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I’ve been looking for software to allow me to post to my blog without using the (cumbersome) web admin interface. My goal, more specifically, is “free” software to accomplish this task. I suppose I could / should have done a full erase and clean install, and can always do that if I experience problems. I took the easy (read that, lazy) way out and just inserted the Install DVD and went to work. It took just a bit over an hour to install Snow Leopard. Of course, on the surface I don’t see anything different, but will poke around and check out the subtle differences (if there is much to find.) The new build does take a considerably smaller footprint (about 3GB less than 10.5) and is quite snappy. At $29USD you shouldn’t pass it up for your Intel based Mac. Ok, what we die hard Mac fans have been waiting for, the next release of OS X! Today I received two emails, one directly from Apple this morning (Alaska time) and this afternoon from MacMall. Both announced ‘pre-order now’ to get your copy on Friday the 28th. Of course, I plopped down the $29 to Apple (which included shipping.) So, run, don’t walk and pre-order your copy of 10.6. Well, “stuff” happens. I have been very pleased over the years with my ACS DSL service. I use this to connect this server to the world. It’s not the fastest but has been, for the most part, very reliable. But nothing is perfect. Tonight, somewhere between 17:52 and 17:57 there was a total Internet blackout. I thought it must be me, but other than resetting the DSL modem didn’t do much until I checked a bit further. A server failure in Seattle was impacting all of ACS’s Internet customers. I purchased the Tekkeon MP2250 along with the Cradlepoint PHS300 from 3GStore.com. Until now, I haven’t had the time to use the external battery pack. This is a lithium polymer battery pack, supplying 5V with 25.9 Wh output power. I am thoroughly impressed with the performance. I’ve been using the “new” router a couple of days. Today, I did the first test on battery power. The Cradlepoint PHS300 ran a full 2:40! Impressive performance! Hey, all I can say, they were good to their word. To me, that speaks volumes. Actually I *LOVE* Cradlepoint and the 3GStore.com iPhone 3.0 advertised tethering as one of the enhancements. I searched Google to find out how to configure and saw many blogs and posts, either folks saying it works great, or not at all. But when I looked at my unlocked 3G from Hong Kong, I didn’t have the tethering option. I even went to the “3″ site in Hong Kong to see if they had instructions. As a matter of fact they did, but had to go to help.benm.at to get it working. Earthgrooves, Valediction… Cool jazz / new age music from Vol. 2. First heard this one at EarthTV.com. You should definitely check out that site for views from around the world. |
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