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<title><![CDATA[Snow Leopard Internet Issues]]></title>
<link>http://panelson951.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/snow-leopard-internet-issues/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
<guid>http://panelson951.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/snow-leopard-internet-issues/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a question, does anyone else get the problem in Snow Leopard where by the internet conn]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Here&#8217;s a question, does anyone else get the problem in Snow Leopard where by the internet connection just stops. The network preference pane says that it is still connected to my Time Capsule but will not go on the internet. I then have to disconnect from the wireless router and reconnect, quite safari and restart it and then it works.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Developing an ActiveMQ C++ JMS Client for Mac OS X]]></title>
<link>http://jeboyer.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/developing-a-activemq-c-jms-client-for-mac-os-x/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jeboyer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jeboyer.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/developing-a-activemq-c-jms-client-for-mac-os-x/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m switching gears in this post to discuss my experience with installing and integrating Apac]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="clear:both;">I&#8217;m switching gears in this post to discuss my experience with installing and integrating <a href="http://activemq.apache.org/">Apache ActiveMQ&#8217;s</a> C++ client library with Objective-C. <strong>ActiveMQ</strong> is an open-source message broker, for Windows and UNIX, from the <a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache Software Foundation</a>.</p>
<p style="clear:both;">Topics covered:</p>
<ul style="clear:both;">
<li>Intro to ActiveMQ</li>
<li>Installing ActiveMQ C++ Client Libraries</li>
<li>Integrating ActiveMQ C++ with Objective-C</li>
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<p style="clear:both;">In previous posts, I cover iPhone development topics for a prototype I&#8217;m working on. Yet, my iPhone app is only one client in a larger <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service">software as a service (SaaS)</a> prototype. The plan is to have the SaaS system support clients across other popular mobile platforms and desktop operating systems such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X">Mac OS X</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows">Windows</a>.</p>
<p style="clear:both;">In this heterogeneous computing environment, some of my components need to reliably send and receive messages. So, adding a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_broker">message broker</a> to the mix makes sense. However, for a prototype, buying a commercial product such as IBM&#8217;s WebSphere MQ is out-of-the-question. Consequently, I chose <a href="http://activemq.apache.org/">Apache ActiveMQ</a>.</p>
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<p style="clear:both;"><strong>Apache ActiveMQ</strong> is an open source message broker which fully implements the Java Message Service 1.1 (JMS). It provides &#8220;Enterprise Features&#8221; like clustering, multiple message stores, and availability to use any database as a JMS persistence provider besides VM, cache, and journal persistency.</p>
<p>Apart from Java, ActiveMQ can be also used from .NET, C/C++ or Delphi or from scripting languages like Perl, Python, PHP and Ruby via various &#8220;Cross Language Clients&#8221; together with connecting to many protocols and platforms.</p>
<p style="clear:both;">Apache ActiveMQ. (2009, November 26). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:00, November 26, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apache_ActiveMQ&#38;oldid=328100430</p>
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<p style="clear:both;">Installing ActiveMQ is easy. Writing Java clients is straightforward. However, I have a native Mac OS X client (written in Objective-C) that needs to process messages. Fortunately, ActiveMQ has a C++ client library or <a href="http://activemq.apache.org/cms/">CMS</a>, which stands for <strong>C++ Messaging Service;</strong> and since Xcode supports <a href="http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/Articles/ocCPlusPlus.html">Objective C++</a> (mixing Objective-C and C++) I have a solution for integrating my client with ActiveMQ.</p>
<p style="clear:both;">Installing CMS on a UNIX-based system is not as easy as installing the ActiveMQ server. There are some hoops to jump through.</p>
<ol style="clear:both;">
<li>Download CMS <a href="http://activemq.apache.org/cms/download.html">here</a>.</li>
<li>Follow the README instructions and note that the package is dependent on number of tools and libraries:
<ul style="clear:both;">
<li><em>autoconf</em> version &#62;= 2.61</li>
<li><em>automake</em> version &#62;= 1.10</li>
<li><em>libtool</em> version &#62;= 1.5.24</li>
<li><em>APR version</em> &#62;= 1.3</li>
<li><em>APR-Util</em> version &#62;= 1.3</li>
<li><em>CPPUnit</em> version &#62;= 1.10.2*</li>
<li><em>libuuid</em> version &#62;= ?*</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<p style="clear:both;">On Mac OS X 10.6.x, I already had <em>autoconf</em>, <em>automake</em>, and <em>libtool</em>. But, I had to install the latter four packages before installing CMS. Each installation follows the same set of standard command lines, check the requisite README for variations:</p>
<ul style="clear:both;">
<li><em>./configure </em></li>
<li><em>make</em></li>
<li><em>make [test or check]</em></li>
<li><em>make install</em></li>
</ul>
<p style="clear:both;">After installing everything, the CMS libraries will be in <em>usr/local/lib</em> and ready to use in Xcode.</p>
<p style="clear:both;">Moving to client development, I had the simple CMS consumer example running straightaway. However, once I began to mix in my Objective-C code, my build was wrought with pre-complier errors of the form: <em>expected &#8216;;&#8217;, &#8216;,&#8217; or &#8216;)&#8217; before &#8216;&#62;&#8217; token</em>.</p>
<p style="clear:both;">Answers to this issue on the web were illusive. But, I knew the root cause was the inclusion of <em>&#60;Foundation/Foundation.h&#62; </em>with my C++. Fiddling with build settings was futile. My workaround, remove all references to <em>Foundation.h</em> and explicitly add only the headers the implementation needs. For example: <em>&#60;Foundation/NSString.h&#62;, &#60;Foundation/NSDate.h&#62;, &#60;Foundation/NSDateFormatter.h&#62;</em><em>&#8230; </em>Works like a charm, but tedious. I wish Xcode had a command analogous to <strong>Organize Imports</strong> in Eclipse.</p>
