Author Archives | Alex

Intrepid Mac is back, and we want you!

Sunday, August 15, 2010

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Remember Intrepid Mac? That website I started like five months ago and then abandoned due to laziness? Well, it’s back, and it’s stronger. The new philosophy of Intrepid Mac is to provide you the news in the quickest form possible, without any fluff. This accomplishes two things: 1) You get the main headlines fast, and [...]

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[External] How to Enable Multitasking on an iPhone 3G or iPod Touch 2G

Friday, July 9, 2010

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You probably didn’t notice, but a couple months back I got a job writing for TheAppleBlog, so from time to time I’m going to post links to some of my articles that may be of interest to you guys. So, without further ado: [link]

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µTorrent For Mac Gets A New Beta

Thursday, June 3, 2010

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µTorrent is the most popular BitTorrent client for Windows, and recently it moved to beta for the Mac. A new beta of the application (labeled as 0.9.3.10) went live this month and features a revised interface and native code (meaning it was developed in Cocoa). The new beta also includes an enhanced torrent info panel, tweaks to µTP, support for magnet links, and [...]

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My Dock (Part One)

Monday, May 24, 2010

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My dock is normally positioned on the left, since it’s more space-efficient there. I also use the 2D dock and not the pseudo-3D one. It’s just too glitzy for me. (Reflections! Everywhere!) Now here’s what’s in my dock: Finder — I prefer the spatial Finder, so I always hide the Finder’s toolbars (yet they somehow [...]

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Seesmic For iPhone Now Available

Friday, May 21, 2010

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It’s only been a day since Twitter for iPhone was released, and Seesmic, everyone’s favorite raccoon-based Twitter client, now has its own app that went live today. When you first start Seesmic for iPhone, you get the dashboard, which has four boxes with little ‘+’ signs in them, called Spaces. Tapping on one of the [...]

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Why The Windows 7 Taskbar Sucks

Monday, February 22, 2010

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Windows 7 has been quite a hit among Windows users, some calling it what Vista should have been. I’ve used Windows 7 as a secondary OS since the public beta, and I’ve never really been comfortable with the new taskbar. These are the reasons why. That extra click—By default, the Windows 7 taskbar groups instances [...]

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Re: 10 reasons I’ll be passing on the iPad

Friday, February 5, 2010

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This is a response to the article “10 reasons I’ll be passing on the iPad,” where Debra Shinder details how the iPad isn’t for her. I’ve criticized Deb before. I read her blog and I’m subscribed to her Win7 News mailing list, and I’ve noticed that whenever she talks about Apple, she somehow gets in [...]

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