I just started using ExpanDrive and it has changed my life. A goodly portion of my job involved SSHing into remote servers and editing text files. This limits me to command-line tools and doesn’t allow me to take advantage of any of the GUI workflow enhancements and productivity boosters I’ve built up over the years, [...]
This is a multi-part series about my journey on the road to becoming a real PC owner and user. As a Mac guy tired of being left behind when it came to new games, both in terms of software and hardware, I finally decided to take the plunge and build a gaming PC. Time for [...]
I bought my current laptop, a now two-year-old 17″ MacBook Pro, for 3D animation and gaming. I figured I’d need its capacious screen for Maya’s enormous and bloated user interface, and that the extra size would allow the machine to squeeze out more power from its X1600 graphics card, which was pretty good in November [...]
So I’ve spent a lot of time with the latest version of Firefox. I’ve used it as my primary browser, my secondary browser, and tried running with both it and Safari at once to highlight differences. I’ve reeeeeeeeeeally wanted to like Firefox 3, but in the end, I just keep going back to Safari. Why? [...]
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been asked (in the role of Windows IT guy) to fix printing problems, install various basic PDF utilities and disinfect malware-infested computers, I’d have enough money to buy all the Macs needed to banish these routine issues for good. Seriously! It’s 2008 and Windows still doesn’t [...]
Are you an IT person? No? Well, pretend that was a yes for a moment. I’d like to take a few moments to talk about Microsoft Windows as it relates to IT. The particular issue I’ve been having at the moment that out of the box, WIndows XP, well, just can’t do anything. You have [...]
3G iPhone blah blah blah, GPS yadda yadda yadda, app store neener neener neener. If you’re here I’ll just assume you know about all those things are already desperately holding back the pulsating waves of techno-lust from consuming your body from some sort of all-encompassing orgasmic tinglefest. I’ve been told Apple products do that to [...]
Operating systems are like governments; they serve functions that individual citizens/users could not realistically accomplish on their own. Governments often raise armies, bail out natural disaster victims, and lay roads. Many go beyond this and offer additional services, such as emergency first responders, education, healthcare, and subsidies for certain privileged businesses. Operating systems are just [...]
People follow personal philosophies all the time, and many companies have corporate philosophies as well. Holding true to a core set of beliefs that inform and guide your decisions is a sure way to not only infuse your life or company with a sense of purpose, but also to attract those who agree with your [...]
I got a pretty standard assignment today: a faculty member’s computer is on the fritz, so take a look and replace the machine if you can’t fix it on-site. Fair enough; I went down and took the requisite look. She had a Dell Optiplex something something 26-something, and on the dim screen was a blinking [...]