Archive for January, 2008

MacHeist II

Monday, January 21st, 2008

The MacHeist guys are at it again. This time there’s 14 applications in the bundle, but it’s not as obviously a great deal as last time. I succumb to the lure of lots of programs for only a little $$$ anyway though. Here’s the list of applications along with my comments: 1Password – I use [...]

Backup solutions

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Since I’ve started running Leopard the backup situation on my computer systems has gotten much better. It’s not just that Apple has created a slam-dunk solution in Time Machine (trust me it rocks). Or even that Time Machine is a complete backup solution (it isn’t). But that Time Machine has inspired me to get all [...]

New (Computational) Digs

Monday, January 14th, 2008

This blog (and indeed all of the household computing services) have moved onto a new server. It took much more time to complete the migration than I had planned, but the current configuration should be good for at least a couple years. A few things to note: If you were getting services from the knot.org [...]

Back in Mac

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

My MacBook Pro came back from service last week, and I’m fully operational again. During the week it was gone, I was limping along on a spare laptop running Ubuntu Linux. I’ve needed to send my MBP in for minor service for about 9 months, but there was never a good time. I finally decided [...]