Hi everybody, I'm a newbie to this forum tho I've been logging in and reading stuff for a while now. I have been trying to "declutter" my own home for a couple of years and have been following Merlin's thread on that theme.

I've just bought myself a new laptop and I love it (tho' I'm ashamed to say it's a PC not Mac in this august company!) Taking advice from various sources I elected to saty with Windows XP rather than the slightly queasy-making Vista and I'm very happy with the hardware and general set-up.

Greetings and Felicitations:

How do you handle a collection of projects that share an action that can/should be consolidated into a single action?

For example, I've three different projects: Hang quilt on wall, Fix ceiling fan at Mom's, Replace refrigerator at Grandmothers. Each involves the action "phone handyman and arrange time to X", where X is different for each project.

Waiting for -- what level list?

Apple unveils iPhone

Any suggestions onm creative use of Mac Mini as a media centre? MM mentioned an article in Macbreak Weekly but as I was on the treadmill sweating at the time I did not make a note.

Filing system recommendations for limited space

Not exactly OSX, but I thought some people here might enjoy this:

I found this Macintosh IIci at work. I read the wikipedia page on it, and it mentioned something about an Easter Egg:

"If the system date is set to September 20th, 1989 (the machine's release date) and the Command - Option - C - I buttons held during boot time, an image of the development team will be displayed."

I looked for images of this picture on the web, but couldn't find it. So, here it is!

Can anyone tell me who's who?

Advice on how to break things down

Introduction