<p style="clear:both;">In any case, my ActiveMQ Objective C++ client is now working nicely. I hope this info helps some other Xcoder out there.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Operating System as a Killer App]]></title>
<link>http://blog.gipson-family.net/2009/11/28/using-your-operating-system-as-your-productivity-suite/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.gipson-family.net/2009/11/28/using-your-operating-system-as-your-productivity-suite/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The more I keep looking for the perfect applications for personal productivity, I am increasingly co]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The more I keep looking for the <strong>perfect</strong> applications for personal productivity, I am increasingly concluding that the Operating System <em>should be</em> fulfilling that role.  The author of <strong>The <span class="caps">UNIX</span> Philosophy</strong><sup><a href="#fn1">1</a></sup> states:</p>
<blockquote><p>“<em>Make each program do one thing well.</em> By focusing on a single task, a program can eliminate  much extraneous code that often results in excess overhead, unnecessary complexity, and lack of flexibility.”</p></blockquote>
<p>The <code>tar</code> command comes to mind.  It has a very limited scope, but performs its task well.  The lack of features in <code>tar</code> resulted in a smaller, more maintainable code base.  With fewer lines of code it is easier to debug.</p>
<p><strong>The <span class="caps">UNIX</span> Philosophy</strong> continues on to state several other pillars of <span class="caps">UNIX</span> thought, including the principle of filtering data, rather than originating it:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Make every program a filter.</em> The fundamental nature of all software programs is that they only modify data, not create it.  Therefore, they should be written to perform as filters since they <em>are</em> filters.</p></blockquote>
<p>In <span class="caps">UNIX</span> and Linux, this is accomplished frequently using the common, cheap, ubiquitous and lovely standard input, standard output (and occasionally standard error) files with redirection and pipes, as long as the programs being used operate as filters.  On OS X, this is accomplished using <em>AppleScript</em> (for those programs which have exposed good <em>AppleScript</em> <span class="caps">API</span> interfaces).  This functionality seems to be missing in Microsoft Windows (I hope I’m wrong… Am I?).</p>
<p><img style="float:right;width:50%;" title="Productivity Venn #1.pdf" src="http://jagtx.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/productivity-venn-1.pdf" alt="" />The point is that most Productivity Super-Apps throw in every conceivable feature.  This feature-bloat weighs down the program, making it take too much disk storage space, too much memory and too many processor resources resulting in a sluggish application, even on modern equipment.  After all that effort, the programs still do not fit the user’s desired feature-set.  The only way for a user to acheive a 100% feature-requirement match is for the user to write his or her own productivity suite from scratch, or assemble the bits and pieces (a mail program from here, an address book from there, a notebook/journal from elsewhere) and fill in the missing parts will some glue code using the operating system’s available tools ( <em>AppleScript</em> and <em>Automator</em> or <code>$STDIN</code> / <code>$STDOUT</code> ).</p>
<p>When an operating system allows programs to be scripted, then I opt for smaller, less-capable, less-expensive programs with fewer bugs, and add in only the things I need to do repeated tasks more efficiently.  <strong>More on this later</strong>.</p>
<p id="fn1" class="footnote"><sup>1</sup> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Philosophy-Mike-Gancarz/dp/1555581234/">The <span class="caps">UNIX</span> Philosophy</a> by Mike Gancarz; Butterworth-Heinemann 1995; <span class="caps">ISBN</span> 1-55558-123-4</p>
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<title><![CDATA[(Finally) 10.6.2 on Hackintosh]]></title>
<link>http://basshead.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/finally-10-6-2-on-hackintosh/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>basshead</dc:creator>
<guid>http://basshead.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/finally-10-6-2-on-hackintosh/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s taken a while, but I got around to upgrading my main hackintosh to 10.6.2 this week. As m]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Quick Look tunado !!!]]></title>
<link>http://macsaber.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/quick-look-tunado/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>iVladi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://macsaber.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/quick-look-tunado/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[No lançamento do Leopard (10.5) um dos recursos anunciados pela Apple foi o Quick Look, que resumida]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[No lançamento do Leopard (10.5) um dos recursos anunciados pela Apple foi o Quick Look, que resumida]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Adium: Instant Messaging Multiprotocollo ora anche Skype!!! - Mac]]></title>
<link>http://6unblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/adium-instant-messaging-multiprotocollo-ora-anche-skype-mac/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://6unblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/adium-instant-messaging-multiprotocollo-ora-anche-skype-mac/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Forse molti utenti Mac già lo conoscono, ma magari non sanno tutto tutto Comunque Adium è un interes]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Forse molti utenti Mac già lo conoscono, ma magari non sanno tutto tutto Comunque Adium è un interes]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Enable NTFS R/W In Snow Leopard]]></title>
<link>http://macosxhints.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/how-to-enable-ntfs-rw-in-snow-leopard/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>computerra</dc:creator>
<guid>http://macosxhints.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/how-to-enable-ntfs-rw-in-snow-leopard/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[NTFS write support was apparently dropped in the final release build of SL. It turns out the support]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>NTFS write support was apparently dropped in the final release build of SL. It turns out the support is still there, but disabled by default.</p>
<p>Basically, it&#8217;s running mount_ntfs with read/write option specified.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how it&#8217;s done in Terminal:</p>
