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On my laptop I hold command+control and hit left or right arrow to move a window to the next space. I also can press CMD+1,2,3,etc to move to that space so I can quickly move to a …

Isn't Gnome-Do just a Quicksilver clone? Rythmnbox just a take on iTunes for Linux? Both are great applications, and arguably an improvement on the projects that inspired them, but…

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/future_cars/mazda_3_2010.html The new Mazda's always crack me up when I see them for the same reason. I wonder if it's a conscious design decision.

I guess we can disagree on the quality of old books. There are a lot of great classics. Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't argue that only new books are worth reading, but if there are…

I disagree. I was pretty impressed at how readable it was on the iPhone. The biggest problem with copyright free e-books is that they are 100 years old, and mostly boring. Not all,…

I started playing banjo 8 months ago. It's pretty much been my only hobby since then. Though, I think the upstairs neighbors may have moved out as a result. I still haven't found a…

I would recommend TextWrangler or Smultron for basic text editing with some nice extra features thrown in.

Please get over yourself. Lots of people have lots of reasons for owning whatever computer they choose. Thanks for the comical generalization though.

There was both a 12inch powerbook and ibook. I owned the 12 inch PB, and it was pretty great, but no better than any of the current 13.3 inch models.

You seem pretty upset about this stuff. I think you're over generalizing about Apple users. Everybody buys things for different reasons.

Actually one thing I really love about OS X is the placement of the command key. Keyboard shortcuts like Command+Q and Command+W are much more convenient then something like Alt+f4…

Apple makes products, and runs their company like a company trying to maximize their profits. You either buy their products, or you don't. Until they start clubbing seals with iPho…

System Prefs -> Displays -> Uncheck "Automatically adjust brightness as ambient light changes", and I believe that will do it for you.

If used responsibly, I don't understand why this is a big deal. In my opinion it's a pretty smart thing to have in place (Though I would hope they would put some verification into …

I'm running Leopard right now, and I have python, perl, curl, ssh, and tcpdump. I have no idea why wget is left out of the default install, but I just get it with macports, which i…