10 Days of (OS) X

I’ve been immersed in my new OS X based Macworld for the better part of the past 10 days, and it doesn’t look like there’s any going back.

Email & More

My daily email and web needs are amply met using the Mac. While I gave the Apple supplied mail client and web browser a …

It’s not the most important issue in the world, but the fact is, the historical record has been altered, and not for the better, by the distributor of a minor comedy from the early 80s.

Yes, it seems that WKRP, well known for playing a wide variety of popular music, has been completely eviscerated! Currently …

“The wicked leader is one who the people despise. The good leader is one who the people revere. The great leader is the one of whom the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.’” -Lao-Tzu

After spending a few hours yesterday figuring out how to use ssh tunneling, (possibly the topic of a separate post), I turned to things more mundane today.

I decided to see if there were any drivers for my logitech keyboard. I was having trouble using it with a belkin kvm (couldn’t option-select) and thought that new drivers, if available, couldn’t hurt.

Since one of the things I like to do is post images it seemed a good idea to try this common activity using my new powerbook. I decided to create and post an image to see how it compared to doing the same on my XP machine.

* First, I did a Cmd-Shft-3 screen capture. …

I’ve added a new category named MacStuff in anticipation of a flurry of Mac-related posts. I’m having a real blast getting to know OS X, but all is not perfect, and as I find answers to things that frustrated me, I’ll try and share them here. Of course, that’s not the real …