Micheal Kelly

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• Commented on 27" iMac rules Apple's new gear
  Everyone seems to be missing one new feature of the iMac: you can use it as an external display for your MacBook Pro or other Mini DisplayPort-enabled system/device. From Apple's iMac Features page: http://www.apple.com/imac/features.html "The Mini DisplayPort lets you connect...
• Commented on Speaking in Canada (PEI, Waterloo, Ottawa) next week
  Ah yes! The Waterloo independent studies program where students get to define their own education and research. I laugh because I was a part of that program at one point back in the 90s. Lots of fun - some *really*...
• Commented on QWERTY bike grips
  Steve Roberts (the guy who rode across the US on a several bikes decked out with serious computer gear in the 80s) built a functional chording keyboard into his handlebars so he could write while riding: http://microship.com/resources/technomadic-tools.html#chord...
• Commented on We found the chip inside the new iPod headphones...but is it DRM? (Update: It is not!)
  So let me see if I understand this: The new Shuffle doesn't have any controls on it. So you need to rely on controls on the headphone / headset instead. As far as I know, there is no universal protocol...
• Commented on OSX on Vaio P
  oh, and for the record ZuZu: Fedora detected both the onboard wireless and dongle-ethernet without difficulty. I'm doing a network install right now. According to AdamW over at http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/01/29/vaio-p-linux-update-fedora-10/ , VESA graphics are workable and there are Intel GMA 500...
• Commented on OSX on Vaio P
  #11 / #12: ZUZU: Ask and you shall receive. Within limits, that is (I don't like MediaWiki much). I've set up a simple Dokuwiki to document Linux installs on the Vaio P-series netbooks (er, "Lifestyle PCs"). You can find it...
• Commented on Funny commercial for Microsoft's Songsmith
  The true horror of this "technology" is yet to be revealed... Oh hell, I'm going to reveal it: Tone-deaf and off-key kids, teens and adults are going to record something with this and then upload it to their MySpace pages....
• Commented on Apple dropping DRM from music in iTunes, keeping DRM for audiobooks, video
  Oh and Cory: take your victories when you get them. There is no more DRM on Apple music. Audio books and films hopefully aren't that far off. Celebrate today, and wait until tomorrow to gripe about what hasn't changed....
• Commented on Apple dropping DRM from music in iTunes, keeping DRM for audiobooks, video
  Reville: "Clearly, all three of these statements are laughable, if you know anything about the companies involved." Why? Explain please. Do you work for any of these companies? Are you on a first-name basis with their management and executive staff?...
• Commented on Apple to Mac owners: throw away your monitor if Hollywood says so
  Why do people keep acting as though Apple is the only company to do this? The new XBox 360 update with streaming movies via Netflix? HDCP-enabled: http://www.slashgear.com/netflix-on-xbox-360-demands-hdcp-copy-protection-3020852/ PS3? HDCP-enabled. Vista (and it's safe to assume Windows 7): HDCP-enabled. Hey, here's...
• Commented on Sarah Palin in 30 seconds
  Please. Please. PLEASE! No more "Nucular"! Just hearing nuclear mispronounced like that makes my ears bleed....
• Commented on HOWTO anonymize your digital photos
  Interesting. Reminds me of my undergrad research astronomy research. Astronomers have to deal with this all the time, and there is existing software and procedures to handle it in a mostly-automated sort of way. Google for flat fields, dark frames,...
• Commented on Re-creation of "Who's On First routine"
  Oh! That's "art". I get it. Can I have my precious time back please? No? Sigh....
• Commented on Lawsuit about risk of CERN and parallel universe
  Er. Botanist?...
• Commented on Furry Couture at Tokyo Fashion Week
  Funny, I just discovered this rather amusing video of Christopher Judge of Stargate fame, learning about furries (and specifically, the subgenre that is into furry sex): http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=zB_1SK0I_sM...
• Commented on Futuristic public toilet in London
  There's one in Vancouver too, at the intersection of Terminal and Main. I did a quick Google and found this article about it....
• Commented on Pancakes in a pressurized can
  Um. I might be naive, but seriously - how many times a week do you make pancakes? Often enough that having a can of "Batter Blaster" will improve your quality of life? If so, please go find a good doctor...
• Commented on Starbucks sweepstakes requires Canadians to answer math question.
  Here's a wikipedia article on the Canadian Skill Testing Question. At least it ensures that our lottery players have a basic ability in mathematics. :) CoffeeGeek: Sorry to hear that our laws make your life so difficult....
• Commented on Rolling Stone -- every issue from 1967 to 2007 on DVD
  Mark, Try installing to your HD (as you've already done), then manually copying the files to folder on an external drive. Once you've done that, make a symbolic link from where the files used to be on the internal, to...
• Commented on Mac trojan in the wild
  braschlosan: Notice all the steps you have to take in order to install this (including entering your admin password - something you should never do with software from an unfamiliar source) Any computer - Windows, Mac, Linux, Commodore 64s, and...
• Commented on Contest Update: Neuros x <i>Boing Boing Gadgets</i> Extended (with Bonus Nokia N95)
  "No work sent (there was work for other platforms)" So despite the fact that I have installed BOINC, it looks as though the Cosmology@Home project is a wee bit biased towards Windows (and possibly Linux) users eh? Meh I say!...
• Commented on Flyer for an awesome dog
  LOL - that made me laugh ... also reminded me of a "Missing: Imaginary Friend" poster I saw on Robson St. in Vancouver back in 2001. I put a copy up on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_fyzziks/1734618602/...