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Mac-Cat-Attack!

RepRap Cat

I’ve already talked about the Top 5 Places Kitten was, but since kitten (who is now a cat, and sometimes referred to as RepRap Cat) spends a lot of time in the office with me, I thought it was time for a new list…

The top 4 Macs kitten has sat upon:

  1. MacBook Pro
  2. Mac mini
  3. G4 PowerBook
  4. Mac Pro

She also spends a lot of time on the printer, which isn’t a Mac, but has a lot of buttons to press.

The only Mac missing is the iMac, and that’s because she hasn’t figured out how to sit on top of that one… yet.

Update: I snapped this picture less than two hours after posting this.

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Mac Flag

Mac Flag

Mac Flag

(With apologies to Black Flag, Cat Flag, and Pack Flag…)

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Time Lapse Bot 2

Time Lapse Bot 2

I give you… Time Lapse Bot 2!

This is an upgrade for the original Time Lapse Bot, although we lose a few things, we gain some others… specifically, better mobility and a lighter weight Time Lapse Bot.

We’ll be testing this guy out at BarCampMadison

Update: See the result: BarCampMadison: Time Lapse Video

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teleport – Mac Multiplier

I remember hearing about Synergy many years ago as a way to share a keyboard/mouse between multiple computers with different operating systems sitting on your desk. This would have been a dream come true for me back when I had a Windows PC next to my Mac at previous jobs, but nowadays I tend to use Windows only through virtualization software, so Mac OS X is always underneath.

teleport

It used to be that I’d have my MacBook on my desk next to my left monitor, and I’d lean over and use the keyboard and touchpad for various tasks, testing web sites in other browsers mainly, but it also comes in handy when your main Mac is beachballing it, but now…

teleport has completely changed the way I work!

I was about to dig into Synergy when I came across teleport, which is pretty much the same thing, but Mac OS X specific, and since I don’t need the cross-platform stuff, I skipped Synergy and grabbed teleport.

teleport

I’m basically controlling two completely separate computers with one set of controls. I can jump between them by just sliding the mouse to the edge of the screen. The power this provides is simply amazing… really, I can’t think of another thing that’s changed the way I work so dramatically in recent history.

If you’ve got two computers on your desk, look into Synergy or teleport. It’s that magic stuff you hear about from time to time…

Update 2010-07-30: See Also: Setting Up Encryption for teleport 1.0.1

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PowerSmash: Death of a PowerMac

So there I was quietly trying to enjoy my lunch when I heard voices… I then found these two nutcases out back near the dumpsters with an old PowerMac so I grabbed the video camera and caught it all on tape.

They told me they may have more things that need to be smashed, and that I should be on the lookout and always have a camera ready… I told them that if they bring the smashin’ I’ll bring the camera, and we’ll see what happens.

Enjoy!