other aliases and my domain’s Google Apps. It should suffice to say that there are way too many email accounts. [...]
Explorer in Windows 8
The Building Windows 8 blog details the changes to Explorer in Windows 8. Those changes have been met with criticism and much disdain. I’m a power user. I use shortcuts as much as possible because they save time and relatively easy to remember. Actually, I can’t remember what shortcuts I use other than copy, cutting [...]
Alt+Tab to Mac Command+Tilde
On Windows, I switch windows with Alt + Tab. It’s my main mode of windows transport. It’s quick and easy and as a bonus, it makes sense unlike the great demo but almost useless Windows + Tab. But then, there’s the Mac. The Windows behavior is simple: you switch through all open Windows, even if [...]
Where is 2-Finger Swiping in Finder & OSX Lion?
It’s time for a little rant about gestures and 2-finger swiping. Lion is supposed to bring gestures to the forefront and have a gesture for just about everything. In Safari, the 2-finger swiping for back/forward is great. It works well and is not a gimmick. By the same token, since Safari is an Apple app, [...]