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Mozy

May 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Unreal Blog Physics, Philosophy and Money “An excellent book!”             — Paul Wilmott Principles of quantitative development I’ve been meaning to write for quite some time on some of the software and habits that have made my life work so much better. I often harp online about people backing up. My coworker recently had her computer [...]

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Colbri: Quicksilver-ish app for Windows

February 4th, 2006 · No Comments

The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy “For thinking laymen.” One of the many reasons to love the Mac is Quicksilver. Quicksilver is a keyboard application launcher but so much more. At it’s simplest, type <command> and <space> and the quicksilver window opens on the screen. Then start typing the first few letters [...]

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Pray hacks: Silence and notecards

January 17th, 2006 · No Comments

The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy “For thinking laymen.” Aren’t those two strange words to put together: Prayer hacks? Let me explain. Anything we do, we can learn to do better, and often the difference between one and another is simply implementing tricks that allow you to accomplish more then you did [...]

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Techtip: Outlining in Textedit for Mac

January 2nd, 2006 · 1 Comment

I am more and more trying to get away from proprietary formats for word processing, i.e. Microsoft Word and Apple’s Pages. This allows portability because files are saved in RTF or straight ascii. One trick I’ve posted before is to set your default application for opening a .doc document in the Mac to textedit. I’m [...]

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