The Avengers’ “Adopted” Joke

Posted on May 13, 2012 by romkey

There are a lot of people who are angry about a joke in The Avengers. If you don’t want to know anything about the movie (it’s probably a little too late for that already, right?) then you might not want to read the rest of this article.
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Emacs: The Poster Child for Software Bloat

Posted on April 1, 2012 by romkey

I love Emacs. It’s the editor I grew up with. I’ve been using it for over 30 years. I don’t think I could switch to another editor now if I wanted to. There’s even an excellent GUI port of it to MacOS called Aquamacs that I use all the time.

I come not to praise Emacs but not to bury it, either.

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Not Overheating

Posted on April 1, 2012 by romkey

IMG 0222 Not Overheating Some teas like boiling water… some teas like cooler water. Most green teas and oolongs work best with water in the 180 – 185 degree range. Yes, you can use boiling water… no, they won’t taste as good.

I’ve been mostly drinking darjeelings and ceylons for a long time and want to go through some of the greens and oolongs I have sitting around.

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iPhone Photos Without Photostream

Posted on February 15, 2012 by romkey

NewImage iPhone Photos Without Photostream Apple’s iOS 5 introduced Photostream as part of their iCloud offering – when you take photos on an iOS device they are automatically synced to iCloud and from there to other devices and Mac iPhoto libraries.

Once in a while, though, you might want to take a photo that you don’t want to copy automatically to iCloud, and currently there’s no way to do that (iOS 5.1, rumored to be out in March, does apparently let you delete photos from Photostream). I’m sure there are a variety of reasons that you might want to keep photos out of Photostream.

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No More Printer Rebates from Apple

Posted on January 17, 2012 by romkey

Screen Shot 2012 01 17 at 8.16.16 PM No More Printer Rebates from AppleApple has long offered a $100 rebate on select printers. It’s something I’ve counseled many Mac buyers to take advantage of. You could get a moderate quality inkjet printer with a flatbed scanner built-into it for free with that rebate. If you didn’t need the printer you could usually sell it, netting maybe $50.

As of today that rebate is no more.

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