2011 ← Designated Nerd

Quasi-Related: Make Your Own Moving Labels

Jul

27

2011

I originally typed this info up as a response to a post over at Lifehacker. While this falls outside of most of my technical help suggestions, since it involves using technology to make your move easier, I decided to put it up over here. The last time I moved, I found something that helped me ...

This Damn Thing Is Stuck On My Screen, and I Can’t Type

May

10

2011

This is a slightly more advanced problem than most of the ones I’ve covered so far, but this saved me so much time and aggravation, I wanted to share how I dealt with this problem in detail. On OS X, Spaces and text expansion software don’t really play nicely. If you switch back and forth ...

Dude, Where’s My Safari Address Bar?

May

8

2011

There are two possibilities, depending on what you’re seeing. This is how the top of your Safari window should look, with the address bar: If it looks like this instead: Then you have accidentally hidden the address bar.

Help! My Mac’s Screen is Showing Negative Colors! 3

May

8

2011

Let’s say your Mac should display a screen like this: But instead it looks a bit more like this: Somehow, the “show negative colors” preference has become activated.

Special Super-Secret Bonus Link!

May

1

2011

In 2010, I helped move a friend’s comments from Haloscan to Blogger’s native commenting system. It was ridiculously, hilariously complicated, and if you’re looking for something a little more in-depth and perhaps headache-inducing, please check out the post on my personal blog, So You Want To Move Your Comments From Haloscan To Blogger….