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Archive for November, 2009

Innovation in audio volume UI

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Wow, the upcoming Chumby has an incredibly simple and intuitive UI for adjusting volume: just turn the dial. No unlocking to make the volume UI available.  No having to ensure that you are in the right mode.  You can feel for it and operate it without even looking, with instant response. What a great idea! [...]

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How to fix the stationery feature in Mac OS X

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Stationery is broken in the Mac OS. Here’s the fix, and a workaround in the mean time.

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