How to change your welcome image on a Jaguar startup.http://www.ryandesign.com/jagboot/

Tonight Anna and I went to a 30th birthday party for an ex-coworker of Anna's from Apple. It was a great time. 3 tequila shots into the event, I was having a great time. We remarked all the way home how nice everyone seemed to be. It was a bit comforting that almost everyone we…

Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed the dramatic number of Mac applications that have increased in the past 6 months. It seems to me that lately, the number of utilities and standard business-type apps have increased quite a bit. No doubt that the Mac is becoming more popular for standard, “common joe”…

The new switcher ads are here!http://www.apple.com/switch/adsMy personal favorite from this round?Janie Porche – ' I saved Christmas.' That's just a classic.

Change the format of your menubar clock From: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=020907073047908 To customize your Menubar clock in Jaguar, you must edit the file: /Users/username/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist Replace username with your user name. Specifically, you must edit the key “NSTimeFormatString” in the referenced file. You can add, move, or remove the various components of the format. The default is %1I:%M:%S;…

From the: If you see it on the web, it must be true department. It's official. I'm now part of the Apple Consultants Network. Now all I have to do is take a bunch of tests to prove I know how to get around a computer using a one-button mouse.

This morning I had the pleasure of attending the first audio conference from Alan Weiss. I read Alan's first book, Getting Started In Consulting about a year ago. In my business, it was life-changing. I am now reading another one of his books, Million Dollar Consulting: the Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice. The following…

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.- Mark Twain

Is someone missing a smile?In the past week, I have read several articles about the change to the opening screen of a booting Macintosh. The Happy Mac is no longer a fixture here. Instead, we are greeted by a swirling circle of activity. Honestly, I don't miss that Happy Mac face. Why? Well, to put…

SwitchersIf you haven't read the Apple Switcher stories yet, I highly recommend it. Even though I've been a Mac user since 1986, I find these stories very enlightening and gratifying. For years I have been telling people about how great my computing life is with my Mac. (although the Macs have changed through the years,…