Input Remapper

Heard about it on TWiT. Input Remapper re-assigns keys on the Mac keyboard when in Boot Camp to be less Mac-like. You can pretty much get the same key arrangement of Ctrl-Win-Alt-Space-Alt-Win-Ctrl that you have on a typical PC keyboard.

This really helps on a MacBook Pro, as long as you don't look at the keyboard and see the markings on the keys. Just go by memory and you'll do fine.

One problem I've had is sometimes at bootup it seems to lose its settings and go back to defaults. I'll have to search around and see if anyone else has this problem.

PhotoShop CS Stuck on Startup

Every once in a while, PhotoShop CS2 gets stuck during startup. Right when it says "Reading Text Global Resources."

There's a Tech Note on Adobe.com that offers two solutions:

1. Delete the New Doc Sizes file.
2. Re-create Photoshop preferences.

The second one usually does the trick.

To re-create the preferences files for Photoshop, start the application while holding down Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS X). Then, click Yes to the message, "Delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file?"

Wifi with your Latte

From the CNN.com:

SEATTLE (AP) -- Starbucks Corp. is teaming up with AT&T Inc. and will start offering a mix of free and paid wireless Internet service in more than 7,000 of its U.S. coffee shops beginning this spring.

The world's largest specialty coffee retailer's move ends a six-year partnership with T-Mobile.

Starbucks (STUX) said Monday it will give customers that use its Starbucks purchase card two hours of free wireless access per day. After that, it will cost $3.99 for a two-hour session. Monthly memberships will cost $19.99 and include access to any of AT&T's 70,000 hot spots worldwide.

People who already use AT&T (T, Fortune 500) as their Internet service provider will have unlimited Wi-Fi access at Starbucks.