The negative video thing is actually really useful for reading or word processing late at night when the lights are low. Having a typical text document or artical with black text on white background creates a lot of glare, and I find strain on my eyes. popping it into dalek attack mode makes it much more readable. (command alt 8 is the cat friendly keyboard shortcut by default)
On 31 August 2012 07:42, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote: > Oooooo, NAUGHTY. > > You are awful, but I like you! > > Ranulph > > > > > > > > On 30 Aug 2012, at 22:36, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > > I must admit it's fresh in my mind because I used my powers for evil at > the weekend and left my friend's laptop screen inverted while he wasn't > looking. I did have a little chuckle as he tried to work out what had > happened. > > Bless me for I have sinned ;) > MacAmbulance > > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > > On 30 Aug 2012, at 20:08, Ranulph Glanville wrote: > > Thanks, and now I know how to get the lovely effect, too! > > Ranulph > > > On 30 Aug 2012, at 19:27, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > > System Preferences > Universal Access > Change the "white on black" > setting there. > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > > On 30 Aug 2012, at 19:26, Ranulph Glanville wrote: > > My cat decided to be creative and lay on my keyboard. The result is that > the video is in negative. For instance, this message is written in white on > black, and the screen is generally inverted: turquoise for red, etc. > > It's haunting and really quite lovely, but it's also a pain. Restarting > doesn't fix this. Any chance someone knows how to get the screen back to > positive? Unfortunately, I couldn't quite work out which keys the cat > depressed, and in what sequence! I'm on a 13" airbook, running 1.7.4. 4 Gb > RAM, 256 Gb SDD. > > Thanks a lot for any help! > > Ranulph > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
