Archives for July, 2008

Johnny Bunko for Indies July 31st, 2008

I read The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need yesterday. It was a lightning-quick and very entertaining read… especially since it is in Manga (which my family after looking over my shoulder means “comics for adults.”) I love self-improvement books anyways and I’ve enjoyed all of Daniel Pink‘s books. It …

Mac tip: How to clean your Mighty Mouse’s scroll ball July 30th, 2008

I really like my Mighty Mouse. It’s elegant yet functional. However, the scroll ball hasn’t been working too well lately. My hands are sorta oily and it probably doesn’t help that I eat in front of the computer sometimes. Specifically, the down scroll doesn’t work well – it just sort of slips. You can’t disassemble …

Safari Tip: How to fix Safari when it gets sluggish July 28th, 2008

I started noticing that my MacBook Pro’s performance was getting sluggish compared to my iMac’s performance. I was wondering if I needed a reinstall but I narrowed it down to Safari. Firefox was still working well as were my other apps. Rebooting didn’t help it. I further narrowed down the issue to Flash videos like …

Bookmarking advice from How to Cheat at Organizing July 8th, 2008

I’m reading an organizing book called How to Cheat at Organizing by Jeff Bredenberg. He gives some good advice on bookmarking (the emphasis is mine): Bookmark the best sites. If you’re not in the habit of bookmarking your favorite Internet sites, start doing it, says Erika Salloux, the personal and business organizer. There are way …