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Wader

Member since: Aug 1st, 2005

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Arrested Development creator in talks for a movie (AOL TV)

Jul 10th 2006 8:55PM Hell yeah! A movie would be brilliant.

Who is the most normal guy in Hollywood? (AOL TV)

May 13th 2006 9:06PM on pins and needles here.

Top X keyboard shortcuts in OS X (TUAW.com)

Dec 11th 2005 11:59AM Great list. CD stuck in drive? I've had this work though i haven't tired it in tiger. It's from system 6 and was used to force eject floppies. apple - shift - 1 Also, I use apple-down and up arrows a great deal. If on a folder or file (or app) in the finder apple-downarrow will open it. Apple up arrow will go up one directory. This is handy in many circumstances. The left and right arrows can also be used with the apple key for navigation. One more hand thing is when in a text field in almost any program is you hold down the option key and use the right and left arrow an entire work will be jumped rather then just a letter or two. (is some programs the apple key and the arrows will do the same thing). Option backspace is also handy especially in word and mail. It will delete and entire word at once. Try them out, they can also be used with the shift key for deleting and highlight entire sections, lines, or paragraphs. Open a word document and play around. Cheers!

You're in charge: iLife '06 (TUAW.com)

Nov 30th 2005 10:11PM I say please please please improve iPhoto. There's too much of a gap between iPhoto and aperture currently. The file structure needs to be improved as well as the some of the editing features. Also back up functionality should be implemented.... and better contact sheets... and and and..... I'm left with balancing between iView and iphoto (photoshop too.... and so on). Wade

Windows at 20: 20 things you didn't know about Windows 1.0 (Download Squad)

Nov 20th 2005 6:02PM "The system requirements for Windows 1.0 were 256MB of RAM, DOS 2.0 and two floppy drives." Doesn't 256MB of RAM sound a little suspect? I think you mean 256KB.

Ask TUAW: how do you keep your Mac clean? (TUAW.com)

Oct 21st 2005 4:10PM I never knew that this was so close to my heart. If you run a laptop in clamshell mode the screen will in time be negatively affected because of the heat release through the keyboard. If you've ever taken an ibook or PowerBook apart you'll see that there are little vents that allow air through the keyboard. I wouldn't suggest coving your keyboard with anything; just wash your hands before use. (iskin isn't made by apple and I doubt they have the resources or engineers to test the long term effects of such a product). I could be completely wrong here, I just know that I wouldn't use one.

Ask TUAW: how do you keep your Mac clean? (TUAW.com)

Oct 21st 2005 4:05PM ahhhhh, I just read the comments that showed up while writing my thesis of a comment. I wouldn't recommend using a vacuum anywhere near your computer. The nozzle on the end of a vacuum has a phenomenal amount of built up static electricity (usually), and when using on a PowerBook or iBook you run a risk of ESD (electro-static discharge). From the top of your keyboard, the logic board isn't very far for static to jump. On external keyboards a vacuum is fine. If you have an ibook it'd be safer to lift up the keyboard (there are two tabs at the top) remove a couple of keys and shake it out. The best method (in my opinion) is compressed air, just blow it out.

Ask TUAW: how do you keep your Mac clean? (TUAW.com)

Oct 21st 2005 3:56PM To get rid of dirt and anything sticky (I couldn't image what) you should use something with little or no water. I'd recommend head cleaner or isopropyl alcohol (make sure it's a very high percentage, 99% is good). Over the summer I directed the cleaning of almost two thousand iBooks and we used head cleaner (from MG chemicals http://www.mgchemicals.com/products/407c.html, don't get the aerosol, you need the liquid) and cotton cloth extensively. It evaporates quickly and leaves no residue; I'd recommend this for any computer including the aluminum of the pro-line, and keyboards. For screens there are a number of options. I personally have a screen chamois for dust and minor buffing. For more stubborn issues like finger prints I'd recommend Screen Kleen Gel (tonnes of stores sell this and there's a lot on the internet about it). It's nice, because it's a gel it won't run into your screen. I'd also recommend that when you clean your screen (even if you just use windex) that you place the display on a hard surface so that there's nowhere for the liquid to run (even with a PowerBook or iBook having the body of the unit vertical and the display resting on a table when you clean; of course the computer is off at this point). Don't use the head cleaner on the screen. For keyboards that are really nasty (offices mostly) I have a couple methods. First unplug the USB, spray a fine mist of windex or other residue free chemical (this is when you could use aerosol head cleaner) then, with a large soft bristle brush rub the hell out of it. The brush will get all sides of the keys and pick up most of the dirt; wipe with a clean cloth. If the keyboard is really bad you can use a butter knife to remove all the keys (macs external keyboards are nice because the don't have springs under them and are easy to put back together; the shift, return, and space bar are a little different but still very easy), put them in a mesh bag (I should mention, though I think it common sense, this method is for external keyboards, don't use this for iBook or PowerBook keys; at least I haven't tried it), place the bag is your dishwasher and run it. DO NOT USE THE HEAT DRY. After they have washed removed them from the bag and lay them out on a tea towel to dry. Make sure they are completely dry before putting the keys back on the board. Another option is to seek out an ultra-sonic blind cleaning company and they can do a hell of a job with keyboards. The last option is to buy a new keyboard. Hope this helps some people out there. If you're really anal and clean your LCD screen all the time, don't use windex, it's to powerful. If you only clean your screen once every month or couple of weeks, it should be fine.

Silly Survey Sunday: What's in a name (revisited)? (TUAW.com)

Sep 25th 2005 12:26PM PowerBook = Celerity PowerMac MMD = Gust (or Windy) Lacie Pocket drive = Guido Kindston 1 gig Data Traveler = Bruno iPod = Mama Panda Wacom bluetooth tablet = mien Canon 300D = Herk iBook = blah 160 gig External Sandisk = Firefly Old Powerbook = Limey the Second Esquire Old iMac (which was lime in colour) = Limey Old All-in-One = bRoxy Old LCIII = Chimera My car is also named Adolf (small, white and powerful). I thought that was a funny thing to get people talking or simply shock them.

What would you do for a Mac? (TUAW.com)

Aug 18th 2005 1:42AM I work in a district with over 2000 ibooks and I wouldn't cross the road for a 5 year old I book. Hell, I wouldn't do if all that was required was a new reed switch and vent cover. I'd sooner have a emate. To be fair, I do own one of each... as well as a powerbook and so on. On the other hand if it were a five year old powerbook then I'd be in the long "pearly gates" line stampeding to get in and hoping that I could sell it for twice what I paid (exactly what I'm guessing many of these people were planing). Did the computers even come with an OS installed? I can't imaging that the original box remains...