Hacks

PowerBook Portait

PowerBook Portait

Mac OS X Hints uncovers a cool feature in Tiger that allows you to turn your landscape display into a portrait layout: If you go into the Displays preference panel, you will see a new drop down called “Rotate.” This will rotate the image on your display a number of diffrent ways: 90, 180, or […]

Quit the Finder

Quit the Finder

Here’s an option I’ve been waiting to see in Mac OS X for quite some time. MacMod shows how to add a Quit option for the Finder, just as if it were any other app. Here are the results: Notice the lack of folders, files, or other clutter, including the default MacBrian HD icon. Thanks, […]

Burning Man Travel Tip

Over at the O’Reilly Radar, Tim points to a couple great travel tips: It’s probably too late for those of you going this year, but the other day, I heard a novel bit of advice from Christine Herron (to Mark Shuttleworth) about travel to Burning Man: bring a gallon of vinegar. Apparently, the dust in […]