<p>Rename the original /sbin/mount_ntfs tool by typing:<br />
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig<br />
(press Enter, then type your password in, press Enter)</p>
<p>Create a script by typing:<br />
sudo nano /sbin/mount_ntfs<br />
(press Enter)</p>
<p>Type this:<br />
#!/bin/sh<br />
(press Enter)<br />
/sbin/mount_ntfs.orig -o rw &#8220;$@&#8221;<br />
(press Enter)</p>
<p>Save the script:<br />
(press Ctrl-O, Enter, Ctrl-X in sequence)</p>
<p>Now type this in:<br />
sudo chown root:wheel /sbin/mount_ntfs<br />
(press Enter)<br />
sudo chmod 755 /sbin/mount_ntfs<br />
(press Enter)</p>
<p>Verify by typing:</p>
<p>ls -al /sbin/mount_ntfs<br />
(press Enter)</p>
<p>You should see:<br />
&#8220;-rwxr-xr-x&#8221; and &#8220;root wheel&#8221;</p>
<p>Enjoy R/W access to NTFS volumes&#8230;</p>
<p>Note:<br />
If it isn&#8217;t working for you, it may be that the NTFS partition wasn&#8217;t cleanly unmounted previously (e.g. not using safe eject in Windows). To check if this is the case, open Console in Utilities, and go to &#8216;All Messages&#8217; instead of &#8216;Console Messages&#8217;. Search for &#8216;ntfs&#8217; and you may come across an error that displays like this:<br />
NTFS-fs error (device /dev/disk3s1, pid 435): ntfs_system_inodes_get(): $LogFile is not clean. Mounting read-only. Mount in Windows.<br />
You need to plug the disk into Windows (XP, VISTA, 7) and do a safe eject. Then the NTFS partition will mount in read/write mode. This is because OS X has no &#8220;fsck_ntfs&#8221; to repair problems on the NTFS volume to make it &#8220;clean&#8221; again.<br />
In Windows You can use mountvol &#60;DRIVE&#62;: /D to unmount the drive&#8230;<br />
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<p>In case you don&#8217;t like it:</p>
<p>sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig /sbin/mount_ntfs<br />
(press Enter)</p>
<p>and everything is back to R/O.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Utanför fönstret hänger äpplet och väntar]]></title>
<link>http://michailov.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/utanfor-fonstret-hanger-applet-och-vantar/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>michailov</dc:creator>
<guid>http://michailov.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/utanfor-fonstret-hanger-applet-och-vantar/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jojjo! Tänka sig vad en liten uppdatering av Windows Vista kan betyda. Det ena leder till det andra ]]></description>
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<p>Jojjo! Tänka sig vad en liten uppdatering av Windows Vista kan betyda. Det ena leder till det andra som leder till det tredje&#8230; Allt finns att läsa om nedan.</p>
<p><em>Jag känner på mig redan nu innan jag börjat skriva att inlägget kan komma att bli väldigt långt, men å andra sidan kanske det blir det enda på ett tag så&#8230;</em></p>
<p><strong>Sony Vaio + Windows Vista?</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignright" src="http://www.upload.moldova.org/IT/2006/dec/vista.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="133" />Iaf, det började i måndags när Windows för femtioelfte gången säger sig vilja starta om datorn för att slutföra en viktig uppdatering. Jag brukar dock välja att skjuta upp det 4 timmar gång på gång för att just slippa starta om datorn. Det tar ju en sån jävla tid att först låta den stänga ner och sen starta upp igen. Plus själva uppdateringsfasen. Nu hade det väl dock gått över en vecka (kanske två?) sedan jag startade om datorn senast (låter den gå ner i viloläge istället) och den blir märkbart seg ibland. (självklart segare än vanligt)</p>
<p>Så jag tog modet till mig och gjorde som Windows ville och lät den starta om. Nerstängningsfasen drar igång, den tänker, tänker lite till och tillslut försvinner skrivbordet och det börjar hända något. Så småningom startar den upp igen och man får vänta lite till. Först ska man se procenten ticka upp till hundra för installationen av uppdateringen och sen kommer inloggningsrutan fram. Loggar in och skrivbordet kommer fram. Ja! Då var det klart! Inte riktigt så kanske. Nu måste man vänta på allt som ska starta upp innan det ens går att göra något. Försöker man göra något tar det bara längre tid innan Windows är redo att användas. Det är just därför som jag undviker att starta om datorn i onödan.</p>
<p>Nu var jag iaf igång igen, öppnar webbläsaren som för tillfället är Google Chrome och hinner surfa en liten stund innan det ploppar upp en ruta om att det finns nya uppdateringar att installera. Suck!</p>
<p>Det var nu det blev dags för Service Pack 2. Funderade lite på om jag skulle fixa det direkt eller om jag skulle skjuta på det. Men va fan, lika bra att göra bort skiten. Körde igång uppdateringen som kunde ta en timme och tittade i en bok så länge. Jag blev lite förvånad när det tog bara runt en halvtimme, så man var igång igen ganska snabbt. Jag har dock inte märkt någon skillnad efter uppdateringen&#8230; jo, jag fick tillbaka 25 GB utrymme på hårddisken. Nu har jag rensat en massa mera och har nu runt 70 GB ledigt. Frågan är bara vad som tar upp resten av de runt 100 GB som inte är lediga? Massa skit antar jag&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Sony Vaio + Windows 7?</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignright" src="http://msinetpub.vo.llnwd.net/d1/keithcombs/blog/images/WindowsAutomatedInstallationKitWAIKforWi_CD6B/windows7_bloglogo.jpg" alt="" width="186" height="140" />Nu kom jag dock i samma veva in på Windows 7 som nyligen lanserats. 7:an har ju fått bra recensioner jämfört med Vista så en uppdatering kanske inte skulle sitta helt fel. Prestandamässigt skulle det inte vara några problem alls att fixa in Windows 7 på Vaion så jag taggade till rejält på att lägga en tusenlapp på att uppdatera. Jag laddade ner ett litet testprogram från Microsoft som kollade upp om allt i datorn skulle funka med Windows 7. Allt visade grönt förutom drivrutinerna till grafikkortet. Men jag tänkte att det är väl bara att tanka ner nya från tillverkarens hemsida. Klickade mig fram till mitt grafikkort och hittade senaste drivrutinen. Sweet, tänkte jag ända tills jag scrollade ner och läste det lite mera finstilta. Det var vilka undantag som fanns och där stod det bland annat att drivrutinen inte funkade till Sony Vaio-datorer. Inte lika sweet längre. Ny flik i webbläsaren för lite googlande om Sony släppt någon egen version av senaste drivrutinen. Blev mycket klickande utan resultat. Det enda jag kunde hitta var förbannade ägare av Vaios som skulle eller hade installerat Windows 7, men inte fick grafikkortet att funka riktigt. Folk hade tagit kontakt med Sony dock utan resultat. Man fick känslan av att Sony sket fullständigt i deras datorer som var något/några år gamla.</p>
<p>Så slutsats på detta var mao att det var bara att glömma Windows 7 på min Vaio, iaf om det ser ut just nu.</p>
