I’ve never really liked the look of the glass 3-D dock in OSX Leopard. However, I really like the look of the Dock if you pin it to the left or right of your screen. I prefer my Dock at the bottom of my screen so I have been stuck with the glass dock. Until now!

To rid yourself of the glass Dock, open Terminal and type (press return at the end of each line):

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
killall Dock

Once your Dock has been restarted, you will see that glass has been replaced with this new style:

If you’d like to go back to glass, simply reopen Terminal and type:

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO
killall Dock

There apparently is a way to Use Google Maps without an API Key.

I fully understand why Google requires developers to apply for and use an API key, and I would certainly do this for any site I was to place on a production website, but a recent project where I was doing some Google Map hacking made it clear to me that the API key policy was a bit restrictive for solely testing purposes. When you apply for an API key, you need to specify a top level domain and the exact path to the location of your Google Map. If you need to change the path, you must reapply for an API key and modify your code accordingly. Needless to say, I found this to be a bit inconvenient as I ended up moving the file a couple of times.

Do you have an older model Mac and want to check out the new Front Row media application? You’re In Luck! A torrent can be found that will help you check out this new offering from Apple.

Here is a good hack article… Building a $200 OSx86 Mac shows in great detail how to build a very cheap “Mac”! Never thought I would ever write that, but it appears to be true!