I didn’t want to do it, but they pushed me too far.

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I’ve been playing around with some new nature photography techniques, both in composition, and colour grading.

Fun stuff.

Like any smooth, glass-like surface, Apple’s Magic Mouse gets grungy. It even gets tiny pit marks in it from months of wear, and these pit marks don’t wipe off with glass cleaner. If you’re anything like me, the feeling of even a slightly dirty Magic Mouse is enough to drive you up the wall. Fear not, however, I have an easy fix to satisfy your grubby hands.

It’s a simple trick I picked up in my Auto Detailing days; use toothpaste.

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This is my tribute to Hypercritical, a weekly tech podcast hosted by
John “No ‘Z’” Siracusa and Dan Benjamin.

Specifically 46:50 of Episode #22: I Would Not Build Underground

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Put this one into the category of “painless purchases”.

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A few weeks ago, I came across a .zip file that the built in OS X archive utility couldn’t open. It kept telling me the file was damaged, and could not be unzipped.

After a frustrated sigh and a quick Google search, I came across The Unarchiver. It’s a free archive utility that opens pretty much anything (even .EXE installers, on the Mac), and it made quick work of opening my ‘damaged’ .zip file.

To use it, just install it, and forget about it forever. Perfect.

Get it free in the Mac App Store here

What a great show

This is the kind of project I’d kill to be a part of.

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