MASSIVELY PARALLEL

I’ve started writing for a tech blog called LiveDigitally.com and my first post is up! It’s incredibly nerdy. Go check it out!

http://www.happyvalentinesdaypameiloveyou.com/

On Sunday, my Macbook hard drive died. Died. Fortunately I didn’t lose much data (perform regular back-ups, people!). I pulled out the dead HD, stuck in a working one, and got busy loading it up. Since I’m occasionally asked “what should I install on my new Mac?”, here’s what I put [...]

This is the hard drive that failed on me in the middle Zach Lieberman’s Open Frameworks “knitting circle” on Saturday at Eyebeam. I was typing away, minding my own business, when I got the Spinning Beach Ball of Doom…and then the Beach Ball froze. I powered down, got a grey screen [...]

The Finder’s Sidebar is a great place to put shortcuts to often-used folders, but it can get cluttered up pretty quickly.  Some dividers would really help.  A quick “how-to” on the flip…

and it’s going  to be big.

If I want my body to continue working well into the future, I need to start paying attention to how I’m treating it now. To that end, I’ve been working on a few changes-of-habit:

For my hands: I’ve been learning Dvorak using the excellent DVzine.org, and at 15 minutes a day, its been coming along [...]