Archive for September, 2009
RocketDock — Beautify your Windows with an Apple-style dock
I remember that the first thing I was attracted to Mac OS was the dock. I could launch my favorite applications with one click; and the magnification effect is just so cool. Some PC hard-core users may challenge me that “We has Quick Launch” on the menu bar too. Yes, it’s true, but when you [...]
Dock Library — Style your dock on Leopard or Snow Leopard
Dock is one of the main features that was added into Mac OS X; you can put your application shortcuts there and launch your applications much easier than going through your application list or spotlight. With the add-on of Stack and Dock Exposé, the 3D dock on Leopard is just more practical while it looks [...]
How-to: Canon MF4150 works with Snow Leopard
My main printer at home is Canon’s MF4150 Laser Printer. It’s a multifunction printer that has Faxing, Printing, Photo Copying and Scanning; however, due to the fact that Canon “thinks” Mac users is not worth to have all these functions, only printing function was supported, and only in Leopard at this moment. Since I upgraded [...]
Intel X25-M 34nm 80GB SSD review
So, after two months long wait, I finally got my Intel X25-M SSD. I could have gotten it a month ago, but I realized that the second generation is coming up, so I waited for this hard drive. I got this one from Compu2000.com for $266.99 CAD + tax; it’s cheaper than NewEgg.ca which is [...]
Hide/Show your system disk icon on Snow Leopard
If you upgrade your Leopard to Snow Leopard, you probably won’t notice anything difference on your desktop; but if you did a clean installation using a retail Snow Leopard copy like I did. The default desktop you will see is like this: You will probably question yourself, where is the Macintosh HD icon? Well, no [...]
Cantonese IM on Snow Leopard
Apple Mac OS X has built-in Chinese input methods, for both Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. However, there is one popular input method still not yet been built and supported officially by Apple; that’s the Cantonese input. One of the reason why Apple hasn’t made it built-in on Mac OS might because the population of [...]
WPtouch — turn your WordPress into an iPhone app
I just installed a plugin for my wordpress today; it’s called WPtouch. Just a minute after the installation, I love this plugin so much and couldn’t help to introduce this plugin to you all briefly in no time. You can download this plugin at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptouch/ . And here is their official introduction: With a single [...]