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Computer/twitter problem: Twhirl on a Mac with an extra monitor

Here is the low-down:
I use a MacBook with OS 10.4. At work I plug-in an extra monitor, set so that the dock is located on the extra monitor. When my GTalk interface does not deliver any twitter messages (like since Friday) I usually launch twhirl. Since I work on the big screen I usually keep IM, Mail and apps like twhirl on the small screen (the laptop, the screen without the dock).
When unplugging the big screen all windows move to the smaller one, there I resize them and everything is fine – except for the twhirl window: it is stuck in oblivion. I can see it using resume (F9, F10) and it seems to be stuck where it should relating to the screen that it was on (meaning it was located right from the big screen and now it is vanished right of the laptop screen), but I cannot bring it back. There is no "little edge" I can move the mouse to and drag it and apparently, there is no "move window" command for the Mac.
Anybody know how to solve this glitch? Thanks!

Dazed and Confused

I was at an Eric Clapton two years ago and left confused. What was Tony doing on stage?



Quite uncanny, Doyle Bramhall 2nd vs. Tony Ameida. Bramhall was moving like Tony, too.

Scribefire with great updates

My favorite blog editor Scribefire just received an update this week, some great fixes and new features.

1. URL auto-copy



When you add a link Scribefire automatically suggests the URL from the present browser-window. Not perfect, better would have been the URL I just copied with apple+c, but a start.

2. The configuration has moved to the left side.



I like this a lot, saves real estate.

3. "Tabbed" blogging.



This way, I can work on multiple entries at the same time. Or, I could, if I wanted to.

4. Account editing



I had a password problem with one of my blogs which came up after the last update, now there is an "edit" button.

6. Autosave
This is the best new feature for me. Sometimes FF crashed while I was writing a post. While FF remembered all the tabs I had open, the text was usually gone. To remedy this I started saving as note every five minutes, just like I do in any Office app. No need to do this anymore since Scribefire keeps the content even during a crash.


Great updates, keep it up!

Baby monitor principle?

Wolfgang explains this new kind of communication over at the Edelman Digital Authenticities blog.
I like the analogy and, being a father of a 9 months-old unterstand the concept all too well. But still, what he describes is - at least today - a wish at best. Granted, some companies have embraced the thing we call web 2.0, but the majority and the majority of the big companies have not. Very often they have put the stroller with the baby on the porch and are talking on the phone with somebody else - they are not in the position to listen to their customers and they don't want to.

Sure, the bloggers and tweople of today exchange their own experience with brands, but too few do listen. I will take a major incident or bankruptcy until companies realize that "markets are <indeed> conversations" and that listening is a must.

Rehearsal #4, Saturday 3pm, live

If you would want to watch my band rehearse live, tne in today at 3pm...

And yes, Ligx is a client.

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Check out The Whip live in Hamburg

You can also watch it live now and chat at ligx.de.
(Disclosure: Ligx is a client)

Lock-in with the user providing the handcuffs

Steve Gillmor has a way with words on a recent Newsgang:

It's not about one of the players locking everybody elso out. They can win it by locking everybody else in, with the user providing the handcuffs.

Let simmer, stir, do not reheat.


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Gaping void at twitter

Just a thought to consider for everybody out there with serious twitter-addiction: Deleting your account is an option. Hugh Macleod, author of the Gapingvoid blog and cartoons, just did. If you like, you can read why he did it.


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The ultimate iPod repair hack: dust off your broken 3Gs

So, you have an old iPod in the drawer which stopped working for some reason you cannot figure out? You get the folder symbol or nothing? You exchanged the battery but still it will not play your music dependently, just play silence after a couple of minutes or forwarding one track thumbs you through the whole album?

Here is the ultimate trick that will save you a trip to the Apple Store and 120 Euros:

1. Grab a utility to open the iPod (note: a nife worked for me, but don't blame me for finger cuts or damage to the iPod's case)
2. Unplug the iPod's hard drive
3. Blow the dust out of the insides and especially blow the hard drive's connectors clear
4. Reassemble
5. Live happily ever after and send a thank you

I didn't want to believe it, but it cured all the symptoms mentioned above that my 3G iPod suffered from. Hat tip to my friend the musician. Check out Monkeeman, the band he plays in if you like. I think he used the hack on a 4G iPod, so give it a try.


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Merlin about rain in november

I think it was the weekend before last when I saw some tweets by Merlin Mann. Quote of the week, definitely.



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