http://aroncares.dnsdojo.com Because I do, really. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:51:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2008 was a pretty busy year -- a lot of things happened that made it quite a ride. I thought I would take a moment to go over some of the more notable events that have occurred in the last 366 days. UPDATE: It took me almost three months to ... http://aroncares.dnsdojo.com/2009/01/04/year-in-review-2008/ Wouldn't it be great if you could restart your Mac at home or find its IP address just by sending an e-mail?  I got the idea for this from Cory Bohon's article at TUAW (read) written back in April on the same subject.  I liked the idea of being able ... http://aroncares.dnsdojo.com/2008/10/21/remotely-controlling-a-mac-at-home-e-mail-style/ I knew Apple hated you if your hardware was old, but I didn't think iTunes hated you too!  Apparently, if you want to watch HD TV shows using iTunes you are going to need at least a 2.0ghz Core 2 Duo processor.  Now I don't know about you, but 2 ... http://aroncares.dnsdojo.com/2008/09/09/itunes-8-and-the-ridiculous-hardware-requirements/ The early announcement of Google's Chrome project details have brought tears of joy excitement to the World Wide Web.  I am extremely intrigued by the idea of a multi-process browser; I cannot express the frustration I have when FireFox crashes because of some rogue website or Safari slows to a ... http://aroncares.dnsdojo.com/2008/09/01/google-chrome-brings-excitement-for-all/ In case you weren't already aware this site or blog, whichever you prefer, is running on Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 (not server) and is powered by the Wordpress blogging engine.  Because this site is running on a simple Mac mini with Apache enabled the project is extremely "DIY" and ... http://aroncares.dnsdojo.com/2008/07/22/now-featuring-pretty-permalinks/ Ameoma.com has posted what seems to be the first set of unboxing pictures featuring TWO iPhones 3G of differing color.  Impressive, somebody is doing very well for themselves!  And since I am still unsure with what color I am going to go (you don't know either!) I thought it would ... http://aroncares.dnsdojo.com/2008/07/11/iphone-3g-unboxing-pictures-now-with-more-indecisiveness/ If you aren't on Twitter or are living under a rock (or both, perhaps) you may not know my latest love interest.  In any case Fail Whale is Twitter's faithful representative bringing joy to the hearts of those in pain when there are too many tweets. If you want more information ... http://aroncares.dnsdojo.com/2008/07/01/i/ In case you haven't been following along during this journey of mine I'll go ahead and spill it out for you - I have no idea what I'm doing with this whole "blog" thing.  However, I am learning a LOT...  It seems everytime I make a change something breaks and ... http://aroncares.dnsdojo.com/2008/06/03/now-with-more-validation/ Automatically resizing your application windows based on resolution is a topic that I find pretty interesting and has been covered by two of my favorite sites here and here.  The script was originally written by Jeff Kelley on his blog.  After playing with the script for a few hours I ... http://aroncares.dnsdojo.com/2008/05/22/automagically-resize-your-windows/ Green Plug featured here and here is a new technology from the up and coming startup of the same name.  It's mantra "One Plug. One Planet." is indicative of the eco-friendliness on which the company is found.  Green Plug wants to change the way consumers and manufacturers think about AC adapters, ... http://aroncares.dnsdojo.com/2008/05/20/green-plug-a-really-good-idea/