Archives for April, 2009
Chrysler-Fiat Partnership
Posted on April 30th, 2009 by Jon
Its not certain what role Fiat will play in Chrysler yet, but may be in the next few hours. All I’ve heard thus far is that Fiat will be giving billions of dollars to Chrysler to change their setup in the US. What else is cool is that since some of Chrysler is in Canada, [...]
How-to: Mac OS X batch file rename using an Automator workflow (10.5 Leopard)
Posted on April 29th, 2009 by Brad
*UPDATE Friday Jan 8 2010* This post refers to using an Automator workflow as a plugin in 10.5 Leopard. If you’re using Leopard, continue on, otherwise go here for the updated How-to for 10.6 Snow Leopard. Thanks!
One of the few things I’ve found that Windows actually does “out of the box” that a Mac does [...]
Do you REALLY think that Jack Wallen?
Posted on April 28th, 2009 by Brad
Jack Wallen of Techrepublic says:
we are looking at quite possibly the first Linux distribution that could, if given the fair shake it deserves, dismount Windows as the king.
Sorry Jack, that’s a dumb statement. At least once a week someone out there says the same thing about <insert random Linux distro> yet all the major OEMs [...]
New RantsAndStuff Standard: There isn’t one!
Posted on April 27th, 2009 by Brad
Jon and I decided that our old format constrained us. A lot of times we would agree on the topic which means the counterpoint from the second person in the post was in fact pointless. From now on we will not have any point-counterpoint posts. Each post will be written and published by only one [...]
RAS: A Survey!
Posted on April 24th, 2009 by Jon
As you know, the format of RAS has changed recently. I’m going to start posting a broader range of topics. I know a lot of my readers (all two of you) may not care to read some of these posts. If you do like the content, it makes sense in any way (even if it [...]