<p>Det hade dock varit grymt att testa då det hörs vara mycket mindre resurskrävande och snabbare, men jag får fortsätta dras med Vista och Sonys hopkok. För nog kan man tycka att det är ett hopkok. Som exempel kan jag ta de extra knappar utöver standardtangenterna. Alltså typ <em>Play/Pause, Next, Prev., Volume +/-, </em>samt knappkombinationen för att att öka resp. minska skärmens ljusstyrka (Fn-knappen + F5/F6) Just nu händer det ingenting när man vill öka eller minska ljusstyrkan. Inte heller kan man ändra volymen genom snabbknapparna. Att dessa slutar att samarbeta är inte helt ovanligt. Så man kan väl säga att man blivit van, iaf vad gäller ljusstyrkan. Att behöva klicka på lilla ikonen för att ändra volymen är desto jobbigare. Detta ordnar med all säkerhet upp sig genom en omstart, men då var vi tillbaka där. Det tar ju så förbannat lång tid.</p>
<p>En annan grej som håller på att försämras är batteriet. En gång i tiden (inte så länge sedan) kunde man ladda batteriet till 100%. Dock inte längre. Nu kommer jag som mest upp i 93% och det sjunker sakta men säkert. Batteritiden som från början inte var riktigt bra blir bara sämre och sämre. Man ska vara glad om man får ut 2h på batteridrift och då gäller det att dra ner på skärmstyrka. (om knapparna funkar?) En film kan man glömma att se på batteridrift. Det ska isf vara en inte allt för lång film om man ska hinna se slutet. Det funkar mao inte alls bra. Jag tittade idag medan jag drack kaffe på två avsnitt av Playa del Sol på SvtPlay. Självklart på batteridrift. Innan jag drog igång hade jag drift för strax över 2h. När jag sedan sett avsnitten som är strax under halvtimmen styck varnade den för låg batterinivå. Hade cirka 15-20 minuter kvar innan det var tomt. Ja, ni kan ju själv räkna ut hur korta de där 2 timmarna blev. Nu ska jag dock tillägga att avsnitten visades i Flash vilket är väldigt processkrävande = slukar ström men vid vanligt surfande gäller det som sagt att spara in på skärmljusstyrkan om man ska få ihop 2 timmar. Det gäller alltså att ha med sig strömadaptern om man ska någonstans för batteriet kommer att bli tomt.</p>
<p>Slutsats än så länge: Batteriet blir sämre, jag börjar bli less på Windows Vista och Windows 7 kan jag inte installera. Så vad göra? Ta ett äpple?</p>
<p><strong>Macbook Pro + OS X Snow Leopard = ♥</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignright" src="http://photonzone.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/os-x-snow-leopard.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="126" />Robert var klok och skaffade snabbt en Mac i form av en vit 13&#8243; Macbook och hörs vara grymt nöjd. Jag däremot skaffade en fin 15,4&#8243; Vaio som faktiskt har gjort vad den skulle. Bland annat kopplas in till tv:n via HDMI vilket en Mac inte har möjlighet till på samma sätt, därav mitt val av laptop, eller mitt icke val av Mac om man så vill. Nu är jag dock inte i behov av den funktionen i samma utsträckning iom köpet av min nya Samsung-tv så&#8230; ja ni förstår väl vart jag vill komma?</p>
<p>Jag vill ha en Mac!! Windows kan slänga sig i väggen med Vista och Sony kan <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">också slänga sig i väggen</span> slå kalvdön i armbågen för att de ska vara inne och pilla i drivrutiner så att man inte han ha det senaste i sin dator. Jag gillar i övrigt Sonys Vaio-datorer då de är väldigt snygga, men helheten blir ju inte bra när de håller på som de gör. Sen att man får en dator fullproppad med dynga när man packar upp den är väl en annan femma som de flesta pc:s lider av. Kanske att Sony är lite extra duktig på detta?</p>
<p>Jo, en sak till innan vi växlar över helt på Macsidan. Det släpps med jämna mellanrum även uppdateringar från Sony. För det första måste man ladda ner dessa via Internet Explorer vilket bara det är åt helvetet. Sämre webbläsare får man leta efter. När man väl gjort det och uppdaterar har det oftast funkat, tills häromdagen. Det var lite ny mjukvara för BD/DVD-läsaren och jag körde igång det. Mitt i allt stannar den och säger att den inte kan fortsätta då det tydligen inte gick så bra ihop med WinDVD, programmet som följde med förinstallerat och som jag dessutom knappt använt. Jaha!? Stängde ner Internet Explorer och sket i uppdateringen&#8230;</p>
<p>Sedan dess har mina ögon riktats mot maskinerna som är &#8220;Designed by Apple in California&#8221;. Fram med haklappen bara för snyggare datorer får man leta efter. Robert har försökt öppna mina ögon för Apple men det var inte förrän jag skaffade en iPhone 3G som jag slutade kisa och kunde se hur underbara grejer de gör. Köpet av iPhonen är något som jag absolut inte ångrar. Funkar oftast hur bra som helst och jag är helnöjd, även om den inte är i top vad gäller tekniken. Dock är det upplevelsen på skärmen man bara älskar. Så enkelt och bara så underbart och jag antar att man får samma upplevelse med en Mac framför sig.</p>
<p>Nackdelen med Mac är dock att de känns dyra. En Mac i samma storlek som jag har nu, alltså 15&#8243;, kostar från 17 000 kr och uppåt. Och ska man &#8220;extrautrusta&#8221; den ramlar kronorna snabbt iväg.</p>
<p>Jag har surfat runt en hel del de senaste dagarna och fastnat för Macbook Pro 13&#8243;. Där börjar priserna på lite mera humana 12 000 kr. Nån tusenlapp till för lite extrautrustning och man har den i sitt knä, förhoppningsvis med ett leende på läpparna.</p>
<p><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/apple-macbook-pro_13-angle-450.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Visst blir det att gå bakåt vad gäller skärmstorlek, men jag tror att upplevelsen överlag är bättre på en Mac med OS X. Sen är det samma upplösning som jag har på min Vaio så allt på skärmen blir bara lite mindre. Känner man att man behöver en större skärm skaffar man en extern.</p>
<p>Vad gäller OS X så har jag ingen större erfarenhet av det. Det lilla jag har pillat på det så har det känts lite ovanligt. Är lite att vänja om sig vid jämfört med Windows, men vad gör det? Nya utmaningar är alltid trevligt!</p>
<p>Går vi sen över på batteritiden är stor skillnad att vänta jämfört med Vaion. Upp till 7 timmar enligt Apple och av vad jag läst på nätet varierar det en hel del men 4-5 timmar ska nog inte vara några större problem. Dessutom ska batteriet hålla 3 gånger längre än &#8220;vanliga&#8221; laptop-batterier.</p>
<p><img class="alignright" src="http://allnewmac.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/7e79c_macbook_pro_13_2.jpg?w=230&#038;h=173" alt="" width="230" height="173" />Sen har den bakgrundsbelysta tangenter, något som jag saknat ett flertal gånger så det är nog en skön feature. Ja listan på går göra lång. Vad som iaf verkar vara genomgående vart man än läser är att de allra, allra flesta är grymt nöjda med Macbook Pro 13&#8243; och jag kan inte tänka mig att jag skulle tycka något annat.</p>
<p>Så jag skulle helst av allt klicka &#8220;Köp&#8221; så fort som möjligt, men det tar å andra sidan emot lite. Min Vaio fyller två år i början på 2010 och jag hade väl tänkt använda den längre än så när jag köpte den. Batteriet lär ju hålla ett tag till om än med minskande effekt.</p>
