I was browsing through some forums and came across a post by spike228 on iPodHacks who built an iPod Dock out of an Altoids Tin. I was wary at first, but it is awesome. Take a look for yourself:

He doesn’t explain all of the steps, but it looks pretty self-explanitory from the pictures. Beware, the [...]

There are a couple ways you can go about this process. If your songs are too quiet you can adjust their volume in iTunes.
This is easily done with selecting the songs you want to boost (Control+Click, Shift+Click or ).

Control+Click or right click and select Get Info. Select the checkbox and slide the volume bar up [...]

The iPod already has a decent backlight on it you can use as a flashlight. For a more direct lighting source or a laser pointer turn to Griffin’s iBeams.
It’s gonna cost you $20, but if you have a use for this it should be well worth the money.

Technorati Tags: griffin, ibeams, ipod

An easy way to print the Apple logo is to press . This gives you the magical character:



I’m pretty sure Windows users can’t see this, perhaps when you hit Option+Shift+K on Windows you get a Window?
Not all fonts support this, but a lot do.

Technorati Tags: apple logo, font, keyboard shortcut

Sometimes I need an easy way to zoom. Usually when I’m outputting to my TV and I can’t zoom on a video–I use this accessibility tool in OS X. Simply hit to zoom in. Instantly your screen will zoom in about 25%.
To zoom out, hit .
Impress your friends with your quick command key combinations. [...]

Do you wish you have Wikipedia with you 24/7 regardless of internet access? Fret no more, you can easily download (Win) Wikipedia onto your iPod with Encyclopodia.
Every iPod is supported except the 5th generation iPods (color iPods). You can choose to install multiple encyclopedias or just one. Encyclopodia will work with iPodLinux, so no [...]

Running Linux on your iPod is nothing new. In-fact the project has been around for quite a while now. The problem was there weren’t stable versions for the newer iPod versions.
Now, however, they’ve released stable versions of iPod Linux for generations 1, 2 and 3. You can also try developmental versions on your Nano’s and [...]

I’ve upgraded MacTips to Wordpress 2.2. I decided to make the move mostly because of Akismet, an excellent anti-spam plugin/service.
I was having lots of problems with comment spam (88,000 awaiting moderation) so I wiped all the comments that weren’t already approved–sorry if you took the time to comment and it didn’t get posted. Everything should [...]

Coda is one of the best Mac programs I’ve seen since OmniOutliner. Being a Web Developer, it’s as if Panic read my mind about my biggest qualms as a Web Developer, and took 3 giant leaps forward towards doing something about it.
Let me try to outline some of the ways Coda works for me. Like [...]

A new Mac website, My First Mac, has launched and has some great articles for new Mac users. One of my favorites is Can I Do Everything on a Mac?
Take a gander at their website and you might learn something new today!

Technorati Tags: MyFirstMac