Category: Computing

  • Minor Updates

    Minor Updates

    Not much is going on here, so I’ll share some minor and likely boring updates.  I haven’t mentioned any computer issues, projects or upgrades recently.  So, here is one:  I swapped the 2.5″ 500GB 5400RPM hard drive in the newest of the Mac Minis for a 2.5″ 500GB 7200RPM drive.  In an equally interesting news,…

  • New Apples

    New Apples

    I couldn’t resist. I saw that shiny Apple store in one of those new Microsoft commercials and had to get another Mac. I chose a the base model Mac Mini, and added some upgrades. These new Mac Minis are a departure from the previous generations in that the base model is identical to the more…

  • Automated Image Resizing in OS X

    Automated Image Resizing in OS X

    I’ve been resizing a lot of images for use on this and other blogs recently. This can be quite tedious and time consuming. Originally, I was using Photoshop CS3 to open, resize and save the images in a 1024px max width and a 500px max width and appending the appropriate resolution to the end of…