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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Leopard Install Update
After a lot of work, I pretty much have Leopard working the way I want. I just went to software update and saw a Login and Keychain Update. Apple’s support article says: The Login & Keychain Update 1.0 for Mac … Continue reading
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Leopard upgrade is a disaster
I started my Leopard upgrade by doing a backup with SuperDuper! as who knows what can happen when installing software. I decided to do an archive and install as that would preserve my info and get me up and going … Continue reading
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Video Conferencing and my wacky network
Yesterday, my mother-in-law had a cable modem installed so that she could video conference with us and see our son (she just got a new 20″ iMac the other day). Video conferencing is easier said than done with NAT routers. … Continue reading
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Smart Dog
Last night after I read to our son and was ready to put him to sleep, I kept calling my wife to come up and say goodnight, but she couldn’t here me. So, I told our dog, Marley, to “get … Continue reading
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More on the San Diego Fires
While I’m quite happy that the fires haven’t affected us (except for the smoke and particulates in the air), it saddens me to see the great loss that so many people have suffered. We returned to our house on Wednesday … Continue reading
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San Diego Fires
Sunday afternoon while my wife and I were running errands, we noticed smoke to the north and my wife found out there was a fire. Later that evening, I walked into the garage and smelled the fires; that’s when I … Continue reading
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The GSM buzz isn’t all that bad, now
I previously wrote about the GSM buzz on my speakers and decided today that maybe my 10 year old Apple Design Speakers might be part of the problem; a lot has changed since I got those speakers. I picked up … Continue reading
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Burglars got what they deserved
About 2 weeks ago, my dad brought his iMac G4 (the goose neck one) over for me to look at as it kept kernel panicking. After examining it, I pretty much determined that it was toast and time for a … Continue reading
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Not very helpful dialog
I currently sync my Mac with Google calendar using Spanning Sync and sync my iPhone. Occasionally I get sync conflicts that I have to resolve, but today, I got a dialog that was completely unnecessary. The conflict resolver is a … Continue reading
Greylisting to fight spam
Awhile ago, someone mentioned the concept of greylisting to fight spam. The concept is that the first time an email server connects to my mail server, my server would reject that connection for a delay message saying that the server … Continue reading
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