Well Dag nabit

Ya know, I wonder what the hell Microsoft is really thinking somedays. I have been using Outlook for a number of years on the Windows Side of things, like the program overall, on windows at least. All my mail, calendars and contacts in one program, and I can easily pull the file I need to save my entire store of the before mentioned items in one easy (if long) step. But in trying to move my mail to my OS X machine, I am having a hell of a time doing it. First, M$ didn’t use cross compatible .PST files between the OS X and Windows versions of Outlook. Next they make no converter for the file either. Third, Entourage doesn’t use a PST file in anyway, BUT you can convert an older MAC version PST file to work with it. The only route M$ decided to give was to build or find a way to access a M$ Exchange server, copy all your mail and what not to it, then pull it down. Fine and dandy, I build a box just for the purpose. But damned if they don’t make it a bitch to do, no simple copy these folder, hell, there isn’t even a default, auk here is your Inbox and all sub folders of it. You have to subscribe to every folder on it’s own, and to get the mail across you have to select everything and then tell it to move the shit. A VERY Tedious and Pain in the Arse process let me tell you.
Ahh well maybe in a week I will be lucky and have it done :-s

KVMs

Well, this was fun, went thru a couple USB KVMs this week. Trying to get the Mac Pro keyboard switchable between the G4 Sawtooth and the Win XP machines. The IOGEAR I tried, worked great on the Mac, but did not do well (didn't do squat) on the XP machine, returned it, got the same model, hoping it was just a wonky device. No dice, both did the same thing. Got a Belkin, looked like it was going to act the same, but after getting the machine booted with the Keyboard and Trackball attached to it then attaching the KVM, it was mostly happy. Now I just don't get to use all the button on my MS Trackball optical, but that is fine, I only play WoW on the Xp box for the most part anyway so no real lose. Everything seems to work great now on the Mac, and I can use my nice pretty new Mac Pro keyboard on both machines :) only real downside is that I have to use the button on top of the KVM to switch ports instead of having a keyboard hotkey combo I could use like the old KVM.

New Keyboard

well just got a nice pretty new white Mac Pro keyboard. feels nice, looks tiny, least compared to what I am used to seeing and working with. Now if I could just get the damn Windoze machine to play nice with the USB KVM I now have instead of the old PS/2 style I was using I will be good to go..

For the record my new KVM is a IOGEAR MiniView Micro USB Plus, 2-port KVM with built-in cables and Audio Support. Model #GCS632U, nice little guy, replaced the Older IOGEAR PS/2 MiniView i was runni

Well Crap

Well seems I screwed up something in my main MAC, have to reinstall the whole damn thing again. Ahh well the joys of tweaking somputers

Daring Fireball: Broken Windows

Broken Windows
Friday, 4 June 2004
http://daringfireball.net/2004/06/broken_windows

Here’s a billion-dollar question: Why are Windows users besieged by security exploits, but Mac users are not?

For the sake of this discussion, let’s consider the realm of “security” to encompass any sort of software running on your computer, which software you wish weren’t there. So we’re not just talking about viruses/worms/Trojan horses — we’re talking about crapware of any sort, including adware and spyware.

Adware is software that displays advertisements, typically in pop-up windows. Web surfers have been cursed by pop-up ads for years, but it’s common knowledge that they’re pretty much just a problem for Windows users these days, because every modern browser other than Internet Explorer has a pop-up blocking feature. If you have adware installed on your computer, however, even switching to a pop-up-blocking browser won’t make them stop — the ads are coming from hidden applications running on your computer.

------------------------------

I do like this article, great writing. And good point.

More Thoughts

Well, I have the space bar worked out on this iBook, seems I hadn't gotten the cable all the way back under the edge of the casing. I do love this thing, great battery life, doesn't weigh much, and thing just runs. Rarely go anywhere without it. Now I am down to finding a satisfactory case for it, I would love to find one that is semi-rigid and process a handle (makes it much easier to carry HI HI ). Of course I have since added a G4 PowerMac to my collection, started out as a G4 400 AGP, upgraded it to a 1 GHz chip with 1 gig of ram. Runs pretty good, Has become my main machine for most of the things I do on computers, just wish Micro$oft would make a converter for Outlook 2003 PST files to work on M$ Entourage, but bat's dues I can't find one that works for shit. Ahh well, means I keep my Dell Ispiron 5150 running Win XP for my Outlook client.

Thoughts

Well, I have the space bar worked out on this iBook, seems I hadn't gotten the cable all the way back under the edge of the casing. I do love this thing, great battery life, doesn't weigh much, and thing just runs. Rarely go anywhere without it. Now I am down to finding a satisfactory case for it, I would love to find one that is semi-rigid and process a handle (makes it much easier to carry HI HI ). Of course I have since added a G4 PowerMac to my collection, started out as a G4 400 AGP, upgraded it to a 1 GHz chip with 1 gig of ram. Runs pretty good, Has become my main machine for most of the things I do on computers, just wish Micro$oft would make a converter for Outlook 2003 PST files to work on M$ Entourage, but bat's dues I can't find one that works for shit. Ahh well, means I keep my Dell Ispiron 5150 running Win XP for my Outlook client.

Time for an update

well, I have been using OS X for a good while. Aquired a G4 tower, upgraded it from a G4 400 MHz to a G4 1 GHz, 1.5 GB Ram, and a 128 MB GeForce 5200 vid card. Ran pretty decent on the 400MHz, now really does good. Am Overly happy with my mac machines now :)
only problem is now there is a new iBook set out and i want it HI HI

Must have scrolling trackpad :P

Hacking BASH on OS X

bash on Mac OS X by David Miller -- In the migration from Jaguar to Panther, one of the lesser discussed changes has been the switch from tcsh to bash as the default shell (for new accounts). In this article, David Miller delves into affected areas, such as aliases and environment variables, to help you make the transition.

http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/trackback/cs_msg?x-lr=cs_disc/5949&x-lr2=a/4641&x-a=submit&trackback=1