Saved

A friend suggested to me that I look into filesystem recovery tools for my recently lost photos. It turns out there are tons of them, especially for lost photos on memory cards. Of the many available for the Mac, I chose PhotoRescue (which appears to be made by the same people who make the legendary […]

Mac Keyboard Junkies

I realized today, perhaps just a tad too late, that being a keyboard enthusiast and being a mac user doesn’t really go together too well. At least 90% of the worlds keyboards are built for the PC. That means they’re PS/2, or they don’t have windows keys, or they have windows keys but don’t have […]

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000

*Model*: Number 1048 *Switch Type*: Silent Rubber Dome *Cost*: $45 off of Buy.com Microsoft’s latest entry in the ergonomic keyboard arena. This time, with black and silver stylings and a significantly different shaping. h3. Fixes The newer models of Microsoft’s keyboard line tend to have certain annoying features that everyone complains about. Fortunately, they seem […]

My Mac ate my photos

After coming back from Muir woods with a CF card full of photos, I tried to dump them on to my mac. I’ve done this many times before without problems, but not this time. I should have suspected something funny when Aperture didn’t pop up automatically. I manually started Aperture, then when to the import […]