The Daily Thing http://dailything.com Making no sense since 2002. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:24:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Trojan Reportedly Infecting Millions of Macs http://dailything.com/2012/04/05/new-trojan-reportedly-infecting-millions-of-macs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-trojan-reportedly-infecting-millions-of-macs http://dailything.com/2012/04/05/new-trojan-reportedly-infecting-millions-of-macs/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:24:47 +0000 admin http://dailything.com/?p=2250 An OSX trojan has infected millions of computers according to an article published on ArsTechnica.

According to Dr. Web (the Russian antivirus company claiming to have discovered the infections), 57 percent of the infected Macs are located in the US and 20 percent are in Canada. This latest variant of the Flashback trojan searches [...]]]> http://dailything.com/2012/04/05/new-trojan-reportedly-infecting-millions-of-macs/feed/ 0 Would I like an Intuos5? Yes, please. http://dailything.com/2012/03/22/would-i-like-an-intuos5-yes-please/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=would-i-like-an-intuos5-yes-please http://dailything.com/2012/03/22/would-i-like-an-intuos5-yes-please/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:54:14 +0000 admin http://dailything.com/?p=2246 I bought my Wacom Intuos tablet several years ago and even though it’s one of the dustiest things on my desk, it’s garnered a place in my heart. For editing photos it’s my tool of choice and I really couldn’t do the photo production work I do without it. Wacom has released a new version [...]]]> http://dailything.com/2012/03/22/would-i-like-an-intuos5-yes-please/feed/ 0 Zapping the PRAM-NVRAM in OSX http://dailything.com/2012/03/21/zapping-the-pram-nvram-in-osx/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zapping-the-pram-nvram-in-osx http://dailything.com/2012/03/21/zapping-the-pram-nvram-in-osx/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:42:01 +0000 admin http://dailything.com/?p=2242 PRAM in OSX stores user specific system and device settings. The exact settings stored in your computer’s PRAM varies depending on the type of computer as well as the types of devices and drives connected to the computer.

Some information stored in the PRAM includes:

Display and video settings such as [...]]]> http://dailything.com/2012/03/21/zapping-the-pram-nvram-in-osx/feed/ 0 CodeKit – A Swiss Army Knife for Web Development on the Mac http://dailything.com/2012/01/25/codekit-a-swiss-army-knife-for-web-development-on-the-mac/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=codekit-a-swiss-army-knife-for-web-development-on-the-mac http://dailything.com/2012/01/25/codekit-a-swiss-army-knife-for-web-development-on-the-mac/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:33:21 +0000 admin http://dailything.com/?p=2236 Recently while investigating to see if using LESS could help the way I develop I stumbled across this really cool app for the Mac, CodeKit.

CodeKit is a Mac only (sorry Windows guys) app that automatically compiles Less, Sass, Stylus, CoffeeScript & Haml files and combines, minifies and error-checks JavaScript files in real [...]]]> http://dailything.com/2012/01/25/codekit-a-swiss-army-knife-for-web-development-on-the-mac/feed/ 0 Heavy Coffee Drinkers Run a Lower Risk of Developing Type II Diabetes http://dailything.com/2012/01/11/heavy-coffee-drinkers-run-a-lower-risk-of-developing-type-ii-diabetes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heavy-coffee-drinkers-run-a-lower-risk-of-developing-type-ii-diabetes http://dailything.com/2012/01/11/heavy-coffee-drinkers-run-a-lower-risk-of-developing-type-ii-diabetes/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:04:44 +0000 admin http://dailything.com/?p=2233 Coffee has been used as a medicinal treatment for centuries now scientists have discovered it may have another great side effect other than just waking you up in the morning or getting rid of that nasty hang over, it can help fend off Type II Diabetes.

Ling Zheng, Kun Huang and colleagues explain that previous [...]]]> http://dailything.com/2012/01/11/heavy-coffee-drinkers-run-a-lower-risk-of-developing-type-ii-diabetes/feed/ 0