Leopard; likes and dislikes

October 28th, 2007 by Mike | Posted in mac os x |

So, as I go along this week I’m going to update this post with my likes and dislikes of Leopard. Here’s my initial list:

Likes:
1. The look of the default Mac Installer program
2. Stacks
3. The amazingly smartness of Spaces
4. Being able to see/modify Expose.app, Front Row.app, and a bunch of those previously hidden applications from my Applications folder.
5. Stacks
6. The fact that all of my applications (so far) work flawlessly
7. The new icons for my network drives and for my Time Machine drive
8. Tons of minor, yet noticable changes in the OS throughout the Finder
9. Menubar transparency.
10. How easy it is to run Time Machine… seriously, it’s so easy.
11. Stacks
12. My MacBook runs SUPER cool.

Dislikes:
1. After installing the Adobe CS3 suite that my .torrent files didn’t initially open in Transmission, but intstead in Opera which was hidden inside of Adobe bridge (not necessarily Leopard, but I thought I would let you in on that weird deal)
2. Not being able to unmount my external drives because they are in use (I did turn off Time Machine, don’t worry. It has to be something other than that.
3. First app not to work for me: MagiCal. Kind of pissed…

As I said, I’ll add more as more comes (and as I have more free time and less homework.)

-Mike

Leopard is upon us

October 26th, 2007 by Mike | Posted in liveblog, mac os x |

Ladies and Gents! It has begun.

Leopard, Apple’s newest installment of Mac OS X (10.5) is here and I, Mike Rapin (aka Gambit), am going to install… today.

I’ll be ‘live blogging’ this experience as I go along, so keep watching for updates!

First off it’s 5:32PM and since I do not have any Dual-Layer DVDs I’m going to install via an external hard drive. I’m currently restoring this external HD with the Leopard DMG I have and we’ll see what happens from here.

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Daily Links (10/25/07)

October 25th, 2007 by Mike | Posted in Daily Links |

Ha! Gotta love Digg at 9AM!

Confirmed for Brawl (seriously): King Dedede via Digg
In the wake of the OiNK shutdown Former admin speaks to the public about his arrest and release via Digg
Sony copies Apple. Lulz ensues. via Digg/Engadget
Top 10 Google Services you know you have forgotten about via Digg/Lifehacker
Flaws in Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon!? How dare ye!! via Digg
Awake for 11 days, legally insane for 8 via Digg

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Daily Links (10/24/07)

October 24th, 2007 by Mike | Posted in Daily Links |

Hm, I guess I skipped yesterday… Well, anyways, here’s some links for you:

Transmission .90 released today! Hooray for BitTorrent on the Mac! via TUAW
Mozilla Firefox is taking over, and you can help! via Digg
Leopard! It’s awesome! And this is why… via Digg
Science can do anything… like explain life after death via Digg
GMail + IMAP + You (and maybe your iPhone/iPod Touch) via Lifehacker
iPhone Apps via iTunes? (it’s just a theory, but worth the read) via TUAW

More after the break

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Daily Links (10/22/07)

October 22nd, 2007 by Mike | Posted in Daily Links |

I’m a bad blogger and I’m updating my ‘through the day’ blog quite late… nevertheless, I managed to find some sweet stuff today:

Schweet Firefox wallpapers via Brandon Ridge
Google Docs for mah iPhone/iPod Touch! from TUAW (I actually found this out myself via my iPod touch but a news story is cool too)
Vista -> Ubuntu 7.10 via Digg
Mini-Mail.app ~= an appetizer? via Lifehacker
SD card is called Eye-fi, has Wi-fi but why? via Gizmodo
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No computer = sad Mike

October 22nd, 2007 by Mike | Posted in random |

So, here’s the deal kids: Thursday night, I here’s what I thought “Hey! The newest distribution of Ubuntu Linux just came out and I should download it and install it on my desktop computer!”

This was a bad choice.

Why? Well, simply because I had to backup my entire desktop onto my 500GB external via over my network on my MacBook, which was not a good idea because I lost a ton of files (mainly SNES ROMs and save states) without realizing I did so and because I was just plain stupid about how I did the setup amongst other minor ignorant things.

So! I had downloaded the OS from the Ubuntu website and burned it to a CD via my MacBook after backing up everything I thought I needed. I popped in the CD into my desktop, restarted and went about my way to install Ubuntu over Windows. Let me just say that my first indicator that things were going bad was that my TV (which I have been using as an external monitor via video-out) was showing a jarbled screen, but I was in such a hurry to get Ubuntu up and running that I ignored it…

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Today’s Links

October 19th, 2007 by Mike | Posted in Daily Links |

So, I think I am going to start a near daily post containing links to things I found interesting via Digg/Slashdot/Lifehacker/TUAW/etc. I”ll be updating this throughout the day (probably 8AM-4AM). Does that sound good? Cool.

And here’s today:

Windows 7? Oh no they didn’t… via Slashdot.org
College Degrees: the ones that don’t make sense via Digg
New Star Trek; Sylar = Spock? via Digg
If the Nazis had won… via Digg

(12:38PM)
Caffeinated Mints from Penguins via my boss

More after the break.

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A new beginning

October 17th, 2007 by admin | Posted in info, random |

Howdy kids!

I’ve decided to move over to Wordpress from Blogger. Why? Well, because I can customize the crap out of everything! I mean, I love Google and all, but I need to make my site for me.

Other than that, plan on seeing a ton of cool updates dealing with Apple related stuff and cool techie/geek news, etc.

-Mike (aka Gambit)