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Find large files on mac

9 Jul

Found a good article on how to find large files on the Mac OS X.  You can also save it as a smart folder so you can quickly see the largest files on your computer. http://www.chriswrites.com/2012/02/10-tips-to-free-up-hard-drive-space-in-mac-os-x/

Steve Jobs Videos

18 Oct

Steve Jobs had a passion for making a change in the world.  You can see it in everything he does and everything he says.  Below are some videos of Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs Commencement Speech – A great speech inspiring Stanford graduates to follow their heart. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Steve Jobs on Microsoft [...]

New iOS 5 Apps

15 Oct

Find My Friends This is an app I wanted to do for a while, but never got around to actually doing it.  The app lets you find your friends on a map.  You can request to temporarily or permanently follow a friend.  Once your friend accepts, you can see where they are.  A benefit of [...]

Requesting a Refund from iTunes

1 Oct

Problem I recently purchased an App from the App Store and it does not do what it said it is supposed to do.  I am not happy with my purchase and would like a refund.   How do I get a refund from Apple?   Solution Launch iTunes on your computer In the upper right [...]

HTC Thunderbolt 4G – A lot of Power

27 Sep

 If you have the Verizon HTC Thunderbolt, you may notice that your battery life goes down a bit too fast.  This is because the 4G antenna takes up a lot of power.  There is no easy way to switch it between 3G and 4G, but there is a way. To switch the phone between 3G [...]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

22 Sep

Earlier this month, the  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition was released.  It costs $99 and includes 1 year membership to the Call of Duty Elite.  This includes all the downloadable content for Call of Duty which they say is 20 pieces over a 9 month period.  It also includes a bunch of [...]

GoDaddy Refund

16 Sep

Today I learned GoDaddy offers a refund if you cancel your hosting plan early.  I couldn’t really find a straight answer for this and wanted to be sure.  So I emailed support and they replied pretty quickly saying they would refund the unused months.  To be sure this still applies and applies to you, send [...]

IE Takes Time

1 Sep

IE has officially forced me to spend 50% more time to complete a project.  Bugs, workarounds, special IE filters, all contributed to the time.  The last 3 or 4 projects, I tracked my hours spent on IE.  Maybe Microsoft secretly hates other developers. I have a new example demonstrating a few HTML 5 features like: [...]