Category Archives: Software

OS X Leopard

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Robin

Seemingly months after everyone else has marveled at OS X Leopard, I’ve taken the plunge and upgraded from Tiger to Leopard. Instead of upgrading, I decided to wipe the disk (backing up first, of course) and do a clean install. … Continue reading →

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Workspace

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Robin

A screenshot of what my workspace looks like right now. The wallpaper is one from Windows Vista, and while I can’t say I like Vista itself, it has some cool wallpapers. I even set my wallpaper to the black Windows … Continue reading →

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WebKit

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Robin

I’ve had it with Firefox on Mac OS X. On Windows, it’s fine, but on Mac OS X it’s unbearable. It crashes too often, it’s slow and sluggish all the time, and it just eats up my RAM1. So I’m … Continue reading →

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Google Notifier + Growl

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Robin

A while back I listed my wishlist for Google Notifier, and one of them was the lack of Growl support — instead they use a home-grown one that reinvents the wheel, so to speak. Fortunately, someone created Gmail+Growl for Google … Continue reading →

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X-Chat Aqua “Now Playing” Plugin

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Robin

I recently posted an AppleScript for X-Chat Aqua that displayed iTunes’ currently playing track. However, there were a few limitations and needed improvements, including: Complicated installation — made more so by the fact that X-Chat’s user commands menu kinda sucks. … Continue reading →

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