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Archives for June 2015

Sync2Mac8Ways

Backup or sync eight ways with ChronoSync. Bootable, mirrored, remote, scheduled, local, iOS storage, and automatic backups.

Try The Mac Record Book For Artists

Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Sometimes I wonder if I bring any value to humanity at all. I can't sing. Can't dance. Can't play a musical instrument. When I tried out for music and band in middle school I was asked by the instructor if I liked art. I took art classes but can't draw, can't paint, and my color tastes are mostly monochromatic.... Read More »
Saturday, June 27, 2015

Before ‘The Big Bang Theory’

I couldn't find the question but Answers has a look at the stars from The Big Bang Theory before they were stars. Warning. Lots of clicks for just a little information for the curious, ipso facto, and Voila!Spoiler Alert!Mayim Bialik - Was Blossom on TV Kaley Cuoco - child star for 20 years Johnny... Read More »
Friday, June 26, 2015

Cars That Depreciate Like A Stock Market Crash

Depreciation isn't always on the mind of a new car buyer, but this list from PM is an eye opener: When the recession first reared its ugly head, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted by 53.7 percent between October 2007 and March 2009. Fortunately, while shiny new car drops precipitously in value... Read More »
Thursday, June 25, 2015

‘What I Learned From Buying a Car at Auction’

Car and truck auctions are popular among dealers and traders, but sometimes the general public gets a shot and the results are not always pretty. Peter Martin with details:The car was listed as a '79 Z/28. That was all we knew—no trip to a mechanic, not even a minute in the driver's seat, let alone... Read More »
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Apple Plans To Change The iPhone

This really should not constitute 'news' but it says something about BGR:According to a source familiar with the plans of Apple’s display suppliers, the first iPhone to have a flexible display might be released in 2018 – assuming Apple sticks to its current iPhone naming pattern, the iPhone 8... Read More »

What’s In Mud? You Don’t Want To Know

CBS:A young woman went blind in one eye within 24 hours after catching a flesh-eating bacteria during a mud run in Dallas this month.Brittany Williams:My eye started hurting, like maybe I've got mud or some debris in there. When I opened my eye, it was just like white. The whole room was... Read More »

Deep Fried Rat

Brad Reed on what many suspect to be true but probably isn't. Probably.Last week the Internet recoiled in horror when a man in California posted a video of what appeared to be a deep-fried rat that had been served to him at a local KFC. However, it seems that KFC got hold of this alleged rodent and... Read More »

Edit Fonts On A Mac With A Free Blast From The Past

Tuesday, June 23, 2015
It's not always easy to admit, but I was around when Apple introduced fonts to the world with the Mac in 1984 and a year or so later, the LaserWriter printer. Unfortunately, fonts were few and far between (or, excessively expensive from Adobe), so many of us Mac users, including yours truly, made our... Read More »

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If Superman Used A Mac

Give your Mac's Finder new super powers, manage files and folders faster, control it all with Path Finder. Get full keyboard navigation in a Finder-like app with dual pane view, folder sync, and a long list of tools.

Monday, June 22, 2015

How To Dehaze Photos With Haze

This is nothing short of remarkable technology; Adobe's new Dehaze slider in Photoshop and Lightroom. If the proof is in the taste of the pudding then a picture is worth a thousand words.Michael Zang:The photo would have been largely unusable, and Photoshop’s older tools couldn’t do much... Read More »

Samsung’s New TV Is For Trucks

Talk about repurposing and existing product. Vlad Savov on Samsung's plans to put a television and camera into every transport truck. Why?Back in 2009, Russian design house Art Lebedev introduced the dramatically titled Transparentius concept for improving road safety. It was remarkably simple: put... Read More »

To Catch A Thief

Jesse Kiser has a great GoPro video of a motorcyclists chasing down a thief who stole a friend's motorcycle.Motorcycles are very easy to steal. I've heard many horror stories of someone pulling up to the local cafe, running in for a cup of coffee to only return to an empty parking spot moments later.... Read More »

The Background Desktop Photo Switcher Apple Should Have Made For The Mac

Thursday, June 18, 2015
Allow me to state the obvious. I try out a few hundred Mac, iPhone, and iPad apps each year, and each year discard some, keep some, and don't write much about the unworthy. When it comes to Desktop wallpaper photos for the Mac, I keep to whatever new photos grace whatever new OS X version Apple provides.Why... Read More »
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

12 Baffling Questions For ‘Jurassic World’

Indiana Jones had no impact on the outcome of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.' With Indy, or without Indy, the Nazis would have died. What about the new Jurassic World movie? Lots of unanswered questions asked by Donna Dickens.Of course, no one expects air-tight logic from a movie about genetically-recreated... Read More »

Child Plays Alone, Parents Investigated

Beth Greenfield:The mom and dad, Cindy and Fred, were on their way home from running errands but were delayed by rain and traffic. Meanwhile, their 11-year-old son had beaten them home and didn’t have a house key, so he amused himself by shooting some hoops while he waited, for about 90 minutes.Uh... Read More »