MikeWas commented on Geek to Live: Monitor your Mac and more with GeekTool

"For background/visibility issues, I have a 100px tall box across the bottom of my display (my Dock is on the side of the screen) with a 30% opaque white BG - on top of this, I place several small meters (IP info, RAM, CPU, and disk space)."

MikeWas commented on The Unobtrusive, 10-Foot Tall Heads-Up Display

"@Bassam: Whats wrong with Geektool?"

MikeWas commented on Extended Stay Hotels Must Smell Really Bad

""Extended Stay Hotels: We'll leave the window open for you.""

MikeWas commented on Citigroup Buys Wachovia

"This reminds me of the late 80's, early 90's, when every bank I ever had an account with ended up getting assimilated into the NationsBank (now BoA) borg. "NationsBank, I wish I could quit you.""

MikeWas commented on Verizon Breaks Your Router With An Unrequested Firmware Update, But Won't Replace It Because It's Out Of Warranty

"@VermilionSparrow: This isn't a warranty issue,at least not for the original router."

MikeWas commented on Verizon Breaks Your Router With An Unrequested Firmware Update, But Won't Replace It Because It's Out Of Warranty

"@Branan: My loathing for Verizon gets more fuel from this post."

MikeWas commented on Threaded Comments Now at Lifehacker

"@Gina Trapani: Who thought THIS was a good idea?!?! (j/k)"

MikeWas commented on Exclusive: Neal Stephenson Does Some Hardcore Phenomenology Geeking

"Good thing I've been reading Dennett."

MikeWas commented on Google Chrome's Full List of Special about: Pages

"Sans chrome?"

MikeWas commented on Tune Instructor Brings Advanced ID3 Editing to Your Mac

"Leopard only."