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I found that I use Safari much more on my Mac since Safari 4 was released.

By default, to jump to the Google Search field in Safari, one must press Option-Command-F. This isn’t the easiest one-handed key combo in my opinion. The key combo to jump to Google Search field in Firefox is Command-K, a much easier key combo.

How does one pull off Command-K in Safari:
1) Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Keyboard & Mouse.
2) Click Keyboard Shortcuts, and then click the Add (+) button.
3) Choose an application from the Application pop-up menu. In this case, you’ll choose Safari.
4) Type the menu command for which you want to set a keyboard shortcut in the Menu Title field.

You must type the command exactly as it appears in the application menu, including ellipses and any other punctuation. An ellipsis is a special character that looks like three periods. To type an ellipsis, press Option-semicolon.

So, you would type Google Search Option-semicolon (leave the space out between “Search” and pressing Option-semicolon) yielding “Google Search…”
5) Click in the Keyboard Shortcut field and press the key combination that you want to assign to the menu command, and then click Add.

Here you will press Command-K and click Add.

This makes using Safari on Mac OS much easier especially since Apple added Control-Tab/Shift-Control-Tab when Safari 4 hit Macs and PCs.

Some info taken from Creating keyboard shortcuts for applications for reference.

From my friend Jenn:

CARA is still ranked 8th nationally in the shelter challenge worth up to $20,000. Help me get the word out by tweeting about it?

* To vote, go to animalrescuesite.com.
* Click the purple button that reads “Click Here to Give — it’s FREE!”
* Click on Vote Here
* Type cara in the shelter name field and choose MS for the state
* Click on Search then click on Vote
* Confirm vote by typing in the name of the animal pictured

It literally takes less than 10 seconds to do this, so please help out CARA. You can vote once a day.

UPDATE: CARA is now ranked 6th in shelter challenge!!

Dave Mustaine has issued the following studio update at TheLIVELine.com:

"I’m at the studio right now, Vic’s Garage, and we are done! We’re just right now finishing the last couple of notes on the new record, and Andy’s getting ready to pack his bags and head up to Los Angeles tomorrow to get ready to fly back home on Thursday. Man, this has been a long, grueling, enduring process but it’s been so worth it, and I’m so excited. I’m more excited about this record then I’ve been in any record since back in the 1980’s. I would say, probably since, well definitely since "Rust In Peace" there’s nothing that’s excited me this much – maybe "Countdown", but this is just absolutely insane."

Listen to Dave’s entire audio message at TheLIVELine.com or call Dave on his Live Line number at (866) 597-6342.

www.drsoft.com has a brief post on how to create a simple progress bar with just a little PHP and CSS.

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After reading a VMware blog post a few days ago that mentioned Windows Live Writer, I thought I’d see what it was about. First of all, generally, I do not use M$ Live products. No Windows Live Messenger, etc. I do have a Windows Live ID, but it’s purely for use with XBOX LIVE.

My initial impressions are that I like it.

It hooks into Windows Live Spaces of course, SharePoint, Blogger, WordPress, TypePad, and more. The setup was very easy. First, I downloaded the app here: http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/. Then, I unselected all the options in the install wizard except for Writer. After that, the wizard asked for my blog URL, blog username and blog password. You can have multiple blog accounts, too. During a new blog setup, it asks to post a test blog post to download your theme so that when you edit a new post, you cans see how it will look in your blog before you publish. Examples below:

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I hope my soldering skills are up to snuff. I’ve done some soldering while adding lights to my motorcycle and doing some car radio installations in my personal vehicles, but I’ve never soldered on a printer circuit board before. It should be an interesting little project.

Every guitarist at some point has at least tried Boss’s DS-1 distortion pedal. Most People are immediately disappointed. This over hyped pedal sounds really thin with no punch. Sales people at guitar center will say something like its a “great beginner distortion pedal”. Its been my experience that most of the people that work at guitar center are useless. So, always research and get information from multiple sources.

Continue reading ‘I think I’ll give this distortion pedal mod a whirl′

I’ve always voiced my dislike for Nickelback. Here’s more proof that I’m not the only one.

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I bought an IOGEAR GHDMIAS4 4 Port Automatic HDMI Switch on Newegg.com last week to connect my Playstation 3, Xbox360 and TiVo Series3 HD to my television. My 2005 TV has only one HDMI port.

I’ve been walking around to the back of the TV for over a year plugging and unplugging my three HDMI devices. I’ve been doing this because I’ve read review after review about a variety of HDMI switches that are not able to send a 1080 signal (whether 1080p or 1080i) to the TV from the Playstation 3.

After reading this Macworld review, I decided to give it a shot. With Newegg.com’s 30-return policy, I figured I had nothing to lose. I attached the HDMI switch to my devices. I’ve been fooling around w/ the switch for a while now, and I have to say I’m very pleased with it.

IOGEAR GHDMIAS4 4 Port Automatic HDMI Switch product page

SIRIUS 1st Wave (channel 22) has a great Saturday night show called Saturday Night Safety Dance. It runs Saturdays 9 pm – 3 am CT. It’s a great show if you like 80s dance mixes.

http://www.sirius.com/1stwave