Connects flawlessly to my home wireless network. At work, not so good. Does it support enterprise wep leap?
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McBookaire: Having some trouble with wireless at work
Monday, April 7, 2008
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McBookaire: Serial numbers
Sunday, April 6, 2008So far, I’m pleased with ‘being Martha’ (i.e., maing an extragent purchase like the McBookAir. It’s totally quiet. No heat. And, appears to run for hours between charges. Although a recharge seem to take longer than I expected. Like sipping thru a narrow straw? Keyboard is excellent. Except it’s no WIndows or XPS lay out. I’ll have to get used to it. I’ve got mail and wp working, no sweat. But I have hit my first gripe.
Serial numbers!
Come on guys could you possibly make them longer or in a smaller font?
I’d have preferred that you allow them to be automagic.
The experiment continues!
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McBookaire: The adventure begins
Saturday, April 5, 2008McBa is all powered up and ready for “productivity”.
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TECH SERVICE: Book On Blog problem
Friday, April 4, 2008A blog doesn’t lend itself to reading like a book — from beginning to end. So the writer has to “connect” the chapters for his readers, by putting foward and back links on the post itself.
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<— Last Chapter: Snidely ties Pearl to track
Pearl hears train.
Next Chapter: Dudley arrives on scene —>
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You get the idea. Now I have to do the work.
:-)
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McBookaire: McBa is in New Jersey
Friday, April 4, 2008UPDATE: Frau’s got it! I can see her signature on the FedEx website. (way kool!) If I didn’t have a problem solving call this afternoon, I’d call it a week, and go home. It’s like my birthday!
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The McBa is in New Jersey. I’m so excited. I can feel myself becoming more productive already!
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Apr 4, 2008 8:31 AM
On FedEx vehicle for delivery
EDISON, NJ
7:26 AM
At local FedEx facility
EDISON, NJ
2:16 AM
Arrived at FedEx location
NEWARK, NJ
Apr 3, 2008 4:59 PM
Departed FedEx location
ANCHORAGE, AK
9:06 PM
Int’l shipment release
ANCHORAGE, AK
11:48 AM
Arrived at FedEx location
ANCHORAGE, AK
2:27 PM
In transit
SHANGHAI CN
Apr 2, 2008 10:37 AM
Picked up
SHANGHAI CN
Package received after FedEx cutoff
10:37 AM
Left origin
SHANGHAI CN
8:39 AM
Package data transmitted to FedEx
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McBookaire: Apple tells me my order is in the air!
Wednesday, April 2, 2008My one order is coming in three pieces … err, I mean shipments. Hope that’s not prophetic. From China! Don’t know why but I thought Apple as a US based company. Guess it was stupid to think we make anything but mcdonalds in the USA.
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TECH SERVICE: Free Web DOC 2 PDF Services
Monday, March 31, 2008http://media-convert.com/ Recommended
https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp Emails results
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McBookaire: I have to name it
Monday, March 31, 2008All my platforms have names. Luggable, POSDELL, BigBox, Hasta (as in Hasta la Vista), POKEY, or PUTRID (performance wise).
In light of the TV commercials, I here by designate the soon to arrive Mac Book Air as … …?
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TECH HARDWARE: Mac Book Air
Sunday, March 30, 2008OK, call me “Martha”. (She’s using one.) I just spent the balance of my 2007 technology budget on one.
It should be fun.
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TECH SOFTWARE: How to create a glossary in Microsoft Word
Sunday, March 30, 2008http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/glossary/glossary.html
How to create a glossary in Microsoft Word
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Word has no built-in mechanism to create glossaries. You can type one by hand, use hyperlinks, or use the Table of Authorities functionality.
To create a glossary across several documents, use RD fields and the Table of Authorities functionality.
The simplest way to create a glossary is to type your glossary by hand at the end of your document. Word has no built-in method of creating a glossary automatically, but you can use hyperlinks or the Table of Authorities functionality to create a glossary for one or more documents.
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Arghh!
And, doing it manually is a productivity enhancement?
And, you wonder why I think Microsoft is more of a problem than a help?
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TECH SERVICE: FOLDERSHARE having trouble after an upgrade?
