Archive for July 2nd, 2008

Know the Candidates

Posted in News & Views on July 2nd, 2008 by – 2 Comments

I found a great article today with some interesting facts on John McCain and Barack Obama.  If you’re planning to vote this November, and I hope all of you are, then knowing all you can about the presidential candidates should be a moral imperative.

For instance:

  • Both John McCain & Barack Obama were born outside the Continental United States.
  • John McCain was ranked 894 out of 899 in his 1958 graduating class at the U.S. Naval Academy.
  • Barack Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1981 and Harvard Law School in 1991.

Check out the video article, “America, Love it or Fix it” at Good Magazine.

Aimee
“Aim for the Election”

What happens if McCain or Obama Dies

Posted in News & Views on July 2nd, 2008 by – 1 Comment

Here’s an intriguing article on what might occur if John McCain or Barack Obama become incapacitated prior to their respective political party’s conventions or before the election in November.

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Aimee
“Aim for Intrigue” 

Random Mac Tips: Web Designers

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To force-Quit a single application: right click on the dock icon and select “quit” – or if it’s wedged, press the option key to toggle that to “force quit”

Multiple Windows of same application? command ` to toggle between them, or F10 to see them all.

Forward Delete: function + delete key

FTP application: I use Cyberduck (it’s free), works great and transmits data quickly (on my PCs I use WSFTP).

Text editor (html/programming): TextMate. BBEdit’s pretty good, too.

Aimee
“Aim for the Useful”

Comedy Central's Evangelical Christian Answers Questions

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Thank you Comedy Central for helping me to see the ‘light’ of evangelicals a little more clearly.

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Aimee
“Aim for the Humor of Politics” 

McCain: Some facts

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McCain: Some facts

Barack Obama and the Pledge of Allegiance

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Barack Obama and the Pledge of Allegiance

Computer Tip: Screen Capture

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On a Mac:

Want to take a quick picture of your desktop:
COMMAND KEY + SHIFT + 3

Want to take a picture of a specific section of your desktop:
COMMAND KEY + SHIFT + 4
(A cross hair will appear as your mouse pointer, then highlight your selection.)

These are great for making screenshots for websites and the .png files are saved right to your desktop.

For Windows:

Press your PrintScreen/PrtSrn button (normally located at the top right of your keyboard).

It copies an image of your screen onto the “clipboard” ready to paste into any graphics program or even into a Microsoft Office document (you will want to crop the image).

Aimee
“Aim for the Useful”