Clark's Tech Blog

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• Build your own magnetic levitator

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• Script to toggle viewing hidden files in the Finder.

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• Building a laser cutter using only a 1 Watt diode. Man, if only I had time...

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• Keep your iPhone wifi connection live. That way you're not always turning the phone on just to access it from the Finder. Add the Insomnia SBSetting to turn this off when not in use.

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• The psychological benefits of schedules. Sadly I've found this as well. The main reason I quit doing IT is people would want me in at 9 and be in late working on the machines.

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• How to port a font to iOS.

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• Windows Live Sync for Mac available. I might give this an other try. In the spring I'd looked at a ton of syncing options and none of them, including Microsoft's, were up to the task. I loved the idea of Live Sync (then Live Mesh) but it just didn't work well in the beta.

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• Sharing your dotfiles. I really need to go back and reorganize all my .bash_profile stuff. Maybe that'll be a good way to get a few more scripting posts up here.

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• Problems with Google adsense. Customer relations have long been Google's achilles heel. For most of their services there is no one you can call to even get a simple answer as to what is wrong, let alone fix it. When cell carriers are a huge step up in customer service you know there's something wrong.

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• 1/3 of AT&T iPhone 4 users would leave to Verizon if given a chance. I bet they say that because they didn't look at the early termination fees and having to buy a new phone. That said I hope Apple goes Verizon if only to make the network better for the rest of us who stay. (For the record - no trouble with my iPhone 4. Some places it's better and some places worse.)

  See this larger article at MacRumors that gives more extensive statistics.

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