<p>Jag känner mig förbannat delad. Ena sidan vill köpa den, den andra vill fortsätta bråka lite smått med Vaion. Snålhet? Ptja, egentligen inte men man slänger väl inte iväg en massa pengar på en ny dator vartannat år!? Å andra sidan är nog en Mac en mera långsiktig investering jämfört med en PC. Så känns det iaf. Men som med all elektronik så är den gammal så fort man öppnar förpackningen. Ingenting att göra åt.</p>
<p><img class="alignright" src="http://brinkenfeldtit.se/wp-content/uploads/Magic-mouse.jpg" alt="" width="216" height="100" />Jag måste nog hur som helst åka å klämma lite mera på Macarna. Var på Media Markt i söndags och pillade lite lätt. Blev genast kär i nya Magic Mouse. Riktigt tufft med hela musens översida med touchfunktion. Att scrolla med den var ljuvligt och vill ha känslan satte in direkt.</p>
<p>Vem vet, allt detta kanske går över med tiden, eller så blir jag helt enkelt tvungen att trycka &#8220;Köp&#8221;.</p>
<p><em>Det är väl knappast någon som har läst igenom hela texten, men har du det så säger jag Grattis!</em></p>
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<link>http://6unblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/siete-amanti-degli-sfondi-geometrici-ma-colorati-ecco-un-bel-sito-che-fa-per-voi/</link>
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<dc:creator>Marco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://6unblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/siete-amanti-degli-sfondi-geometrici-ma-colorati-ecco-un-bel-sito-che-fa-per-voi/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Guida 6unblog: Abilitare preferenze per QuickTime X da Terminale]]></title>
<link>http://6unblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/guida-6unblog-abilitare-preferenze-per-quicktime-x-da-terminale/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://6unblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/guida-6unblog-abilitare-preferenze-per-quicktime-x-da-terminale/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Se avete installato il nuovo sistema operativo Snow Leopard, avrete visto che QuickTime X  non esegu]]></description>
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<link>http://ablogonzo.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/snowtape-internationale-musik/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Allan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ablogonzo.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/snowtape-internationale-musik/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wer schon immer mal in die verschiedene Musik hoeren wollte, ist mit Snowtape gut bedient. Die Softw]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guida 6unblog: Trasforma la tua Play Station 3 in un Server Multimediale - Win/Mac/Linux]]></title>
<link>http://6unblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/guida-6unblog-trasforma-la-tua-play-station-3-in-un-server-multimediale-winmaclinux/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://6unblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/guida-6unblog-trasforma-la-tua-play-station-3-in-un-server-multimediale-winmaclinux/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Se anche voi avete una Play Station 3 avete certamente capito che il gioco fine a se stesso è solo u]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guida 6unblog: Entrare nel proprio Mac da ogni parte del mondo da Remoto! ]]></title>
<link>http://6unblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/guida-6unblog-entrare-nel-proprio-mac-da-ogni-parte-del-mondo-da-remoto/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://6unblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/guida-6unblog-entrare-nel-proprio-mac-da-ogni-parte-del-mondo-da-remoto/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A tutti sarà capitato, almeno una volta, di aver dimenticato sul computer di casa un file importante]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[VMWare Fusion or Parallels on OSX?]]></title>
<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/11/25/vmware-fusion-or-parallels-on-osx/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
<guid>http://purplejunction.com/2009/11/25/vmware-fusion-or-parallels-on-osx/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have been running VMWare Fusion 3 and recently installed Parallels 5 on my OSX 10.6.2  MacBook. Wi]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mount a Time Machine Backup Disk]]></title>
<link>http://bigdiver.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/mount-a-time-machine-backup-disk/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bigdiver</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bigdiver.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/mount-a-time-machine-backup-disk/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Time Machine backup images can be mounted as regular disks using the hdiutil command. All you need t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Time Machine backup images can be mounted as regular disks using the hdiutil command.</p>
<p>All you need to do is</p>
<p><span style="font-family:Consolas, Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;line-height:18px;font-size:12px;white-space:pre;">sudo hdiutil attach &#60;time_machine_file.sparsebundle&#62;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Consolas, Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:small;"><span style="line-height:18px;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;"><span style="line-height:19px;white-space:normal;">If your Time Machine backup file is on a network share you need to connect to the server and mount the share before you can run the hdiutil command.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Consolas, Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:small;"><span style="line-height:18px;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;"><span style="line-height:19px;white-space:normal;">It may take some time especially on slow networks or big image files.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:Consolas, Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:small;"><span style="line-height:18px;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;"><span style="line-height:19px;white-space:normal;"><a href="http://bigdiver.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/screen-shot-2009-11-24-at-2-26-37-pm.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-192" style="border:0 initial initial;border-color:white;" title="Mounted image of Time Machine Backup disk" src="http://bigdiver.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/screen-shot-2009-11-24-at-2-26-37-pm.png" alt="Mounted image of Time Machine Backup disk" width="560" height="313" /></a><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Dove si trovano gli sfondi di OS X?]]></title>
