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    OS X Aqua programming WITHOUT Xcode?

    Does anyone have some good pointers to documentation on writing native Cocoa/Aqua apps in Objective-C that DON'T just go through XCode and Interface Builder? I'd like to get a solid handle on the way the system works, and I'm also working on learning how to write GUI code in a solid...
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    Best (cheap) webcam?

    Ok, I'm looking for a relatively cheap webcam, mostly for chatting with my girlfriend overseas -- we can use MSN messenger on one of the spare PCs I have laying around (had to install Windows *solely* for that purpose), and she doesn't have a Mac, so iChat is right out. Mercury looks like it...
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    Mac for Mom?

    Ok, so here's the deal -- I'm thinking about getting my mom a new(er) computer for Christmas. As I don't have a spare grand laying around at the moment (I'm a senior in college), I'm looking around at options for a used Mac, and I'm not too sure what would be a good match. I pretty much just...
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    Mac Os X Vpn

    VPN is a generic term; you'll need to be more specific. What kind of VPN?
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    Japanese Input and Dictionaries?

    I've been studying Japanese for about two-ish years now, and regularly chat with friends (as well as my girlfriend) online in Japanese. As I'm a native English speaker, this isn't always easy, so under Linux, I've made heavy use of a little terminal-based program called 'xjdic' to look up kanji...
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    What is X11?

    If xterm under X11 on OS X behaves like xterm on any other Unix platform, you need to edit a file called .Xresources in your home directory, and reload the file with a command called 'xrdb'. Here's a snippet about xterm from my .Xresources (on my Linux workstation): xterm*termName...
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