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Every keyboard secret in OS X

Shortcuts

A repository for every keyboard secret in OS X. Some of these are well known, some are not. Shortcuts in the Menu category are common rather than universal. This list should continue to grow exponentially over time.


Startup

C &nbsp start from CD
D start from 1st partition
N start from network server
T put computer in FireWire Target Disk mode
X start in OS X
show all startup disks
⌥⇧⌘⌫ start from external drive or CD
⌥⌘OF open firmware
⌥⌘PR zap PRAM (hold until 2nd chime)
⌘S single user mode
⌘V verbose
mouse button eject CD
after power-up: turn off kernel extensions

WOW: Battle Grounds

The new 1.5.0 World of Warcraft patch is out!
With the new patch they included Battle Grounds. So far I have played in four Capture the Flag games and only won one of them. It is hard to flight a Horde group that is one guild Vs a pickup group. Exoteria, Pam and Relshar did help in the last one. I will need to get Sage up to speed with a dedicated 10 man CTF group!! :P

Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger

So today Mac OSX 10.4 arrived at work :P

The install over 10.3 was seamless and so far im very impressed with its speed and look. Im am trying out the new Dash Board feature and a new widget called "Dash Blog". The widget is letting me post this entry, but it does not support pictures that I can see. Still it looks awsome and I am digging the new OS.

Adventures in WOW

So where have I been for the last 4 months in the gaming world? Its a small place called World of Warcraft, or WOW for short.

My first intro into a MMORPG was Lineage. I played it for 2 1/2 years (last year of it off and on). While playing Lineage I read that one of my favorite game developers was also making a MMORPG. So of course It peaked my interest. A buddy of mine Codeofficer was also intrigued by the idea of a new game. So with help from a friend (thanks goodkin), he was able to attend E3 in May. After a while of chatting with Blizzard he managed to get 10 people into the closed beta of the game!

GnuPG

A few years ago back in the old Mac OS8 days I tried out PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) when it came out with a free version. PGP is a closed source encryption program that lets you encrypt and or digitally sign documents and email. Now days on there is an open source version of it called GnuPG ( GNU Privacy Guard). GnuPG is a complete and free replacement for PGP. I love the idea of using encryption in email and being able to sign them. I am getting people I work with and friends to try it out. I think someday we will all need to use encryption in one form or another. :)