<link>http://macgix.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/dove-si-trovano-gli-sfondi-di-os-x/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>macgix</dc:creator>
<guid>http://macgix.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/dove-si-trovano-gli-sfondi-di-os-x/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Semplice! Nella cartella /Library/Desktop Pictures/ nel vostro Macintosh HD!]]></description>
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<p>Nella cartella <strong>/Library/Desktop Pictures/</strong> nel vostro Macintosh HD!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Will Apple Disable PPC Support in Next-Generation iWork and iLife Work?]]></title>
<link>http://isellmac.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/will-apple-disable-ppc-support-in-next-generation-iwork-and-ilife-work/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>isellmac</dc:creator>
<guid>http://isellmac.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/will-apple-disable-ppc-support-in-next-generation-iwork-and-ilife-work/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As Apple is updating iLife and iWork applications to move to 64-bit and to take full advantage of th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>As Apple is updating iLife and iWork applications to move to 64-bit and to take full advantage of the improvements included in Snow Leopard, there is much debate as to whether they will disable support for PPC processors. Compatibility with Leopard hasn&#8217;t been decided yet, but that the 2010 suite would only support Macs with Intel-based processors.</p>
<p>This switch to Intel-only compatibility for the new iLife and iWork would not be a huge surprise, as Snow Leopard dropped support for PPC-based Macs. However, it would be surprising to see them disable support for Leopard.</p>
<p>iLife revisions were traditionally issued on a yearly basis each January at Macworld San Francisco. In recent years, releases have been every 18 months, with <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2006/01/10/apple-releases-ilife-06-with-iweb/">iLife &#8216;06</a> being released in January 2006, <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2007/08/07/ilife-08-introduced/">iLife &#8216;08</a> in August 2007 (skipping an &#8220;iLife &#8216;07&#8243; release), and <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2009/01/06/apple-announces-ilife-09/">iLife &#8216;09</a> in January 2009.  If this cycle remains unchanged, we could expect to see the next generation iLife and iWork released in mid-2010.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mac OSX intuitive]]></title>
<link>http://chefdude.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/mac-osx-intuitive/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chefdude</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chefdude.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/mac-osx-intuitive/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There are 8 hard drives in my pc. One failed this morning and lawfully minded Murphy dictated it wou]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>There are 8 hard drives in my pc. One failed this morning and lawfully minded Murphy dictated it would be my Snow Leopard drive.</p>
<p>Fear not, I have Time Machine all up to date&#8230; Reinstalling the OS and then shutting down, maybe one step too far already. Sigh. Where are the instructions?! Stop the screaming!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows 7 Home Premium / Professional for $29.99]]></title>
<link>http://danscrimale.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/windows-7-home-premium-professional-for-29-99/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://danscrimale.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/windows-7-home-premium-professional-for-29-99/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Following Apple&#8217;s Snow Leopard release to existing Leopard owners for only $30, Microsoft chos]]></description>
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<p>Following Apple&#8217;s Snow Leopard release to existing Leopard owners for only $30, Microsoft chose to release Windows 7 to students for the not-too-shabby price of $29.99. When I investigated this offer, I was initially disappointed because it appeared they were only offering Windows 7 Home Premium at this lower rate. However, to my delight, as I scrolled down the page I found a link entitled &#8220;Need to connect to your college&#8217;s domain?&#8221; Although it wasn&#8217;t as advertised as the Home Premium offer, Windows <em>did</em> decide to offer Windows 7 Professional for the same price of $29.99. Click the link below for the website, where you must enter your student email address to prove that you&#8217;re actually a student, and you&#8217;re good to go.</p>
<p><a class="aligncenter" href="http://windows7.digitalriver.com/store/mswpus/en_US/DisplayHomePage?resid=1fqFvAoBAiMAAEBLPqAAAAAW&#38;rests=1259163446551" target="_blank">Windows 7 Student Price</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet Security]]></title>
<link>http://empoweredmac.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/internet-security/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Philo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://empoweredmac.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/internet-security/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Internet security is one of those topics that you can&#8217;t talk about enough. Almost every web si]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Internet security is one of those topics that you can&#8217;t talk about enough. Almost every web site you visit is going to require you to create a password at one point or another. Most of the people I meet and talk with about it are using one, or one of a few passwords, as they troll across the web. It&#8217;s not that people aren&#8217;t concerned about keeping their personal data safe, but rather how do they deal with the problem in an effective manner?</p>
<p>This is where Agile Web Solution&#8217;s <a title="1Password" href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password" target="_blank">1Password</a> comes in. I started using it a couple of years ago and it is one of the apps that I open every day on my Mac. The premise of 1Password is simple; it helps you create, store, and organize passwords for all of your various website logins. Right now, I have 169 website passwords.  These sites are just like yours: banking, news, forums, and email. If I were managing these on my own, I&#8217;d have about 4 passwords that I use regularly. This is not a good habit.</p>
