Monthly Archives: November 2006

Zune and iPod sales discussion

Posted on 28 November 2006 by tychay

Replied to a MacRumors discussion:
I have no idea where you got that one from. The original Xbox never made a profit. Microsoft is deliberately selling the Xbox 360 at a loss to capture marketshare. However, the PS3 and Ninetindo Wii … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, Macintosh | 3 Comments

I have to go listen to some emo

Posted on 28 November 2006 by tychay

Three new holiday Get A Mac Ads.
C++ GUI Programming = classic. And to think, until this, I didn’t know what Emo was.
Not having cable does that to you. I guess not much has changed since my D&D days. I’m still … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, Macintosh, society and culture | 4 Comments

Two on Target

Posted on 27 November 2006 by tychay

I was at Target the other day, and though I didn’t get anything, I noticed two interesting things.
The first was the new Dirt Devil Kone Cordless Hand Vac (which comes in other colors, by the way). Very stylish, but I … Continue reading →

Posted in stuff | 6 Comments

More on the megapixel myth

Posted on 24 November 2006 by tychay

Dave Pogue of the New York Times talks about some fun he had having people on the street compare a 5, 8, and 13 megapixel version of the same photograph.
As he predicted, this post gets a lot of people “riled … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | 3 Comments

At least I’m not tone deaf

Posted on 22 November 2006 by tychay

Thanks to Gizmodo, I just wasted 10 minutes.
It’s a lot of fun.

Posted in about me | 3 Comments

Firefox 2 migration bug

Posted on 21 November 2006 by tychay

When I migrated from my Powerbook to a Core 2 Duo Mac Book Pro and Firefox to Firefox 2, flash stopped working for me in Firefox 2.
The solution is rather simple: Quit Firefox and delete ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/pluginsreg.dat and then restart.

Posted in Macintosh, web development | Leave a comment

A little about Lensbaby

Posted on 21 November 2006 by tychay

When I get tired of taking the same photos over and over, I put a Lensbaby on the front of my camera. It’s the ultimate “fun” lens:

The Baby has arrived!
Mountain View, California
Nikon D70, Lensbaby 2.0, Tokina .45x macro
1/50 sec @ … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | 7 Comments

Transparent PNGs in Exploder

Posted on 20 November 2006 by tychay

A friend asked me about getting PNG alpha transparency to work in Internet Explorer.
To do this, you should go to this website and save the javascript parts of the “view source” of the page you want into a separate file.

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Stop hiding and start living!

Posted on 16 November 2006 by tychay

Thanks for the link, Blake.

Posted in food and wine, society and culture | Leave a comment

Chicken Breast Dijon

Posted on 16 November 2006 by tychay

“You tell nice stories, and sorry to hear about your mom.”
It’s been almost seven years now, so that didn’t really bother me until a couple hours later, as I was driving home, I realized how much I missed sharing stories … Continue reading →