Go to system preferences-Users& Groups and click change next to your Apple ID. When it says enter your current password it’s the password for your Mac it wants. Enter your password, hit minus on your Apple ID, and then hit plus to add it again.

That’s how I got it to work for me.

Image by Matthew McVickar via Flickr

I really appreciate the apple back-lit keyboard on my 13″ Macbook Pro.  But I really have to question why there are 17 levels of brightness and two buttons dedicated to controlling it.

There should only be on or off, a person only needs minimal back-lighting here. It’s only in the dark that you’d need this feature and it’s only a minimal amount of brightness that would be required.

Let’s take that other button and use it for “red mode.” Turn the screen and keyboard lighting to red.  This is better on for night vision, preventing problems with light sensitive equipment and making it easier to sleep after using the computer at night.

For now check out F.Lux. Flux makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day. It works on Windows, OSX and Linux.

***Update 1/15/2012***

I’ve since learned that the whole color of light, night-vision and sleep thoughts were likely incorrect.

Some configuration settings are available by typing

“opera:config”

in the url field.

I’m not sure how useful this is to anyone but I do wonder if that means there are more hidden elements in there.

“opera:cache”
Also works, and seems like it could be handy.

Your Next Gen eReader

Notebookcheck.com reports that Qualcom is in talks to produce it’s Mirasol displays for Tablets and eReaders as early as this year.

This is one of Dell’s lineups to help you choose a machine.  I don’t get it.  I suppose the X means check since their touting no Trialware, or maybe Trialware is good?  But there’s no key.

We were very very surprised to see that apple have allegedly filed a patent for our original iControlPad design some 6 months after we revealed it.

iControlpad.com

Enso zenPad $180 Shipped

AT&T’s deal with Apple for the iPad is pretty close to what more casual mobile internet customers would be interested in. $15-$30/ a month depending on usage and without a contract.

Depending upon the success of the iPad, AT&T might do pretty well. It depends upon how much the upfront costs put people off. One wonders how much of that $130 fee difference for the 3g iPad is going to AT&T. Most importantly, I wonder if AT&T’s iPad plan is a sign of things to come, or just a one-off.