Tuesday, March 25, 2008A “Windows Live” Beta service to sync machines.
They did an update yesterday.
Today, my personal notebook says it’s connecting. My work notebook says it’s connecting. But they never connect.
Both personal and work notebook show three of the four machines in the group offline.
Interesting.
I think they have a problem.
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Update: As of 1400, the service is now connecting on both stations?
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TECH SOFTWARE: Good bye, Microsoft Project
Friday, March 21, 2008***Begin Quote***
We are pleased to announce a complete Open Workbench site upgrade in time for the release of Open Workbench 1.1.6 – a new stand-alone version of the popular free project scheduling software sponsered by CA Clarity. Over the past couple of months, we have worked hard to deliver version 1.1.6 to the Open Workbench community. We thought you would enjoy and improved site experience in addition to the latest release. The upgraded site includes a new look and feel as well as upgrades to the code for increased security in our forum.
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Good bye, Microsoft Project.
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LINKEDIN: Adds “companies” as entities?
Friday, March 21, 2008http://www.linkedin.com/companies/1703/Comcast?trk=pro_other_cmpy
I looked at the one for Comcast. And “new employees” are four months old. No rss feeds. And, I don’t see a lot of use. Maybe Business Week (the sponsor) will.
?
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TECH SOFTWARE: Sage Software’s Act! — NOT RECOMMENDED!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/
2008/03/not_a_class_act.html
March 18, 2008
Not a class Act!
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Many people have mixed feelings about class action lawsuits, seeing as how the only real winners are usually the lawyers. But is such litigation more justified against a software company that keeps putting out a buggy product? That was the question confronting one reader when he received notice of a settlement involving Sage Software’s Act! 2005.
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I don’t even fight any more. My defense is Open Source Software. A huge criteria to “invest” my time and effort, which is worth far more than the little bit of money I spend on software, hardware, or services, is can I get my data in and out. I can’t — goodbye. I spend ZERO on anything that I can’t escape from. I’ve been locked in by the best of them most notable Microsoft and I’m going to escape that trap this year. No Vista for me. It’s a failed meme to use tools that trap you into upgrade cycle hell or steal your time and attention away from profitable activities. I’m moving to the zero foot print computing that the web — most notably Google — is offering. As long as I can export my data to Open Office, I’ll be OK. More than one way to skin a class action lawyer.
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TECH SOFTWARE: a strange bug or data error with Microsoft WORD2003
Monday, March 10, 2008Microsoft Office, (Have I mentioned lately how much I hate Microsoft Office and Outlook?), specifically WORD2003, threw me a curve this weekend. I was doing my Jottings Sunday morning and was hit by a strange bug or data error.
Everything on the page was coded as a hypertext link.
I was hooked bad. On deadline, I really didn’t need that hassle. Tried to clear the format in any way I could think. New doc. New file. Cut’n’paste. Even went through the doc and “removed hyperlink” on every paragraph.
Nothing worked.
Fired up Open Office. Removed one page of links. Saved it. Uploaded it. Still screwed up.
Fired up NVU and opened the page. It allowed me to globally nuke the link and save it.
Argh!
Two hours down the tubes.
I hate Microsoft Office.
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TECH HARDWARE: troublesome laptop (mac book air) and a flight long gone
Sunday, March 9, 2008http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/019882.html
March 08, 2008
The TSA Doesn’t Dig The Macbook Air
Posted by Manuel Lora at March 8, 2008 08:28 PM
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The TSA is the federal agency that supposedly keeps airports safe. It prevents bombs, firearms, knives, brass knuckles and all sorts of evil objects and people from boarding flights. Yet they were puzzled by the new Macbook Air:
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The senior agent hasn’t been trained for technological change. New products on the market? They haven’t been TSA approved. Probably shouldn’t be permitted. He requires me to open the “device” and run a program. I do, and despite his inclination, the lead agent decides to release me and my troublesome laptop. My flight is long gone now, so I head for the service center to get rebooked.
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Oh heroic TSA agents, may you keep our homeland secure from all evils present and future. May your vigilant, Orwellian and totalitarian eyes look after us poor frightened citizens forever and ever. And while you’re at it, read some technology blogs and leave us alone.
