Click To Play Since its beta release, Parallels has let Mac users run Windows simultaneously with Mac OS X on any Intel Mac, which is a real boon whenever you need that one Windows-specific program you just can’t avoid. But the recent Official Update (free for all registered users of Parallels Desktop) offers the ability […]
I’ve been using a MacBook Pro for about a year now, but with a growing desire to be able to swap internal hard drives whenever I feel like it, I’ve decided to switch to a black MacBook. It’s basically perfect, except for a barely audible whine (which I’m convinced most people would not even notice). […]
The Consumerist had an interesting article last month about certain retailers using a price coding scheme to indicate different discount classes. For instance, if you are at Sears and see something priced ending with .95, it means it’s an out of production, clearance product. At Office Depot, prices not ending with 0,9, or 5 are […]
Ed note: In this guest post, veteran Hacks series author Paul Bausch takes on a challenge that’s been on my todo list for a while, providing a solution that should be of immediate interest to all readers of this site and just might serve as a seed for future hacking around here. I have a […]
Jeremiah of Z Recommends has just launched a promising new site for hacking parents called toyinstructions: a collaborative wiki of deep links to instructions, user manuals, and building guides for toys and children’s games. This site also offers links to blog searches, photos, and Yahoo user groups for toy brands, and a moderated list of […]
Gmail has an intersting feature that allows you to append a keyword to your email address with the plus (+) character. For example, username+spam@gmail.com will still deliver mail to username@gmail.com. This essentially allows you to create a unique email address whenever you need one. This comes in really handy is if you are ever required […]
Windows Vista has a 30-day grace period before you’re required to activate it. This can be inconvenient for people who do a lot of testing and frequent clean installs; even though the MSDN subscription includes several activations, what’s the point of activating it on a real or virtual machine that may be running some other […]
