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So, funny story. My current job is at a small construction company, and one day I was helping one of our project managers come up with measurements from a set of plans to put together an estimate. I was able to pull off the measurements that were already on the plans, but there were some places...

So when I start up or log in to my computer, my menubar items take on a weird space between some of them, like groups (first screenshot). I have no idea why this happens, and stranger still, at some point it often fixes itself, again where I have no idea why. Does anyone know why this is...

Hi guys, I'm trying to get our ancient beige Power Mac G3 to talk to an even older Personal LaserWriter NTR so I can give it to a yet older friend. Unfortunately, while almost everything else works on the computer (amazingly), I can't get the printer to show up in any AppleTalk zones. I...

MacNN had a blurb on the Matias OS X Keyboard. There are a few things that set this keyboard apart from most. First, a few keys have been rearranged or added. There is a tab key on the numeric keypad, and the Caps Lock key has been moved under right shift to make room for an extra Control...

This isn't a Mac-related question, but I thought I'd ask it here anyway. Our DVD player (as in the one that hooks up to the TV and the 5.1 surround sound system) finally decided to kick the can. (It choked on a horse, and the horse's name was Seabiscuit. :D) This old Sony was showing signs...

Have you given to the 2004 Squeeze- er, Share-a-thon yet? I gave $5 pretty much as soon as I saw it just to get it out of the way.

I went to Best Buy today (yesterday, technically) and compared gamepads before buying a cheapo from Gamer's Factory (yeah, I never heard of them either). The problem, of course, is that the software is Windoze-only. I downloaded GamePad Companion, but it won't recognize the pad (or my mouse...

Lately I've been unable to use File Sharing on either the G3 or my iMac in OS 9 (only my iMac has OS X, and I have no idea to connect to the G3 from it, so I don't even bother). The two computers are sharing a DSL connection through a Siemens 2-port router. Neither has a problem with going on...

I'm getting a MySQL error when I try to mass update my subscriptions. I click the checkbox to select all threads and I select "No email notification," and when I click submit it gives me the following:

How do I get the G3 to stop trying to connect to my iMac (in OS X) when it starts up (hint: before you ask OS, etc. read my signature)? If my iMac's asleep, the G3 freezes. Turning FS off on the G3 doesn't do it, I suspect that will just disallow me from connecting to it from my iMac. Do I...

Well, Panther's been upon us for a good two months, so why not start suggesting what we'd like to see in the next version of OS X? You can never start too soon, right? ;) Some of you may recall the thread I started earlier this year, called Some changes for 10.3. It's interesting to look...

Okay, as you all know (or should know by now ;)), my primary machine is a 400 Mhz iMac DV SE with 640 MB of RAM. I am typing this into Safari 1.1 under OS X 10.3.2, and I would like suggestions on how to squeeze every second of performance out of this li'l ol' machine (aside from buying a new...

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It's December, which means a certain something is coming up! No, not Christmas... I know, you guys are excited about it, but I don't care about Christmas because I'm Jewish. (And don't say Hanukah. ;)) No, I'm talking about the next Macworld Expo in San Francisco in early January! I got the...

Well, it figures, but GOP leaders in the Senate are trying to pass a new energy bill that will be to the environment what the Patriot Act was to civil liberties. Citizens of the United States, call your senators and urge them to vote this bill down! Read more in this PDF.

Nor am I Mohammed Ali. Nor am I Walt Whitman. Nor Al Gore. Who am I, you may ask? I am you. You are me. We each carry a little piece of everyone else inside. Look in the mirror. What do you see? You should see you. You should also see me. You should see your mother and father. You...

Here is the announcement. What do you guys think about this? What might this mean for the future of the handheld market, if anything? What will this mean for the Visor and Treo line of handhelds? Will they simply adopt the Palm brand name, will they change the models to something...

Okay, who here uses USB Overdrive with his mouse in OS X? Because I've tried, and it doesn't recognize my mouse. Granted, it's a "PC" mouse (a Starlogic 8D), but USB OD works fine in OS 9... where's the love from above in the new OS working with my mouse? Pic is for reference, so y'alls can...

Okay, since Androo's so busy nowadays, I will be taking over for him for weekly mystery photos/sounds. I will post a new one at the beginning of each week (which for me starts Sunday), and I will post the answer by the weekend. If anyone wants to suggest a prize system for correct guesses, I...

Recently, I have noticed a couple things about this site: 1) At precisely 12 midnight, Internet Explorer freezes the computer for several minutes. After, oh, 8 minutes or so, the computer unfreezes and I can use it again. And it only happens when I have this site open. 2) Between 1:20...