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I guess this is one small strike against my getting one. Is this part of the cost of being on the bleeding edge?
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TECH HARDWARE: Western Digital’s website may be wrong about “out of warranty”
Tuesday, March 4, 2008http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2008/03/western_digital.html
March 04, 2008
Western Digital Lies About Warranty Status
The Gripe Line
Ed Foster
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Drive manufacturers often seem to have a bad memory when it comes to their warranty promises. That’s what one reader discovered when Western Digital’s website falsely labeled his drive as being out of warranty when it wasn’t.
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Then the reader discovered some fine print that only popped up when he hovered his cursor over a small “note” link. It read:
“By default, the warranty date is calculated from the manufacture date. However, if you have proof of purchase, we can update the warranty to calculate it from the purchase date. If you feel that the warranty date needs to be updated from the purchase date, please follow the instructions below.”
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I would have thought that was “fraudulent”. I can see them saying “we only know that we made the drive x/y/z date.” But, I think that they also ask you to register the drive with the dumb post card. Maybe, they are NOT crooks, but this is certainly bad PR.
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TECH SERVICE: Google Sites as part of Google Apps
Thursday, February 28, 2008FROM GOOGLE to admins of domains using google apps
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Greetings admins!
Today, we’re excited to announce the introduction of Google Sites as part of Google Apps.
Google Sites makes creating a team web site as easy as editing a document. You can quickly gather a variety of information in one place — including videos, calendars, presentations, attachments, and gadgets — and easily share it for viewing or editing with a small group, your entire organization, or the world.
As of today, Google Sites is enabled for reinkefaceslife.com, which means your users can get started immediately. To help you announce this new offering to your users, we’ve included a template message below that you’re welcome to use.
You can learn more about Google Sites at http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/sites.html.
To find more information or get in touch, visit our Help Center at http://www.google.com/support/a. Please do not reply to this email; replies are not monitored.
Sincerely,
The Google Apps Team
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Google has just released a new product called Google Sites, and you can start using it today!
What is Google Sites?
It’s an online application that makes creating a team web site as easy as editing a document. You can quickly gather a variety of information in one place — including videos, calendars, presentations, attachments, and gadgets — and easily share it for viewing or editing with a small group, their entire organization, or the world.
* Anyone can do it — Building a site is as simple as editing a document, and you don’t need anyone’s help to get started.
* Share from one place — Create a single place to bring together all the information your team needs to share, including docs, videos, photos, calendars and attachments.
* Work together — Invite co-workers, classmates, or your entire organization to edit your site with you to keep it fresh and up-to-date. And let as many or few people view your site as you want.
Take a look at some example sites to see how you might use Google Sites:
* Company intranet — http://sites.google.com/a/organic-city.com/intranet/Home
* Team project — http://sites.google.com/a/altostrat.com/project-eggplant/Home
* Employee profile — http://sites.google.com/a/altostrat.com/jkraus/Home
* Classroom — http://sites.google.com/a/googleclassrooms.org/mrs-richau/Home
* Student club — http://sites.google.com/a/googleuniversity.org/ski-club/Home
To start using Google Sites, go to http://sites.google.com/a/reinkefaceslife.com
If you have questions, visit the Google Sites Help Center at http://www.google.com/support/sites.
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Interesting!
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TECH SERVICE: BLOGLINES stops updating
Sunday, February 24, 2008As an RSS reader, I liked it a little better than Google’s. Until it stop working today.
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TECH SERVICE: Western Union money transfer — NOT RECOMMENDED
Friday, February 22, 2008***Begin Quote***
Why do I have to call to complete my transaction?
See answer
For security reasons, we need to speak with you to confirm that your transaction is valid. We apologize for inconvenience.
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It’s a disaster.
NOT RECOMMENDED
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TECHNOLOGY: Being Declared Dead Ruins Life
Thursday, February 21, 2008http://www.wsmv.com/news/15315424/detail.html?taf=nash
Woman Says Being Declared Dead Ruins Life
Laura Todd Says She’s Been Dead On, Off Again For 8 Years
Reported By Nancy Amons
POSTED: 5:10 pm CST February 15, 2008
UPDATED: 4:59 pm CST February 16, 2008
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Nashville woman said that having to prove she’s alive over and over is ruining her life.