<p><strong>Functionality</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft" style="border:5px solid white;" title="1Password Vault" src="http://emberapp.com/jasonphilo/images/1password-1/sizes/m.png" alt="" width="136" height="159" />1Password has several tools to help you create and store website passwords. It integrates with all of the major browsers for Apple through a context menu, or a key icon in the menu bar. When creating a new password you call up 1Password and choose the Strong Password Generator function. When you&#8217;re saving your new passwords you can use folders and/or tags to organize them. It doesn&#8217;t just do passwords either. You can create identities to auto-fill forms online with contact and banking info—securely, and without a lot of typing! Finally, and one of my favorite features, you can even integrate all of your Mac&#8217;s applications license and registration information. In one app that costs $40 (family and student licensing available) you&#8217;ve got a solid and reliable solution to making your Internet life secure and manageable.</p>
<p>Now that I&#8217;ve covered the main features of 1Password I want to make sure to mention the interface. Agile Web Solutions has developed a beautiful UI for this app that&#8217;s not only easy on your eyes, but is quite intuitive.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><img class="aligncenter" title="1Password UI" src="http://emberapp.com/jasonphilo/images/1password/sizes/m.png" alt="" width="420" height="281" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>1Password Mobile</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><img class="alignright" style="border:5px solid white;" title="1Password Mobile" src="http://emberapp.com/jasonphilo/images/itunes/sizes/m.png" alt="" width="254" height="366" />All of this discussion about this great Mac desktop app inevitably leads to the question about how do I take my passwords with me? First, you can sync this database securely to the web using <a title="1PasswordAnywhere Video" href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password/whats_new#anywhere" target="_blank">1PasswordAnywhere</a>. If you have an iPhone, iPod Touch, and Palm OS you can download an app for native support on your device. Check out <a title="1Password iTunes link" href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1password/id285897618?mt=8" target="_blank">1Password</a> and <a title="1Password Pro iTunes link" href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1password-pro/id319898689?mt=8" target="_blank">1Password Pro</a> on iTunes. The free version will meet most peoples&#8217; needs, but the Pro has a few added creature comforts some will find indispensable (it&#8217;s also free for a limited time, so don&#8217;t lollygag on this special. The free version can be used as a standalone app, but if you want to take advantage of some of the Pro features (like folders), you&#8217;ll need to have the desktop app for your Mac.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">The mobile apps are protected by dual-layer password security</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Wrap-up</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Don&#8217;t waste any more time leaving your Internet security to your fallible brain and Post-it notes! Go to 1Password&#8217;s site and download a 30-day, fully functioning demo to try it out. Get the app for your iPhone! Create monster passwords of superfluous security without worrying about how you&#8217;ll remember them! Have a blast with your important information!</p>
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<link>http://macsaber.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/atualizacao-iphoto-09/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>iVladi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://macsaber.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/atualizacao-iphoto-09/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apple disponibiliza atualização para o iPhoto 09 solucionando os seguintes problemas: * Problema que]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Engineering Self Destruction - Man vs. Nature]]></title>
<link>http://tailrace.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/man-vs-nature/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tailrace</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[  Yesterday evening while returning home I saw some shepherds herding livestock along the road. The ]]></description>
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<div><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:x-small;">Yesterday evening while returning home I saw some shepherds herding livestock along the road. The shepherds, sheep and cattle looked famished. I wondered where the sheep and cattle would forage in this concrete jungle. Our multistory apartment blocks and office complexes have swallowed their grazing land. The displaced domestic animals in turn invade and graze inside protected sanctuaries threatening whatever remains of wildlife. We came across different versions of this story during our visits to wildlife preserves and sanctuaries like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Corbett_National_Park" target="_blank">Corbett</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambal_River" target="_blank">Chambal</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sariska_Tiger_Reserve" target="_blank">Sariska</a>, <a href="http://www.kolkatabirds.com/bhindwas.htm" target="_blank">Bhindawas</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keoladeo_National_Park" target="_blank">Bharatpur</a>. </span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:x-small;">The adverse impact on environment due to our indiscriminate proliferation and exploitation is enormous. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Matthiessen" target="_blank">Peter Matthiessen</a> evocatively described it in the following passage from &#8220;The Snow Leopard&#8221;.</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span></span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="color:#333399;">&#8220;One day this boy and other will destroy that forest, and their sheep fields will erode in rain, and the thin soil will wash away into torrents, clogging the river channels farther down so that monsoon floods will spread across the land. With its rapidly increasing population, primitive agriculture, and steep terrain, Nepal has the most serious erosion problem of any country in the world, and the problem worsens as more forests disappear in the scouring of the land for food and fuel; in eastern Nepal, and especially the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathmandu" target="_blank">Kathmandu</a> valley, firewood for cooking (not to speak of heat) is already precious, brought in by peasants who have walked many miles to sell the meager faggots on their backs. The country folk cook their own food by burning cakes of livestock dung, depriving the soil of the precious manure that would nourish it and permit it to hold water. Without wood humus or manure, the soil deteriorates, compacts, and turns to dust, to be washed away in the rush of the monsoon.