Archive | November, 2006
KeyFixer – Fix Your OS X Home and End Keys

KeyFixer – Fix Your OS X Home and End Keys

by Jim on 14. Nov, 2006 in Apple, Mac OS X, Software

Update: There is now a version of KeyFixer for Firefox. Check it out.
A few months ago, I wrote a short article about how to fix the “home” and “end” keys in OS X. I published a step-by-step guide to adding your own custom key bindings via the command line. Many people found [...]

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MacBook Screen Problems

by Jim on 08. Nov, 2006 in Apple, Mac OS X

A few days after I got my MacBook, I started to notice how horrible the screen is. I have a grid of diagonal lines that are especially visible in the left corner and on light colored images. Now, I’m noticing distortions on just about anything that has a gradient on it. This [...]

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Save Bandwidth and Speed Up Your Site With Apache 2 and mod_deflate

by Jim on 03. Nov, 2006 in Open Source, Software, Tech, Web Authoring

If you’re a website operator or up-and-coming blogger, you may have noticed your bandwidth bills growing larger each month. Fortunately, there’s a very easy way to transparently compress your pages and save bandwidth and download time for you and your visitors. Version 2 of the Apache web server features a module called “mod_deflate”, [...]

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Blake Ross of Firefox Fame Has a New Project: Parakey

by Jim on 02. Nov, 2006 in Software, Tech, Web Authoring

IEEE Spectrum has a great 4-page article about a new project from Blake Ross.  His idea seems very similar to Adobe’s Apollo project.  It seems that cross-platform, “sometimes connected” web/desktop applications are “coming things“.  The article is a little long, but a very interesting read.
Read more: IEEE Spectrum: The Firefox Kid

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