Unlike the Windows world, where operating systems upgrades are sources of frustration and loathing, among Mac users upgrades are met with enthusiastic interest. I've been using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) for a few days now.
The performance improvements promised by Apple are real. Everything feels snappier. Spotlight is …
I've upgraded my MacBook from Tiger to Leopard. I hit a couple of snags along the way; maybe this will help someone else avoid the same issues.
1. When I first attempted to upgrade, the Installer wouldn't allow me to select my hard drive for the upgrade. I have been …
I've never been good at keeping backups. Back in the good old days, when all my data fit on one floppy disk, I made copies of those, but the first time I had to back up a 20-MB (yes, megabyte) hard drive onto a stack of floppies, I gave up …
(Nobody else will care about this. Move along. Nothing to see here now. Maybe I'll clean this up for public consumption later.)
After spending way too much time figuring out how to change the name of a custom event log my .NET-based service was writing messages to, I decided I …
I've worn contact lenses since I was a teenager. I've never liked eyeglasses: they're too heavy, too fragile, too dusty, and just plain uncomfortable. In contrast, contacts are lightweight, they rarely get dirty, they provide peripheral vision, and you don't have to wear ugly …
Last week, I had my first complete physical exam in twenty years. I figured that, because I'm 40, I ought to get one. I was wondering what problems they might find.
EKG, heart sounds, lungs, reflexes, and everything were fine. However, my blood pressure was high. It was also high …
My Mom likes MSN.com. It's been her homepage for years, and I've accepted the fact that I won't be able to get her to switch to a better portal. However, every time Mom gets a new computer, she somehow gets tricked into signing up for MSN dial-up service for …
A couple of months ago, I posted Python Server Start, a simple template for starting implementation of a network server in Python. I got a comment from "dt" suggesting that what I really wanted to use was the standard Python SocketServer module.
Today, I had to write a "real server …
I have my own domain that I've been using for e-mail for the past few years. Most of my e-mail goes there, and then gets forwarded to a Yahoo! mail account, which in turn gets downloaded to my Macbook. This gives me a couple of nice features: I can read …
HBO has a couple of new series that I predict will be cancelled at the end of their first season. Maybe if more people watch them, that won't happen, so I want to do my part to bring attention to them.
John from Cincinnati is weird, but has the best …
