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Customize your Preferences
If you are routinely switching preferences in a program to perform different tasks, create separate preferences files for each type of activity. To launch the program, use the preferences file for the type of activity you are going to do. For instance, a graphic artist might have a different set of preferences for doing black-and-white [...]
Continue reading...Power Macs Limited Monitor Settings
4. December 2007
Did you know that the Power Mac 7100/66 and 8100/80 (non-AV models) cannot be switched to black-and-white settings? You can’t switch them to 4- or 16-color mode either. If you’ve got CD-ROMs and games that only operate in 16-color or black-and-white modes, you may be a little peeved. This quirk applies only if your monitor [...]
Continue reading...Alias Your Monitors Control Panel for Games
4. December 2007
If you have a game that requires your monitor to be set for 256 colors, make an alias of your Monitors control panel and keep it next to your game’s icon for easy access.
Continue reading...Arcade-Quality Games
4. December 2007
Microsoft Arcade ($30 list) has five arcade-quality games: Asteroids, Battleforce, Centipede, Missile Command and Tempest.
Continue reading...Games Need Color
4. December 2007
One of your games hollers for 256 colors and then quits. Put an alias of the Monitors control panel on your desktop to make the job easier. Or use AppleScript to create a color changer.
Continue reading...Choice Diablo Characters
4. December 2007
Okay, okay, so Blizzard’s wonderful RPG/hack
Continue reading...Fallout Eggs
4. December 2007
Interplay/MacPlay’s terrific role-playing game, Fallout, has a few hidden treats. To find them try the following: In the opening screen, click the Credits button while holding down the Shift key. You’ll view a series of quotes from the development team. Warning: Those offended by four-letter words and sexual innuendo will not want to try this trick.
Continue reading...Moaning Monica
4. December 2007
It had to happen! Download the game, Moaning Monica, freeware, at ChezMark’s archives. I go to this site every single Monday. http://www.ualberta.ca/~mmalowan/Picks.html
Continue reading...Quake Tips
4. December 2007
Not everyone has hours and hours to devote to such pleasures as blowing away Quake’s devilish forces and perhaps — unlike Elvis Costello’s — your aim isn’t completely true. Fear not, there’s an easy aid built right into Quake. With the game in progress, simply press the Tilde (~) key to reveal Quake’s Command Console. [...]
Continue reading...MechWarrior 2
4. December 2007
If you have a brand new Power3D game card, you also received a bundled copy of Activision’s MechWarrior 2. Because you may be too busy admiring the beautiful landscape as rendered by the Power3D card, you may not have time to play the game fair and square. To help you in this regard, try these [...]
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Apple News 
Details about the iPad
Apple’s new page detailing all the uber delicious iPad features can be found here. I want one now!
Antiglare Display Option For 15-inch MacBook Pro Now Available
If you prefer a display with antiglare coating for a matte rather than glossy viewing experience, an antiglare display is now available as a configure-to-order option on all 15-inch MacBook Pro models. This display has a silver aluminum bezel, which is the same as the 17-inch antiglare MacBook Pro display.Google CEO Schmidt leaves Apple board
In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cited potential conflicts of interest in explaining Schmidt’s resignation.
“Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings,” he said.
Apple is racing to offer a portable tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution.
via Financial Times.
4. December 2007
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