http://www.thoughtstorm.org evolving patterns for a new reality Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:29:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had a really strange audio problem with my MBP yesterday. To start with, here was what more or less happened: I was about to put the laptop into sleep (standby) mode. The speakers were plugged in via line-out. I was lowering the volume with the keyboard controls. I unplugged the audio cable. And put the ... http://www.thoughtstorm.org/2007/10/11/macbook-pro-audio-irritation/ Stii recently posted a rather nifty trick for using the QuickSilver Dictionary plugin to search for a definition without having to open up Dictionary itself. I personally find it quite phenomenal how many new plugins and really useful ways of using QuickSilver keep on appearing. That particular post reminded me ... http://www.thoughtstorm.org/2007/10/09/quicksilver-proxy-objects/ I've been using the little MTN black box (Huawei E220 USB modem) for my internet connection for a while now (Vincent Maher put up a brief posting showing just how easy it is to setup under OSX). My only major gripe with it is that I have to use ... http://www.thoughtstorm.org/2007/06/24/dialup-with-quicksilver-and-applescript/