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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 [...]

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.

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.