Key combos not Dvorak-aware

on Jun 27, 2005

As I’m doing the Dvorak thing, I’m finding that certain key combos on my mac ignore the Dvorak setting. One example is the highly addictive Dictionary lookup, which used to be at Cmd-Ctrl-D, but now i…

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Dvorak

on Jun 23, 2005
I’ve been doing Dvorak for four days straight now, after seeing the link to that site somewhere, I forget where. This is the third time I’ve tried Dvorak, but the most committed one. I think I shall s…
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5 1/4" drive needed

on Jun 20, 2005

In 1989 I was insightful enough to make backups of the source code to the major pieces of software I had developed by then. The only problem is I made them on 5 1/4” floppies, and now I no longer own …

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Who can host my box?

on Jun 13, 2005
I have a DELL PowerEdge 1600 server box, same form factor as the 1800 line, so no small beast. It’s currently turned off, which is a pity, but it’s too noisy for me to have at home.

Do you have or kn…

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Jarvis' new newsroom

on Jun 12, 2005

Jeff Jarvis: “They also need to waste less effort, talent, and money on commodity news [and instead] concentrate on a newsroom’s real value, reporting”

Wire news come for free these days, either onli…

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