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Tool of the Day: Synergy
I’m a big evangelist for Synergy, a cross-platform software based keyboard and mouse switch. I use three computers throughout the day – a Vista laptop for email and Twitter, a Mac Mini for testing on native Safari and synching my iPod Touch and a Vista desktop with two large monitors for development. Without Synergy I’d be swimming in keyboards and mice.
[Read More]Clickity click click.
Discussing keyboards sometimes invokes passionate responses from users. Loathed by some and loved by others, the IBM “clickity” keyboard is still being made by a company in Kentucky. Mine is in my attic.
[Read More]Cool use of Wii remotes
The Pixel Project developed an interactive table combining the Papervision3D and WiiFlash libraries for the Liliesleaf Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa. WiiFlash lets you hook up a Wii remote (and now the Balance Board) to a PC/Mac using its Bluetooth interface.
[Read More]Instant subdomains with Apache and mod_rewrite
I thought I would share a technique we use here at Tierra for instantly creating subdomains on our development servers without having to touch the Apache config files or restarting Apache. This is useful for quick projects or per developer sandboxes on a project.
[Read More]Buying Experiences or the $25 Pancake Breakfast
The old sales cliche of “sell the sizzle and not the steak” is, like a lot of cliches, often true. Sometimes what drives customers to buy is not about the product itself but the experience surrounding the product. Two weekends ago that point was driven home to me when my family and I repeated what has become a yearly tradition.
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