Archive for August, 2008
A review of “Then We Came to the End”
Then We Came to the End
by Joshua Ferris
I really, really enjoyed this book. I’d heard about the odd choice of point-of-view for the story, but it worked incredibly well.
The book is written in the first person plural, about which I initially (before picking it up) had misgivings. But it worked really, really well. Even when [...]
Posted: August 13th, 2008 under General.
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Mac tip of the week, 2
Another oldie but a goodie.
While in RTF mode, on any blank line, hit Option-Tab to create a list item.
[From TextEdit has a built-in outliner - O'Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog]
I’m only writing these down because this one and the previous one are the two most forgotten tricks by me.
Posted: August 12th, 2008 under General.
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My favorite Mac tip (of the week, anyway)
Drop the mouse at the start of a word, and hit Command-Control-d
[From TMO Quick Tip - Check Definitions and Spelling Quickly || The Mac Observer]
Great for quick-checking definitions in most apps.
Posted: August 12th, 2008 under General.
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