I just read about the Media Center RSS reader on The Unofficial Blog of the Unofficial Guide to Windows Vista, and hoped it would work with the Xbox 360 Media Center Extender. It does, but it takes a couple extra steps, because the Xbox 360 Media Center Extender runs under a different user account. First […]
Hackszine reader Abhay Krishna wrote in about a cool Firefox plugin that allows you to drag and drop files into your Gmail account. This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2.8 GB and growing) for file storage. It acts as an online drive, so you can upload files from your hard drive and […]
In addition to operating Front Row, Keynote, and iPhoto, the Apple remote is capable of a few less documented tricks. You can sleep/wake your Mac by holding down the play/pause button (particularly useful for media boxes). Pressing both the play and the menu buttons, you can also pair the remote to your machine, so that […]
Every now and then, I dust off one of the many classic games I never finished and give it another go. This time it’s Baldur’s Gate II. Every time I do this, I have to deal with the “Insert Your Play Disc” hassle. I don’t mind this when it’s my desktop computer, but on my […]
GMail Loader is a cross-platform Python utility that can import mail messages from several mail storage formats (including mBox and MailDir) straight into your GMail account. It doesn’t currently support Outlook’s PST format, but there are utilities for converting PST to mBox format (see below). Eventually, support for direct access to IMAP will be added, […]
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Jesse David Hollington put together a set of scripts that automatically disables and enables his screensaver password when his cellphone comes in and out of Bluetooth range. Ideally, I would want to activate the OS X screen saver and enable the password protection when I move away from my computer (out of Bluetooth range), but […]
