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Run a spam-free Wordpress blog without Captcha tests!

By Jaems • Jun 27th, 2008 • Category: Tutorials

 The first time I found about about WP-Spamfree, I thought it was a hoax.  The deal is that you can remove all Captcha tests (the blurry photos where people have to try to guess numbers and letters) or math questions, and basically open up your comments to the world, and WP-Spamfree will block all spam, or [...]



Using the free Finale Notepad 2008 to transpose, edit, save or print

By Jaems • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Tutorials

Recently, a friend of mine asked about transposing or working with Finale files without needing to purchase the commercial version.  I figured, since I already did some of the legwork, I could make a post about it, so here goes:
Finale Notepad 2008 gives you the ability to import and export Midi files, and to open [...]



Using the Edit feature in Cyberduck freeware FTP browser for OSX

By Jaems • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: Tutorials

Note: You should always have a backup of files that are edited in the following way.
One of the great features of the freeware FTP browser Cyberduck, is the ability to edit files directly from the file browser.  The reason I am writing this post, is because I used Cyberduck for about three years before I [...]



About Hidden OSX Leopard annoyances

By Jaems • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Tutorials

Here are mine. What are yours?
1) The “Reset Safari” problem
Let’s say I want to change which parameters that get reset when I choose to “Reset Safari”. As it is right now, I can only have those parameters changed if I DO the action of resetting Safari. In other words, I have a list of toggles [...]



About the recent trend in ambiguous Macintosh application names

By Jaems • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: Tutorials

Pages, Numbers, Mail, Preview.  I am waiting for the Safari update called “Browser”; I know it will happen.  The problem is that finding help online is next to impossible. Check out the following hypothetical search:

 
As you can see, not a single of the top 5 results had anything to do with the application called “Pages”. [...]