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Posted in nerdliness on Nov 2nd, 2009
One of the last things to transfer to the new MacBook Pro was my iPod. I’ve got a 30 GB 5th Generation iPod that is nearly full; at last synchronization it only had 912 MB free.
Any given synchronization between the iPod and the PowerBook was reasonably quick, since the contents of my music library are [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Oct 30th, 2009
While the Apple Mac OS X graphical user interface is beautiful and very easy to use, having a powerful Unix command line at my disposal gives OS X something extra. Out of the box Terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal) is ready to go, but I like to customize all parts of my computer, so [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Oct 29th, 2009
From the first time I used my PowerBook nearly seven years ago until today, Safari has been my browser of choice. I dabble with all the major players, and a few of the minor ones, but I always come back to Safari.
It isn’t perfect however. There are two “enhancements” I make to my copy to [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Oct 26th, 2009
One of the largest sets of data I had to transfer from my PowerBook to my MacBook Pro was my picture library. It took two tries and some fiddling around to get everything setup properly, so hopefully my posting here will save someone else the time and frustration I had.
You could use Apple’s Migration Assistant [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Oct 24th, 2009
In Backing Up iTunes Purchases I talked about how I made DVD backups of a portion of my iTunes library. Now that I have a significantly larger hard drive (320 GB versus 100 GB) it’s time to put the restore feature to the test.
After an initial scare when I couldn’t find the backup where I [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Oct 23rd, 2009
The following is a list of the software I installed on the new MacBook Pro in the first 24 hours.
Dropbox : A drop-dead simple piece of the “cloud.” 2GB for free and clients for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.
Adium : Hands down the best multi-protocol chat client for Mac OS X
Tweetie : A twitter [...]
Posted in life, nerdliness on Oct 22nd, 2009
Not since February 2003 (maybe late January of that year) have I gone to work without carrying my PowerBook G4. It has been the ultimate filofax, holding pictures, music, words, code, and all the other electronic flotsam and jetsam near and dear to me.
Tomorrow will be the first day I’ve ventured off to work without [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Oct 22nd, 2009
My new MacBook Pro was delivered this morning, less then two-and-a-half days after it shipped from Shanghai China. It is stunning and sleek, simply beautiful. I am very pleased with my choice.
As some of you might have guessed from the title of this posting, I’ve named the new machine BlackPerl. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Oct 20th, 2009
In Nerd Angst I mentioned briefly that I need to think up a suitable name for the new laptop due to arrive sometime Friday. Being a nerd through-and-through this is actually a more significant undertaking that you might otherwise suspect.
Until I got my PowerBook I had never named a computer. Upon seeing it and using [...]
Posted in life on Oct 20th, 2009
If I were to coin a phrase about buy consumer electronics it would be, “don’t watch the price after completing your purchase.” Usually, over time, the price of consumer electronics goes down, or, if the item is already at its lowest sustainable price, the features or extras go up for the same price.
Personal computers, both [...]