The Black Hole CafeGEEK [s] APPLIEDhttp://www.theblackholecafe.com/tbhc-blog/2012-02-13T15:10:20ZSquarespacewho was your phone designed by?http://www.theblackholecafe.com/tbhc-blog/2012/2/13/who-was-your-phone-designed-by.htmlWingnut2012-02-13T15:08:37Z2012-02-13T15:08:37ZI overheard this wonderful clarification of the current state of the phone OS wars between Andriod, Blackberry, and Apple. It went something like this...

Android was designed by GEEKS for geeks.

iPhone was designed by geeks for USERS.

Blackberry was designed by geeks for IT Administrators.

It is of course a great oversimplification of the situation, but as a recovering architect I know that any "design" is greatly influenced by how you define the problem. I read an article today that affirms these conclusions. Former Apple engineer Bob Borchers recently lectured at a school in California and commented on how the iPhone project directive was delivered. Here is a snippet from the article at Mactast.com

]]>how to save a pdf to iBooks from Safari...http://www.theblackholecafe.com/tbhc-blog/2012/2/10/how-to-save-a-pdf-to-ibooks-from-safari.htmlWingnut2012-02-10T13:29:49Z2012-02-10T13:29:49ZHere is a quick tip I found at iMore.com showing how easy it now is in iOS5 to save pdf's directly to iBooks from Safari.

Just click on the image to see the full article. As they note in thier post, if you have iCloud syncing turned on, this will add that pdf to iBooks on all your devices.

 

]]>Super Bowl sets new records...http://www.theblackholecafe.com/tbhc-blog/2012/2/9/super-bowl-sets-new-records.htmlWingnut2012-02-09T13:07:25Z2012-02-09T13:07:25ZThis year's Super Bowl was record setting on seveal tech fronts. The big news was that you could now legally watch a live stream of the Super Bowl online. The NFL has been streaming online for a while,  but in most cases you had to have a paid subscription to view games. And in no case had they ever streamed the big game before. This year however, you could watch for free (with ads of course) and it is reported they had more than 2 million viewers do so.]]>Are you a Geek? Read On...http://www.theblackholecafe.com/tbhc-blog/2012/2/7/are-you-a-geek-read-on.htmlWall2012-02-08T00:36:25Z2012-02-08T00:36:25ZIn this set of posts I want to introduce you to some of the Unix tools that I use to do my job. I hope that you find the information useful.
Have you ever wondered what your computer is connected to?
To start topic, I would like you to see what your computer is connecting to over the internet. Many times I have been asked to figure out if a particular computer or server has been compromised my nefarious individuals trying to steal data or use the computer to attack other computers on a network. Now you know why I'm a little paranoid. There are a couple of tools that do this, but I like to use a tool called "netstat".  ]]>Google...secret admirer or stalker?http://www.theblackholecafe.com/tbhc-blog/2012/2/7/googlesecret-admirer-or-stalker.htmlWingnut2012-02-07T13:02:12Z2012-02-07T13:02:12ZHave you heard that Google is changing their privacy policy? If not, you either don't have a Google account (and therefore have not been innundated with emails from them) or you simply don't care.

However, if you watch tech news much, you know there has been much furor surrounding this announcement. Personally, I am not suprised by what Google and Facebook do as their business is based on finding out about you, and then serving you with filtered content based on what you have shared with them. The issues arise when they are collecting data you did not intend to "share".

]]>travel case for Apple wireless keyboard...http://www.theblackholecafe.com/tbhc-blog/2012/2/6/travel-case-for-apple-wireless-keyboard.htmlWingnut2012-02-06T13:18:17Z2012-02-06T13:18:17ZI know many of us have struggled with the dilemma of wanting the portability of the iPad vs the need to (on occasion) have a real keyboard for extended work sessions. ]]>Day One Journal...http://www.theblackholecafe.com/tbhc-blog/2012/2/3/day-one-journal.htmlWingnut2012-02-03T14:06:13Z2012-02-03T14:06:13ZJust a quick note about an app Apple has featured and I have just purchased. It is a beautifully built app and is one of the first to incorporate iCloud sync between Mac application and your iOS devices.

Here is their explantion of the app.

]]>lion updates to 10.7.3..http://www.theblackholecafe.com/tbhc-blog/2012/2/2/lion-updates-to-1073.htmlWingnut2012-02-02T13:59:25Z2012-02-02T13:59:25ZHey folks...

Just a quick note that Lion has been updated to 10.7.3. Here is a repost of from Apple's support site with links for your convenience.

Alternately, you can just go to your Mac appstore and check for updates or select software update from your Apple menu.

About OS X Lion Update 10.7.3 (Client)

]]>pick a color, any color...http://www.theblackholecafe.com/tbhc-blog/2012/2/1/pick-a-color-any-color.htmlWingnut2012-02-01T13:07:18Z2012-02-01T13:07:18ZQuick tip here. Say I want my letterhead to match a particular orange. (just as an example ;-)

All of us on the Mac know what the color picker looks like.

]]>daylite + dropbox...http://www.theblackholecafe.com/tbhc-blog/2012/1/30/daylite-dropbox.htmlWingnut2012-01-30T12:16:47Z2012-01-30T12:16:47ZMarketcircle (makers of Daylite) has posted this quick tip on their website showing how to use cloud storage provider DropBox to easily integrate file links with Daylite.]]>