Welcome and thank you for stopping here.
This website give you advices on how to use your Mac and its related i-Machin gadgets.
It also give some opinions about user interface, user experience and software design.
On fridays you may find folly articles because friday is Disco day!
Step by step and easy to understand tutorials
- How to clear the Internet Explorer 7 cache on Windows XP in 5 easy steps with pictures (for you mum)
- Put some colours on your browser using Chromo
- How to change the display language on Hotmail from Spanish to English
Friday Folly
Articles for people ready to take control of their computer
- Palm introduce the Pré with WebOS and want us to believe they’re still good
- Is Your Screen Obsolete? Certainly. | Pixels Per Inch (PPI) table
- Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Google Chrome
- Using a Google Apps account AND Picassa, Blogger, Reader, Adwords, Analytics, etc.
- Safari 3.1 Revolution and What’s New on Safari 3.1 ?
- Kill The Ads!
Technical articles
- Updating to Mac OS X Server 10.5.6
- Updating to Mac OS X Server 10.5.5
- Updating Mac OS X Server 10.5.4
- Javascript performances
- Installing iPhone SDK on a Power Mac G5 with Leopard (to test mobile safari only)
Some Definitions:
mac
Used in Corsica to define something or somebody as good, cool.
E.g.: C’est mac ! ≈ It’s cool !
Obviously a Mac is mac.
ma•chine |məˈʃiːn|
noun
An apparatus using or applying mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a structure of any kind) : from French via Latin from Doric Greek makhana ( Attic Greek mēkhanē, from mēkhos ‘contrivance’).
| machin, truc, bidule | gizmo, whatnot, what-do-you-call-it, what’s-his-name |
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gizmo |ˈgɪzməʊ| (also gismo)
noun ( pl. -mos) informal
A gadget, esp. one whose name the speaker does not know or cannot recall.
ORIGIN 1940s (originally U.S.): of unknown origin.
About the picture:
This is the first poster for the macintosh, aka “Picasso Mac”.
