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Posted on October 31, 2008 at 2:00 pm

Friday iFAQ: AbiWord

Every Friday we publish a list of inFrequently Asked Questions and answers to help you, the Crazy Apple user, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
This week, with the iFAQ falling on Halloween, who better to answer your questions than ZRMS, the reanimated corpse of Richard Stallman? And what better product for him to [...]

Posted on October 27, 2008 at 5:21 pm

We’re (Kinda) Taking November off…

Okay, this year I’m gonna do it.  I’ve talked about it for the last few years, acted like it was gonna happen, but this year I’m really gonna do it.  I’m gonna make it happen.  That’s right; this year I’m participating in National Novel Writing Month!1
50,000 words, 30 days.  I got some characters. I got [...]

Posted on October 24, 2008 at 2:00 pm

Friday iFAQ: RapidWeaver 4

Every Friday we publish a list of inFrequently Asked Questions and answers to help you, the Crazy Apple user, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
This week: the Beauty from Britain: RapidWeaver!
Q: Alas! I fear me that I hast not the knowledge requisite to avail myself of yon weaver’s rapidity!
A: Fear not, fair maid, [...]

Posted on October 23, 2008 at 6:45 am

iPhones Make Enderle Cry

Rob Enderle warns people with iPhones that flashing their phones, or adding “sent from my iPhone” to their email signature may send the wrong message in today’s troubled economy.
“You can walk around and be insane, and people will think you’re just another person with a headset,” Enderle says, revealing a strategy that has worked for [...]

Posted on October 19, 2008 at 6:09 am

Friday(More or less) iFAQ: Special “I-Just-Worked-30-hours-in-two-days” Edition!

Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript of the Ruby Ninja Adroids’ attempt to get a coherent iFAQ out of our staff after two 15-hour work days in a row.
RNA: Okay! It’s time for the iFAQ! Wakey-wakey!
N: ZZZzzzzzzzzZZZZzzzzzzzzz…
RNA: C’mon! Up and attem!  Let’s just answer some questions now! we’ll even ask easy ones, like, “who’s [...]

Posted on October 10, 2008 at 2:50 pm

Friday iFAQ: QuickTime Pro

Every Friday we publish a list of inFrequently Asked Questions and answers to help you, the Crazy Apple user, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
Today we take a look at QuickTime Pro.
Q: So, how is QuickTime Pro different from regular QuickTime?
A: QuickTime pro takes your video experiences to a whole new level, with [...]

Posted on October 3, 2008 at 2:36 pm

Friday iFAQ: Think

Every Friday we publish a list of inFrequently Asked Questions and answers to help you, the Crazy Apple user, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
Today, in honor of Freeverse giving discounts on things to people who know things, we decided to give you the heads up on one of their least expensive applications: [...]

Posted on October 1, 2008 at 11:41 pm

A Steve Ballmer Fable

Since there has been so much clamor for a fable, here’s a post I was already working on cleverly re-worked as “a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral”1
Once there was a dorky man named Mister Gates.  He wrote software on punch cards.  Everyone thought he was a geek, but they were [...]