I have been toying with picking up a cheap Powerbook G4 to see if I could work with a computer that’s over a decade old, and this find might put me over the edge.
Ever since Dropbox dropped support for PowerPC Macs running Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5, I’ve been trying to find a viable alternative to sync selected files and folders between my main Intel Mac,…
Link: Box is friendlier than Dropbox for older Macs – System Folder
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The problem I have found with having a server for your wordpress site is you lose an eMail server. I’ve tried using Go Daddy for email hosting but I never liked it.
Then I stumbled across fastmail and it suits me just fine. It costs me a few bucks a month but they offer both a web-based and apps for your phone too.
It’s seemingly working just fine and I don’t have to think about email any more
Link: Less – a free super minimal WordPress Theme – jared erickson
Less is indeed one minimal theme. No image sizes, and I think there’s about 2 files in the entire theme. I’ve used it in the past but I like burger factory for this site a bit better.
Another app bites the dust if you have an older Mac and OS. From Ric Ford on Macintouch:
Microsoft, apparently without much warning, just orphaned Mac Skype users on OS X 10.8 and earlier systems, though Windows XP is still supported….
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The Power Mac G5 was one of the last PowerPC machines Apple produced and sold. It remains a capable computer today. This website is dedicated to the venerable machine, providing users with information on available hardware and software choices for their G5.
I always wanted to own one of these Macs and never got the chance when they were current. But now they are a lot cheaper and this site has lots of resource how to make the best out of Apple’s PowerPC desktop for Pros
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If you are WordPress user (website owner) you probably know core and free Twenty Sixteen theme. Nice looking and good theme. Isn’t it? But bit boring… We decided to pack some cool features into a child theme (Magazine Builder™), so you can add great magazine “stuff” to your WordPress blogging site now …
This looks to be a very nice theme that’s free and would be good to use for both a personal site or magazine. I like the look better than the twenty-seventeen
If you’re starting a blog, one of the easiest ways to get started is with a self-hosted wordpress blog and you of course, will need theme. It’s easy to get distracted with choosing different themes so the best way to start is to just pick a theme – any theme – and then start writing.
The Twenty Seventeen theme is a good theme to get started with.
