Archive for March, 2007

Check your site’s popularity with popuri.us - Lifehacker

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Check your site’s popularity with popuri.us - Lifehacker
Thanks to Lifehacker for this lead. Popuri.us is pretty slick, and is a great way to get a snapshot of how your site is doing out there:

Google Reader

Monday, March 26th, 2007

I read a handful of blogs on a regular basis - last count was 46 - and I have been a NetNewsWire user for years. I’ve been looking for a new reader, as NNW felt a bit restrictive, or maybe just a little musty, and Steve reminded me about Google Reader, a new project by [...]

Coming to your City…

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Hey folks, be on the look out for Adam “Drummer-Boy” Silverman because I might be coming to your town this summer.I have the awesome chance to tour playing drums with Robert Pierre on some huge Christian Music Festivals this summer. We’ll be playing in Texas, Missouri, Atlanta, Michigan, as well as some other places as [...]

Resolved: Blocked Email - Earthlink

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Apparently, Earthlink has decided to block email from DogBark servers. We’re not alone in this - according to some Googling, they are blocking Dreamhost, Gmail, and a long list of others. We are trying to get this resolved as quickly as possible.

OS 10.5 (Leopard) to release early?

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Interesting prediction in a Businessweek.com article about the timing of Leopard being released ahead of schedule. The author is suggesting an “end of March” release date.Read Hereht: LifeHacker

Apple Mail.app sluggish?

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Here’s a good way to speed up your Mail app, if you’re ok with jumping into the Terminal. Shut down Mail, then just type the following at the prompt:
sqlite3 ~/Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index vacuum index;
This causes the system to rebuild and compact the database behind the scenes. It’ll take a few seconds to run, so don’t get [...]