Summary I took my drives to Reynolds back on Dec. 1, 2006. Since then they basically ignored me. I’ve been updating the timeline in my original post to reflect the (lack of) progress I was making in getting any kind of response from them. On Thursday last week, I decided to try driving up to…
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I’ve been using OpenDNS for a number of months now, and I am a fan. My favorite features: Faster DNS response than my ISP means pages load faster. Typo correction – my .vom and .xom typos automagically get turned into .com for me. They take an ‘as little as needed’ approach to asking for information…
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I used Safari as my primary browser for a little over a week. Disclaimer: I was not a fan of Safari before this and have used Chimera/Camino as my primary browser for several years. This post has my notes from the experience. The transition to Safari was pretty easy. LaunchBar already indexes my bookmarks, so…
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Back at the end of November my desktop machine froze and my hard drives got corrupted. It happens. I hadn’t done a recent backup (entirely my fault), so I had a choice: forget about the data I was losing or pay someone to get it back for me. I decided on the latter. So far,…
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So I gave the Kensington SlimType a shot, and gave it a pass in favor of the MacAlly IceKey. After using the IceKey for about a week, I’ve decided to ditch it as well and go back to my Kensington StudioBoard – despite the couple of minor issues I have with it. I did take…
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Yes, I said I’d never buy anything from Kensington again but the SlimType got pretty good reviews so I decided to try it out. The Good The styling of the keyboard is pretty nice. The volume keys and sleep (power) key work without drivers. The Bad Keys are stiffer than a Power/MacBook keyboard. A little…
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Back in January of 2005 I asked for Windows Explorer replacement recommendations. A number of people stopped by and shared a long list of recommendations, however none of them came close to being acceptable to me. I was contacted back in June 2006 by Jim Kueneman, a delphi component developer who was interested in piecing…
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I gave the Logitech S 530 a fair shake, even after its drivers caused my machine to freeze up (which in turn corrupted my hard drive and cost me several weeks in data recovery hell). The thing is, I just didn’t like the keyboard action. It’s not as bad as the membrane keyboard that Apple…
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My Logitech S 530 keyboard and mouse arrived today as expected. I plugged them in and they worked straight away – so far so good. Then I downloaded and installed the drivers – that is when the problems started. I configured the drivers after the required reboot, and about a minute later the machine froze…
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With nothing but frustration from other solutions I’ve tried, I migrated my calendars to Google Calendar (GCal). This is a half-solution for me right now, but absent a viable alternative, it’s really pretty good. Here’s how I’ve got it set up: As always – back up everything first. I exported my Personal 2006, Work 2006…
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I’ve been using a Zimbra account for the past couple of weeks and have found it not to be reliable in syncing my desktop and laptop (both Macs). Yesterday, I was looking at iCal on both machines plus the web interface. I kept synching both machines, but all 3 screens remained different. I had to…
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Adam Tow has just released MsgFiler, an absolute must have add-on for Mail.app users that file messages. Trust me, this puppy will save you serious time every day. Go download it now, then come back here and read more of the back story. Back in 2004, I was so fed up with Mail.app that I…
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I’ve gotten a number of e-mails (strangely no comments) asking if I’m: still using Vebio1 for my invoicing, and if I’d still recommend the service. The answer to both questions is yes. Having automated monthly invoicing means one less thing I need to think about – I love it. Vebio also added logging expenses (and…
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FastMail, my e-mail provider (which I am no longer recommending), has had my account down for most of the day Friday and it looks like the downtime will continue through the weekend. This downtime is more problematic to me than their last partial outage, since this one affects my main account. I was hopeful that…
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Knowing I’m an interested party, Brett1 sent me a link to the article on LifeHacker that explains how to use ScheduleWorld as a sync hub for your PIM data. It all looks really good, including supporting over the air (OTA) sync of BlackBerry devices. I tested the sync with Google Calendar and it worked. So…