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Electronics Recycling
In: News
5 May 2009On top of the ongoing electronics recycling provided by Recycle Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor residents can recycle their additional e-waste on May 9th at Pioneer High School from 9am to 2pm. A separate event for local businesses and non-profits will be held May 7th and 8th from 9am to 2pm at the Washtenaw Intermediate School [...]
Google Earth Dives into Great Lakes
In: Geek Finds|News
19 Apr 2009A few weeks ago Google Earth was updated with images of the ocean floors, letting you dive deep into marine topography. Adding to that, Google Earth data was updated again last week to included images from the floors of the Great Lakes, taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. via
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Font School
In: Geek Finds|News
19 Mar 2009The Apple Blog has spent this week poising a very nice series on fonts in OS X. Monday was the 101 introduction, subsequent topics included management, troubleshooting, and additional resources. It was nice to see the positive reviews & usage for Linotype FontExplorer X, the free font manager we’ve been using in the ZCoB. Font [...]
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New Mac Minis Released Today
In: News
3 Mar 2009Apple has released the new Mac Mini today. The rumor mills were actually right this time. The only real change is the new NVidia graphics cards, which uses the new Mini-Display Port. Added bonus is the Mini DVI output, so you don’t have to go buy a new $30 dongle. Hard drive and processor speed [...]
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Coffee Co. @ Coffee Fest
20 Feb 2009Allen posted this pic to Twitter last night, posting it here for those that don’t tweet. Coffee’s booth at this week’s Coffee Fest in Chicago:
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Cloud Ave.
In: News
1 Feb 2009Cloud Ave, a blog dedicated to cloud computing/SaaS, added to blog roll. Shared by Craig.
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Make on the TV
In: News
6 Jan 2009Make magazine debuted its new TV show on PBS stations and online this week. It was awesome, I look forward to next week’s episode. The series encourages everyone to invent, revent, recycle, upcycle, and act up. Based on the popular Make magazine, each half-hour episode hopes to inspire viewers to think, create, and, well, make. [...]
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Thaw Your Zune
In: News
3 Jan 2009On New Year’s Eve many users of Microsoft’s Zune started reporting their devices became frozen and unresponsive. This was quickly dubbed a mass suicide and the haters lined up to the left to poke fun of all the Microsoft users, who lined up to the right waiting for a fix. No fix yet, but MS [...]
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StinkPad Now with Dual Monitors
In: Geek Finds|News
21 Dec 2008From the Dumb & Doomed pile: Lenovo has released a new model of its popular ThinkPad series, the W700ds. The “ds” stands for “dual screen.” That’s right, the LAPTOP has two monitors: a 17″ primary and 10.6″ secodary that slides out from behind the primary. The whole mess weights 11 pounds. Peep Computer World’s article [...]
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10.5.6 Released
In: News
17 Dec 2008(Old news now, I know…) On Monday Apple released the next update for Leopard, 10.5.6. If coming from 10.5.5, the update is a meaty 169MB; if coming from any other 10.5.x release, you’ve got a 670MB (!) combined update to download. The update improves Time Machine, Adobe CS3 printing, improved graphics, and a lot more. [...]
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