Category: Computing
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Automated Image Resizing in OS X: Take Two
Behind-the-scenes blog update: Until recently, I was using this Automator script to process my digital photos for posting on the blog. This script uses the image manipulation tools built into OS 10.5 / Core Image. These included tools are nice, and easy to use, but the result is an image file that is larger than…
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Dead Hard Drive
Remember that fast, new 2.5″ 7200RPM Seagate 500GB hard drive that I installed in Mac Mini No. 3? Don’t bother, it is dead. It gave no warning (sounds, clicks, errors, etc.), but it died none the less. Just to make sure, I let Disk Warrior run for about five hours, and it too confirmed that…
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What to do with a Pentium III?
A few months ago I found another PC in the garbage. Much like Trash Server, this one was (mostly) functional. But unlike trash server, I didn’t really have a use for it. This beige mini tower sports a 733MHz Pentium III CPU, a couple smallish hard drives, and a dead CD drive. After sitting…