Portable Document Format, or .pdf, is my favourite filetype to send to others when I want to show them a document, and I care about formatting, filesize and compatibility. Your Mac comes with Preview, and Windows users can download a multitude of .pdf readers like Foxit Reader and Acrobat to read .pdf’s.
Click here to continue reading about how to create your PDF’s without using Acrobat
I love showing my friends YouTube videos when they come to my place, but I hate shaking that mouse to keep the screen from dimming. Sometimes in protest I turn the screen/power saving off, but then I forget to turn them back on. Headache!!!
So I finally got sick of this and installed a slick little program called Caffeine. It’s a menu bar app that keeps your computer awake. Download it, drag it into your Applications folder, then double click it to run it.
One click fills the cup and keeps your computer awake…
…and one click turns it off and allows your computer to use the screen/power saver.
Super simple, and it works. Awesomeness.
I only wish that I could decaffeinate myself that easily…
If you’ve seen Star Wars, you’ve no doubt wished that you could move an object just by thinking about it. Well, mankind is a step closer to this reality. 60 minutes recently broadcast a story about Brain Control Interface (BCI), and I’m still reeling from it, just thinking about the impending fallout from this technology. Amazing, inspiring, breath-taking… I challenge you to watch this and not be surprised!
CBS link via Lifehacker.com
“A big red button is, by human nature, an object of compulsion. If you see it, you are overcome with the desire to push it. But what happens when you do?”
I need one of these!!! Here’s the story behind the EPB.
Alright, I’ve had enough. Whenever I open an .torrent file, Opera automatically opens, and not Transmission. So how do I change a file’s default application?
First, find that file (in my case, a .torrent file) and right click (or control + click) it. Select “Get Info” from the menu.
From this menu, click the triange beside the “Open With” pane to reveal the default application switcher.
Select your app from the drop down menu (I want Transmission) and then click “Change All”
Voila! Close the window!
Note: Oh, and if you only want that single file to open in that program, and all the rest to still stay in the other type, don’t click “Change All”. Just close the window.
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