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Hidden Leopard feature: System Profiler
Here’s a neat Leopard trick I haven’t seen anywhere else. Hold down the option key while choosing  > About This Mac, and the menu item will change to “System Profiler.” That’s much quicker than the old method of (i) select About This Mac, (ii) click “More Info” (iii) close the about window.
The traveller’s lament
In 2007, I visited many cities — including Los Angeles, San Diego, Austin, Boston, Washington, DC, New York and Toronto. I used the transit systems in the last four and, of course, the San Francisco bay area. Over time, a few questions emerged: Why do I have to have a different card for each city? …
TenEleven things to do in San Francisco
San Francisco* has all kinds of interesting events going on. Here are some of my favourite off-the-beaten-path activities: Storytelling Porchlight Science Ask a Scientist Down to a Science [on hiatus] Music Paul’s San Francisco House Concerts Drew Pearce’s House Concerts Songwriters in the round, hosted by Heather Combs Literature Writers With Drinks Talk Show The Heather Gold …
A blog idea
Can you imagine a blog between Ted Stevens and Miss South Carolina?
Homeland insecurity: Customs delays ambulance
Two weeks ago, US customs held up a fire truck, and a hotel burned to the ground. How do you top that? Delay an ambulance with a heart-attack victim. The incident happened last Monday, when 46-year-old Rick Laport needed emergency angioplasty — a procedure that couldn’t be performed at his Windsor, Ont., hospital. Medical officials rushed …
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Math is hard
The Manchester Evening News, a British rag is reporting a lottery scratchcard has been withdrawn from sale “because players couldn’t understand it.”Apparently your average Brit is well-qualified for a job at Verizon: Tina Farrell, from Levenshulme, called Camelot after failing to win with several cards.The 23-year-old, who said she had left school without a maths …
Homeland insecurity: Customs delays firefighters while hotel burns
Some Québec firefighters tried to help save a burning building. They didn’t get there in time. Why? US customs. Six volunteer firefighters rushing to assist a small-town fire department in upper New York State, part of a long-standing mutual-aid agreement, were held up while being grilled about their identification by a U.S. Customs official this …
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