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About Alex

Alex is a blogger. You can find his personal blog here. You can also find him on Twitter.

My Dock (Part One)

May 24th, 2010

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My dock is normally positioned on the left, since it’s more space-efficient there. I also use the 2D dock and not the pseudo-3D one. It’s just too glitzy for me. (Reflections! Everywhere!) Now here’s what’s in my dock: Finder — I prefer the spatial Finder, so I always hide the Finder’s toolbars (yet they somehow […]

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Seesmic For iPhone Now Available

May 21st, 2010

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It’s only been a day since Twitter for iPhone was released, and Seesmic, everyone’s favorite raccoon-based Twitter client, now has its own app that went live today. When you first start Seesmic for iPhone, you get the dashboard, which has four boxes with little ‘+’ signs in them, called Spaces. Tapping on one of the […]

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Why The Windows 7 Taskbar Sucks

February 22nd, 2010

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Windows 7 has been quite a hit among Windows users, some calling it what Vista should have been. I’ve used Windows 7 as a secondary OS since the public beta, and I’ve never really been comfortable with the new taskbar. These are the reasons why. That extra click—By default, the Windows 7 taskbar groups instances […]

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Re: 10 reasons I’ll be passing on the iPad

February 5th, 2010

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This is a response to the article 10 reasons I’ll be passing on the iPad, where Debra Shinder details how the iPad isn’t for her. I’ve criticized Deb before. I read her blog and I’m subscribed to her Win7 News mailing list, and I’ve noticed that whenever she talks about Apple, she somehow gets in […]

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Make Your iPhone/iPod Touch Look Like an iPad

February 2nd, 2010

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You like the way the iPad looks right? I mean, who doesn’t. Now, imagine you can make your iPhone/iPod look like that. Yeah, it’s possible. Only bad thing is it requires a jailbreak (I recommend Blackra1n). Basically, all you need to do is download the following from Cydia: (more…)

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