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It’s technology because it is poorly designed.
Just shaking my head.
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TECHNOLOGY: Who needs smoke detectors?
Saturday, February 2, 2008http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/02/fire_at_south_brunswick_apartm.html
Fire at South Brunswick apartment complex displaces 16
by Seung Min Kim/The Star-Ledger
Saturday February 02, 2008, 2:50 PM
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The fire was first detected when a tenant working on his computer around 3:15 a.m. noticed the power flickering throughout the apartment, South Brunswick police Detective Jim Ryan said.
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Who needs smoke detectors? We have the “web surfers”.
:-)
Can laff now about a potentially serious incident.
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TECH HARDWARE: OLPC can’t deliver!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/25/0625206&from=rss
Big Delays, Small Laptops: OLPC XO Recipients Mad
Posted by Soulskill on Friday January 25, @08:15AM
from the give-one-get-one-if-you-are-lucky dept.
Portables Hardware
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PCWMike writes to tell us about the growing concern over the failure of OLPC to deliver laptops to some of its customers. PC World editor-in-chief Harry McCracken notes that record-keeping was poor for some of the people who paid via PayPal. A report on LinuxJournal also suggests that customer information was lost due to errors in the database software used by OLPC. Quoting PC World: “OLPC spokesperson Jackie Lustig acknowledges problems with the ordering and the fulfillment process, but says the biggest challenges are a short supply of XO laptops and the organization’s ability to meet consumer demand for the XO laptop. Some also wonder whether chronic delivery problems for Give One, Get One donors may bode poorly for the 15 countries slated to receive nearly 500,000 XO notebooks. Lustig says delivering in bulk to just over a dozen countries is infinitely simpler than processing and delivering 80,000 individual laptops.”
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Guess I wasn’t lucky. Now the “early January” date has slipped to “maybe April”. Argh! What did these guys take lessons from Dell? They should have outsourced it to Amazon!
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TECH HARDWARE: Sitting on the back seat was a … …
Sunday, January 27, 2008http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080126/D8UDG2N00.html
Photo Clues Lead to Camera’s Owner
Jan 26, 4:43 AM (ET)
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN
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At dusk on New Year’s Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery. Sitting on the back seat was a nice Canon digital camera. Gunderson asked the driver which previous passenger might have left it, but the cabbie didn’t seem to care. So Gunderson brought it home and showed it to her fiance, Brian Ascher. They decided that the only right thing to do was to find the owner.
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I won’t spoil the story by revealing the ending, but …
… why don’t electronic devices have a return address?
… why don’t all cell phones suggest an ICE (In Case of Emergency)?
… why don’t more people try harder like these folks?
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TECH SERVICE: What comes after blogging?
Saturday, January 19, 2008http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/web/2008/0114web2.html
What comes after blogging?
First comes static Web site postings, then comes blogs, then comes tumblelogs
Web Applications Alert Newsletter By Mark Gibbs, Network World, 01/16/08
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First came Web sites with static postings. Then came blogs, essentially diaries on steroids. The astute reader might guess what question that raises: What comes after blogging? Some believe the answer is “tumblelogs” – a curious and compelling hybrid of a blog and a scrapbook. The definitive tumblelog service today is Tumblr, but the term “tumblelog” was first coined as long ago as 2005 to describe the formatting of a blog.
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Interesting. I’ll try it, of course.
http://www.tumblr.com/dashboard
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TECH SERVICE: BIGCONTACTS not big enough and too expensive
Tuesday, January 15, 2008How to replace Microsoft Outlook address book with online service: Big Contacts
14 January 2008
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Problem: How to replace Microsoft Outlook address book with online service: Big Contacts
Solution: Big Contacts
Site: http://www.bigcontacts.com/
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The limits are set at a 1,000 contacts per user. You can have two thousand users. So, in theory, 2M contacts. But, on Outlook I have over 19k of contacts in various and sundry categories.
SO BIG ain’t BIG enough!
NOT RECOMMENDED!
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