&#8221;</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p>The repercussions of our actions may not be immediately discernible. However, the accumulation of these tiny, seemingly inconsequent acts finally garners sufficient momentum to threaten our existence. Cigarette packs come with warnings in block letters that smoking is injurious to health. But these are ignored since smoking doesn&#8217;t kill instantly. Yet, each inhalation progressively harms lungs until it collapses. Right now, ignoring the warning signs of climate change, oil crisis and food scarcity we too blissfully march on to the sound of our death knells.Our callousness to nature can be partly blamed on the implicit assumption that we are superior to it. Most of us vicariously experience wilderness through TV, movies, documentaries, magazines or books instead of being in direct contact with nature. An average city dweller is more familiar with man-made structures from childhood, more used to horns and roar of vehicles than birdcalls, piped water instead of wells or a stream, cityscapes rather than jungles or farmlands. Encounter with animals is limited to stray dogs and cats, cattle and donkeys ensconced on the roads, an occasional monkey, squirrels, pigeons or crows. For the most part these are considered a nuisance or at most a curiosity. Regarding animals in captivity, we feel pity or a sense of wonder, knowing full well that their life or death rests upon our choice. In villages and farms thriving on agriculture, attitude towards farm animals remain utilitarian and often cruel. Habituated to such transcendence over animal and plant life, armed with religious authority which grants right of man over nature and intoxicated with technological accomplishments we soon develop a false sense of &#8220;superiority&#8221; over Nature.</p>
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<p>Inebriated by success we have arrogated the role of master and commander of the world to ourselves intending to control and manipulate it without realizing that we are a manifestation of nature. We are forged from its elements into which we return when we die. Our lives are intimately woven into nature&#8217;s scheme of things. By wrecking havoc to our environment we are endangering our own lives. Though we may laugh at his stupidity, we are no different from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81lid%C4%81sa" target="_blank">Kalidasa</a> when he attempted to chop off the branch in which he was sitting unmindful that he would fall along with it.</p>
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<p>It is only when faced with natural disasters and calamities that our respect and awe of nature returns. Then we sink to our knees and pray to gods to save us. These gods, omniscient, omnipotent and always favouring man has consistently failed to live up to our expectations. This should have warned us long back that they are a figment of our imagination. With more disasters lined up for the future that realization is far from likely. Going by the indications, our religious fervour is likely to increase.</p>
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake" target="_blank">William Blake </a>wrote in <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marriage_of_Heaven_and_Hell" target="_blank">The Marriage of Heaven and Hell </a></em>-</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color:#333399;"><em>&#8220;If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern.&#8221;</em></span></p></blockquote>
<p>The doors of our perception are painted black by the carbon we relentlessly spew into the atmosphere. Soon, we would be groping blindly and gasping for breath inside the caverns. The choice is ours and the time is now. Right now we have to tools and the technology to cleanse our doors of perception. If we let the status quo prevail, our only chance to perceive infinity would be lost forever.
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<title><![CDATA[Snow Leopard too Slow Fix]]></title>
<link>http://bigdiver.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/snow-leopard-too-slow-fix/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bigdiver</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I did a fresh install of Snow Leopard on my first generation Mac Book Air and it is still toooooooo ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I did a fresh install of Snow Leopard on my first generation Mac Book Air and it is still toooooooo slow. Digging around I found a couple of solutions that really helped.</p>
<p>General slowness due to lack of memory (from <a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10157673">Apple Forum</a>)</p>
<p><code>sudo rm /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist</code></p>
<p>Then if the Terminal application takes for ever to show you a prompt, delete the logs like so:</p>
<p><code>sudo rm -f /private/var/log/asl/*</code></p>
<p>Thanks <a href="http://www.webapper.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/26/consoleapp-freezes-on-launch-terminalapp-slow-to-launch/">Webapper</a> for the slow Terminal fix!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Skype Error: Unable to mount database]]></title>
<link>http://bigdiver.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/skype-error-unable-to-mount-database/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bigdiver</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I started getting a lot of Skype database errors during login. I would type my password and during t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I started getting a lot of Skype database errors during login. I would type my password and during the login process I always got the &#8220;Unable to mount database&#8221; error on Skype for Mac version 2.8.0.722.</p>
<p>To solve it delete the Skype&#8217;s user directory doing</p>
<p><code>rm -fr ~/Library/Application\ Support/Skype/&#60;username&#62;</code></p>
<p>using the Terminal application, then login to Skype.</p>
<p>Please pay attention to the &#8220;~&#8221; at the beginning of the file path. This is not a mistake it actually represents your home directory.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Change a program's menu bar name ]]></title>
<link>http://chimac.net/2009/11/24/change-a-programs-menu-bar-name/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chimac</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chimac.net/2009/11/24/change-a-programs-menu-bar-name/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is kind of cool.  I wouldn&#8217;t do this for any of Apples signed applications however.  Plus]]></description>
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