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Windows sideways scrolling trick

By cburyta | Published: August 25, 2008

Ok, this is probably something that has been known for some time now… but since when did Windows offer the ability to scroll sidewas by holding Ctrl + Alt while using the mouse scroll wheel?
I wish I knew that a while ago. Apple has been doing that for a while, and I was glad to [...]

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iTunes rating keyboard shortcut

By cburyta | Published: July 10, 2008

I asked myself the question today, is there a way to rate a song in iTunes with a keyboard shortcut? Yes, there is.
Update: Here’s a couple links that may help. One is X-Tunes, an app that might replace what your looking at this script for.
http://www.pol-online.net/x-tunes
http://proxi.griffintechnology.com/blog/2007/09/06/trigger-chains-with-applescript/
I found a walk-through on how to do this at www.macgeekery.com
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Mobile location based sites

By cburyta | Published: June 13, 2008

It’s becoming easier and easier to take advantage of a mobile device’s ability to pinpoint your current location. Here’s a list of starting points where you’ll find Firefox add-ons, Blackberry’s, iPhone apps or other items of location based interests.

fire eagle: if you have access to it (its in beta stages while i write this) fireeagle [...]

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