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Oh great… the secret is out now. It seems Lois Lane now knows the true identity behind Superman. iPhoto just had to spoil it by identifying them both. For those who don’t yet know, iPhoto ‘09 has a feature where it tries to identify the people in your photos automatically. It will then ask you to confirm whether it got it right or not.
When I first “heard” about the concept of this comic, it totally cracked me up and I knew I had to hunt it down and share it. …
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If you’ve just gotten a new Mac, taken it out of the shiny box (or started off with Hackintoshes like me!), then installed Mozilla Firefox, you might wonder why the tab button does not move the cursor within forms as it should (or as you are used to anyway).
I’m the type who uses the tab button to switch between text fields, radio buttons, list boxes and submit buttons. But when I got the Mac, I was flabbergasted for a good day or two as the tab button behavior drove me …
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An inherent problem of Macbook and Macbook Pro power adapters is that the cable tends to fray and after more usage, it will cease to work. Reinforce your cable with this quick DIY fix that will help you extend the life of your power supply.
If you want to know how badly the power adapter can get, check out how it smokes and fries in the 2 videos below. Scary stuff!
Oh, and for those of you who are into video production, this is the first upload of mine that is in …
About TheBackpackr, Tech unveiled »
Sigh… I’ve been slacking in churning out videos and posts… And what have I been working on?
A lot of project management! And some programming.
I’m currently heading the projects division at Integricity Corporation and there’s always so much going on, especially around this time of year when all clients are trying to launch their new sites.
We’ve probably launched 10 different projects in the last month, with one that was just launched tonight! We welcome Louis Pang’s refreshed blog to the blogosphere – much more intuitive with a whole lot of new …
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As part of my exposure to the world of Macs, I decided to try a project that is fairly publicized on the Internet – to build a Hackintosh. This is essentially building a computer system with regular PC parts that you can pick up from your local computer store, but installing the Mac operating system on it.
This effectively provides you with a full functioning Mac that could even be more powerful than their native Macs, and most importantly… AT A LOWER COST! (I paid less than USD600 for this Core …
