Saturday, November 29, 2003
Thursday, November 27, 2003
Slashdot | Review of inMotion iPod Speakers
Slashdot | Review: inMotion iPod Speakers (updated)
The reviewer has a good point. For the price they should come with a standard iPod power adaptor and a firewire cable, and it's disappointing the speakers can't be angled. The iPod power adaptor is a marvelous travel companion, the inMotion speakers use a typical cheap wall wart.
These are popular, but if they came with an iPod power adaptor and iPod cable ... wow.
Maybe SONY will adapt their superb travel speakers in this way ...
The reviewer has a good point. For the price they should come with a standard iPod power adaptor and a firewire cable, and it's disappointing the speakers can't be angled. The iPod power adaptor is a marvelous travel companion, the inMotion speakers use a typical cheap wall wart.
These are popular, but if they came with an iPod power adaptor and iPod cable ... wow.
Maybe SONY will adapt their superb travel speakers in this way ...
OS X SMB networking '-36 errors' when connecting to Win2K servers
macosxhints - Avoid '-36 errors' when connecting to Win2K servers
Good discussion. I get these when my iBook goes to sleep, wakes up, and can't connect to the win2k server.
Good discussion. I get these when my iBook goes to sleep, wakes up, and can't connect to the win2k server.
Wireless Internet access through cellular/PCS networks
Wireless Internet access through cellular/PCS networks
Rather nice and honest discussion of personal experiences with WLAN services on cell phones.
Rather nice and honest discussion of personal experiences with WLAN services on cell phones.
Usenet/Google Groups: "Why is Palm Desktop Mac so superior to Desktop/Windows"
Google Groups: View Thread "Why is Palm Desktop Mac so superior to Desktop/Windo..."
Turns out the Palm Desktop/Mac started life as Claris Organizer - a well regarded second generation Macintosh PIM from the 1990s. 3Com (just after US Robotics days, before Palm) bought it and created conduits for it. It's a pleasure to use compared to the clunky Windows Desktop app.
I'm one of a very small number of people who use Palm Desktop 4.1
(only available with T|E and T3, supports Date Book/Calendar
categories) on both Mac OS X and Windows. So I can pass on something
that may come as a bit of a surprise.
There's no comparison between the two applications, which look nothing
alike. Desktop/Mac is far superior to Desktop/Windows. One minor
example -- there's no way to export all appointments from
Desktop/Windows, in Desktop/Mac you have 3 export formats, as well as import
and "merge". On Desktop/Win you have a few paltry task filters, on
Desktop/Mac there are filters and views galore.
Turns out the Palm Desktop/Mac started life as Claris Organizer - a well regarded second generation Macintosh PIM from the 1990s. 3Com (just after US Robotics days, before Palm) bought it and created conduits for it. It's a pleasure to use compared to the clunky Windows Desktop app.
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Updating an iBook to Panther -- the paranoid approach
Updating Panther with Classic
Last night I decided that prior to panther I should upgrade 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 (Panther doesn't contain Classic, you need a prior copy.) Booted Classic, ran update, got updates. Looked fine, booted up, put iBook to sleep, woke it up --- white screen. Had to restart -- got the evil folder with the question mark of doom. Booted off classic boot cd (came w/ ibook), found system folder on hard drive and switched startup disk back to os x. Restarted ok. Bad sign on several fronts. Reaffirmed my dark opinion of Apple's QA capabilities.
Now I'm leaning towards the Panther migration strategy of doom, which will also free up a GB or so of HD space. I'm guided here by a Tidbits ebook I downloaded for $5 (highly recommended), this is the kind of ultra-paranoid path the author took.
0. Do a full Backup 2.0 backup of the iBook to my server in addition to my usual Retrospect backups.
1. Put classic on a disk image (http://googlefaughnan.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_googlefaughnan_archive.html#106717816038176570)
2. Refresh my iPod, cleaning it out totally (so I've got a 30GB external drive). Move classic disk image to iPod. (Maybe try moving iMovie 2 to iPod to see if I can keep it.)
3. Do an archive and install on iBook, then move archive and home folder and applications, etc to iPod.
3. Do a complete HFS+ journaled reformat of iBook, including classic drivers, from Panther.
4. Clean install Panther on iBook then apply updates and install Retrospect client into Panther.
5. Move items back from iPod, refresh iPod and sync to restore music. Keep copy of the classic folder there for future use.
Last night I decided that prior to panther I should upgrade 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 (Panther doesn't contain Classic, you need a prior copy.) Booted Classic, ran update, got updates. Looked fine, booted up, put iBook to sleep, woke it up --- white screen. Had to restart -- got the evil folder with the question mark of doom. Booted off classic boot cd (came w/ ibook), found system folder on hard drive and switched startup disk back to os x. Restarted ok. Bad sign on several fronts. Reaffirmed my dark opinion of Apple's QA capabilities.
Now I'm leaning towards the Panther migration strategy of doom, which will also free up a GB or so of HD space. I'm guided here by a Tidbits ebook I downloaded for $5 (highly recommended), this is the kind of ultra-paranoid path the author took.
0. Do a full Backup 2.0 backup of the iBook to my server in addition to my usual Retrospect backups.
1. Put classic on a disk image (http://googlefaughnan.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_googlefaughnan_archive.html#106717816038176570)
2. Refresh my iPod, cleaning it out totally (so I've got a 30GB external drive). Move classic disk image to iPod. (Maybe try moving iMovie 2 to iPod to see if I can keep it.)
3. Do an archive and install on iBook, then move archive and home folder and applications, etc to iPod.
3. Do a complete HFS+ journaled reformat of iBook, including classic drivers, from Panther.
4. Clean install Panther on iBook then apply updates and install Retrospect client into Panther.
5. Move items back from iPod, refresh iPod and sync to restore music. Keep copy of the classic folder there for future use.
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Canon i900D Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer
Steves Digicams - Canon i900D Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer
Considering the low cost of this printer, I might as well buy it when my HP depletes its next cartridge. I'll see if I can find someone to donate the HP to!
Considering the low cost of this printer, I might as well buy it when my HP depletes its next cartridge. I'll see if I can find someone to donate the HP to!
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