Put the knife down and take a green herb, dude. (c) Ruffin Bailey 2001-2021

I guess this Ecofont deal is an inspired idea. Somewhat reeks of the, "If I'm going to claim to be an environmentalist, I sorta have to use it," slant that makes a certain flavor of personality use a hybrid, buy food from Whole Foods, pay more for recycled paper, yet still use 120 brightness toilet paper. You know, them.

The gist is that they cheese grated the font, and put holes all over it. As they describe it, "After extensive testing with all kinds of shapes, the best results were achieved using small circles. After lots of late hours (and coffee) this resulted in a font that uses up to 20% less ink."

I tried it out at 9 pt like the creators suggest. I must have Thunderbird printing even smaller, though, as I can only barely make out a few holes, and where I see them it looks a little like my toner's running out. TextEdit made the holes more pronounced. I guess that might be 20% less. If it is, kudos. Except for disappearing lines in "n" and "t", etc, it's not too bad.

Do your part, hybrid owners. And for the rest of us, consider saving some toner. Now if they'd just create a monospace version...

Upgrading a user to Windows Vista from Windows 2000 | User Support | TechRepublic.com:

For this option, when you try to activate the software, you’ll be told, The Software Licensing Service determined that this specific product key can only be used for upgrading, not for a clean install. At this point, all you’ll have to do is install Vista again, but this time you’ll be upgrading to Vista from Vista. That sounds strange, I know, but it’s true. When you install Vista a second time, you’ll want to do it from the new installation of Vista, not by booting from the DVD. You do want to enter the product key the second time around, and you do want to choose the upgrade option.

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Friday, June 19, 2009
Save the earth with your font choice I guess this Ecofont deal is an inspired idea. Somewhat reeks of the, "If I'm going to claim to be an environmentalist, I sorta have to use it," slant that makes a certain flavor of personality use a hybrid, buy food from Whole Foods, pay more for recycled paper, yet still use 120 brightness toilet paper. You know, them. The gist is that they cheese grated the font, and put holes all over it. As they describe it, "After extensive testing with all kinds of shapes, the best results were achieved using small circles. After lots of late hours (and coffee) this resulted in a font that uses up to 20% less ink." I tried it out at 9 pt like the creators suggest. I must have Thunderbird printing even smaller, though, as I can only barely make out a few holes, and where I see them it looks a little like my toner's running out. TextEdit made the holes more pronounced. I guess that might be 20% less. If it is, kudos. Except for disappearing lines in "n" and "t", etc, it's not too bad. Do your part, hybrid owners. And for the rest of us, consider saving some toner. Now if they'd just create a monospace version... posted by ruffin at 6/19/2009 12:12:00 PM

Friday, June 12, 2009
"New study shows iPhone users to be in a class by themselves" From AppleInsider \| New study shows iPhone users to be in a class by themselves: iPhone users are richer, younger, and perhaps even more productive at work than those who use competing smartphones, according to a new study released Friday. In breaking news, a more recent study says that those who have purchased an iPhone after reading this story tend to be poorer, older, and perhaps less productive at work than they wish to appear. posted by ruffin at 6/12/2009 02:28:00 PM

iTunes on Boot Camp sux0rz Okay, look... There's no reason to use one set of naming conventions on Windows for iTunes when it keeps your music folder organized and another on OS X. None. No, I understand different naming conventions on different plats and formats makes sense on some level. What you do is go back to fourth grade and recall Lowest Common Demoninators. Make both iTunes versions use a naming convention that works in either OS. Then when I use the same folder for music for iTunes running in Windows and OS X on the same Mac, I don't suddenly lose songs in both when I switch OSes. That's just good programming, folks. Labels: iTunes, os x, windows posted by ruffin at 6/12/2009 01:28:00 PM

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Installing Vista Upgrade on OS X? Maybe. Upgrading a user to Windows Vista from Windows 2000 \| User Support \| TechRepublic.com: For this option, when you try to activate the software, you’ll be told, The Software Licensing Service determined that this specific product key can only be used for upgrading, not for a clean install. At this point, all you’ll have to do is install Vista again, but this time you’ll be upgrading to Vista from Vista. That sounds strange, I know, but it’s true. When you install Vista a second time, you’ll want to do it from the new installation of Vista, not by booting from the DVD. You do want to enter the product key the second time around, and you do want to choose the upgrade option. Labels: os x, problem solved, vista, windows posted by ruffin at 6/10/2009 02:30:00 PM

Friday, June 05, 2009
Note to self: Moving your OS X user dir in 10.5 macosxhints.com - 10.5: Easily change the location of your home directory: First, copy your home directory to the desired location; for example, to an external hard drive.... Then Control-click on your account's name in the Accounts pane of System Preferences and choose the Advanced Options item that appears. In the new Advanced Options screen, you'll see a field for Home Directory; enter the path to your new home directory here, or click on the Choose button and navigate to the new home directory. Labels: problem solved posted by ruffin at 6/05/2009 05:12:00 PM

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