This is from a person I met onsite last week! It looks VERY GOOD.
Month: August 2009
Best way to tether your iPhone – PDAnet
Unlike most apps that will provide a proxy web service to your computer through your iPhone PDAnet will provide a complete network solution for tethering your computer. Basically, you can use your iPhone as a computer wifi device, without restriction. While proxy apps will work well for web applications, it doesn’t work for stuff like email, ftp, ssh, etc. PDAnet can handle all network traffic. I’m using my iPhone right now to access the internet from my Macbook Pro and it’s quite fast! Check PDAnet out!
http://lifehacker.com/5086490/the-best-way-to-tether-your-iphone-to-your-laptop-for-free
Sony’s latest piece of…
Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work
This has been around for a while but it’s fun. There’s language so make sure you blast this at work. Happy Friday.
Old fashion “Open Folder” Icon in the Dock
While the newer versions of OS X have been great and the dock has matured, I hated one thing. Sometimes I just want to put a directory on the dock without it doing it’s crazy effect stuff to it like Fan, Grid, List, etc. Many times all I want is a dock icon that will just open a directory in finder. Fortunately, I figured out how to do this!!!
Create a link to the directory of your choice on the desktop. For instance, I created a link (By holding down the “option”, “apple/command” keys down) of my home directory on my desktop. Now, drag that link to the dock. Bingo! I have a dock icon that will just open a finder window of my home directory.
Credit Card Swipe Dance
Why is it that every time I purchase something with a credit card at most stores I end up having to do the credit card swipe dance. And how did this ever replace the good ol’ “cashier single swipes the card and here’s the receipt” days? Technology sucks sometimes…
Me: Swipe now? oh not yet. ok now? YES ok…
Cashier: “Press the yellow button, and… wait – need to add your special member discount to the amount. Canceling the transaction.”
Me: So… Now swipe again? oh not yet…. ok now? YES. ok…
Cashier: “Press the yellow button and it should say credit or debit, press 7 for credit… It’s not saying anything?”
Me: It says – “wait for cashier”.
Cashier: “Ok – now it should say credit, …”
Me: Ok, pressing credit. whoops, pressed cancel.
Cashier: “Um… ok I’ll restart the process. Press the yellow button….”
Call me crazy but this whole process just seems stupid. Stores should never trust that I could do something better than their own staff.