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Ever wonder how to make a “”?

By Marc • Nov 8th, 2005 • Category: Mac OS X, the Geek

Or better yet a “⌘” or a “⌥”? To be honest with you, I never really cared until I saw this on the Mac-Switcher….
Thanks to Liew for the heads up.
And of course the Apple symbol doesn’t want to play right in the headline….Some geek I am….
Here it is: 
I give up. :p



New web browser in town, it’s name is Flock…..

By Marc • Oct 23rd, 2005 • Category: Mac OS X, Software, the Geek

Just like everyone else in the Blogoshpere that has downloaded it, I am testing a post from within Flock.  Let’s see how well it works.  If it does work, expect a very positive review on this software from me soon!
Well, it’s a day after I posted the above from the built in blog editor in [...]



New iMacs

By Marc • Oct 12th, 2005 • Category: Mac OS X, the Geek

Overshadowed by the announcement of the video capable iPods today were the new iMacs. These things look awesome. Now if they would just put out one with a forty inch screen.



What if “Brushed Metal” could talk and had an agent…….

By Marc • Sep 14th, 2005 • Category: Mac OS X, the Geek

This is pretty funny. It’s conversation between “Brushed Metal” and his (I assume “Brushed Metal” is a he) agent right after the first public showing of iTunes 5. It’s pretty funny, but I must give a “NSFW” language warning. It contains a few profanities.



Mac OS X update and Safari is broken….Well, fixed for now…

By Marc • Jul 12th, 2005 • Category: Mac OS X, the Geek

OK….I let software update (or is it “iUpdate”?) install the newest update for Tiger (takes it to 10.4.2) as soon as I got home from work today. The first thing I did after the update and reboot was go into my NewsFan to check the days feed. I clicked on a link and [...]