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The Dashboard or “dash” has become a critical part of the OS X experience. As such, I have decided to pay homage to my most frequently used dashboard widgets.

Radar in Motion
In many states including Texas, the weather can be deadly to both you and your computer. So I use radar in motion to monitor oncoming [...]

Have you found all those “club” or “loyalty” cards are cluttering your wallet? With Krogers, Randalls, Office depot, Sam’s club and many more it can be quite a bulge in your wallet. Do what I do, get a cheap wallet with a few card slots and put them in there! I frees up space in [...]

1) GRC Password Generator
Have you ever been setting up a wireless access point and needed to create a secure WPA key? Or have you been setting up your online banking account and wanted a password no one could guess? Well Steve Gibson at GRC (of SpinRite and Security Now fame) has got your back. Generate [...]

1) The design
It’s dreadful looking and it’s sometimes hard to figure out how to do something very simple.2)It’s too crowdedIt’s slow as hell much of the time and sometimes impossible to use.
3)The automatic flash music players
For gods sake, turn those @#!$% things off! I usually listen to my own music when working or surfing [...]

Hey, everyone!
My name is Spencer Nick, also known as TachyonXero, and I am hosting a new podcast called "Tech Aggravations". Each week I will read some of your worst tech horror stories, complaints, and aggravations to the world. Hopefully together we can find some answers to your problems or at least let these companies know [...]

A few days ago, in response to observing my work habits someone asked me why I always seem to be more productive at night. “I dunno” was my response but the question continues to bug me. It seems to me that if you look at many of the geeks around you (Fearless leader included) that [...]

The search continues..

Sorry I have not posted in a while I have had somewhat of a family related mishap. I will be back shortly and will be concluding my search for the ultimate mac browser soon. In the meantime I saw this entry over at TUAW and found it funny and ironic. I will talk to you [...]