Apple this morning released the Mighty Mouse ($49 at the Apple Store). With a scrollball, left and right click, and side buttons, it’s a big departure from Apple’s old opposition to multi-button mice. Apple didn’t invent the mouse, but they were probably the first to put mice through usability testing. One, two, and three button [...]

Posted August 2, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: apple, computer, hci, human factors, mac, macintosh, mice, mouse, multi-button mice, multi-button mouse, one button, one button mice, one button mouse, two button mice, two button mouse, two buttons. One Comment.

Other than a bit of head scratching after the announcement in June, I’ve been quiet about Apple’s switch to Intel processors. Now, ArsTechnica’s Jon “Hannibal” Stokes has written some of the most intelligent material I’ve seen since.
How’s it work? Hannibal thinks Apple’s relationship with IBM soured to the point where they refused to play the [...]

Posted July 13, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: apple, arstechnica, big switch, intel, ipod, mac, personal lifestyle, switch to intel, wwdc, xscale. Be the first one.

Everybody else may know this, but MacOS X includes the command-line utility to make Windows-compatible ZIP files. It works a lot like tar, but without needing any switches.
> zip {target file} {source files}

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Posted June 22, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: archive, command line, compression, mac, mac os X, tar, zip. 4 Comments.