How to clone a Snow Leopard Install DVD
For most people there is absolutely no need for a DIY install DVD for the “world’s most advanced system”. However paranoia does run roughshod over some people’s psyche (not forgetting people who obtained the OS through more clandestine methods) and hence this howto :
1. After upgrading /installing Snow Leopard (optional as you can also follow the same procedure within Leopard), fire up Disk Utility
2. With the original DVD still in the tray, select it from the list on the left
3. Go to File > New > Disk Image From “Mac OSX Install DVD”
4. Under “Image Format” select “DVD/CD master”. For encryption select “None”
5. Click on save and go for a jog
6. You should end up with a file ending with “.cdr” in which ever folder you saved it in. (by default “Documents”)
7. I then used Toast Titanium version 10 to burn it as a Disc Image.
8. The end product is a shiny cloned install disk. The most important thing is that it is bootable.
NB – I initially chose the option “read/write” under “Image Format” but ended up with a non-bootable DVD which is pretty much a coaster.
Human Laziness breaks new record
Fancy hurling sliced bread across the breakfast table? Our insatiable desire to NOT do anything at all breaks new grounds with Ivo Vos’ Trebuchet Toaster.
How to turn your iMac into an oversized wifi router
I have not tried it myself but found it interesting. Someone reading this might find it useful.
Firefox 3.1 beta 1 with all add-ons intact
If like me your are itching to try out the spanking new Firefox 3.1 beta 1 release with its purported Chrome-busting speed, go right ahead and download it. Worried about it breaking your precious add-ons? Lick the problem with Nightly Tester Tools. Meant for developers and coders, this nifty little extension will over ride any add-on incompatibilities with a single click of a button.
Google Chrome – new kid on the browser block
I was so excited by the news of the Google browser that I specifically woke up early to download and install it this morning. So far I have not been disappointed although not being able to use it on 
my iMac sucks.
The widescreen approach is really refreshing even though I am used to my 20″ iMac. I am sure it will look gorgeous on it, provided the developers get around to patching the apple version together. Cannot wait for the day!
It actually made me fire up my WinXP desktop and let me just say that this has not happened for the longest time. All my regular and not so regular websites have worked so far but ironically gmail took ages to load. I guess thats Murphy’s Law at work. All in all an intersting addition to the browser wars. I am waiting to be blown away in the next few days as I explore the hell out of it.
National Chinese secret – Nanometer Wave Machines
The guy second from the right is undergoing ‘therapy’ for internet addiction. From a collection of pictures on National Geographic taken by Fritz Hoffmann.
Lenovo’s reply to the MacBook Air
Funny, funny stuff!
Embarrassing VISTA promo video
Can any marketing team come up with another more cringe-worthy promo video? I think its a world record for this one!
Standard Apple fanboy’s response to Windows dickhead’s question
As I was packing up my iBook after a presentation yesterday, a colleague sidled over and ask me the question. “Why a Mac?”
I smiled and geared up for the answer. “It’s just so easy!” I replied all smug and grinning from ear to ear. His reply threw me off and stopped the big lecture, that I was then formulating in my head, dead in its tracks.
“Thats what all Mac users say. Its so cliche,” he said with a smile.
That got me thinking. Is that all we have as argument against a Windows-centric universe? Below is a list of tired and overused explanations that any Apple fanboy can recite in his dreams. Well some Apple fanboys…
1. Its so easy
2. There are no/few viruses/spyware
3. Even my 80-year old grandma can use it
4. Its so predde even when it crashes
5. Steve Jobs is God. So he knows best (usually said while prostrating on the floor)
6. Bill Gates is evil. How can you pay the Devil? (usually said while making the sign of the cross)
7. Windows is soooo primitive
8. Have you seen the mess of cables and wires behind your windows PC lately?
9. The “Get-A-Mac” ads are true. Believe or die!
10. The Mac guy in the ads is way cooler looking
