'computing' Category
Worse than I expected (Vista)
Very brief, not comprehensive rundown of the myriad problems I’ve encountered with Microsoft Vista Home Basic on my cheap-o Dell Outlet Pentium Dual Core/2gb RAM/integrated graphics/160 HD box:
numerous lockups that eventually require a hard restart
difficulty installing an external USB hard drive (required creating a Environmental Variable to show non-working USB devices, finding it in DevMgr [...]my new home PC
As much as i would like to have a Mac, I bit the bullet the other day and got a new PC from the Dell Outlet. Even refurbished, a new Mac would be over $1000. I got a Dual Core Pentium Vostro w/ Vista, a wireless card and a DVD writer for $219 , under [...]
Webkit is smokin’
It has been awhile since I’ve tried Webkit, but the latest version is just freaking me out, it renders pages so quickly. This is on a Mac. On Windows, I’ve not run the latest version. The last time I did try it on Windows, it was clunkier, but still pretty impressive.
I am so used to [...]ditto (re: Windows 7)
http://speakquietly.blogspot.com/2008/06/windows-7.html
I really think Vista represents a turning point (downward) for Microsoft, and welcome a change in the computing landscape.
That said, my experience with Vista is minimal and I realize I need to spend more time with it. As an administrator, I do think Group Policy is the best thing since 2000 arrived…but it is so [...]Pharos to support Mac/Intel
One obstacle (besides pricing) to placing Macs on our floors for public computers has been the lack of Pharos SignUp support for Mac on Intel. Mac on PowerPC has been supported for some time, but not Mac/Intel. I learned today that later in June we should get Mac/Intel support.
In general, I’ve found Pharos SignUp fully-featured, [...]new Drupal site for Lane Libraries staff
We unveiled our new Drupal-based staff site last week: http://staff.lanepl.org (or lanelearning.org).
Drupal isn’t as intuitive as WP, but I like it, and I think it is a good platform for us for this purpose. Our host is anhosting.com and I can’t say enough good things about that outfit. Cheap, and excellent service. Usually don’t get [...]
“The promise of Google Apps includes a shrinking IT staff”
ArsTechnica article on GAFYD implementations resulting in a loss of IT jobs in universities.
Comments section of the article worth a read, too. More positive GAFYD comments there than I usually see. Some cite corporations as the next target, but that will be more difficult (at least until the GAFYD-using college students graduate and move along [...]Why my next home computer MIGHT be a Mac. Or might not…
Why?
Winrot.
Love Love Love the Macbook I use at work.
Similarly, my iPod Nano is my favorite tech purchase of all time.
An OS that gets out of my way.
Almost everything I do now is web-based. MSFT Office, and other WinApps are nearly irrelevant to me now.
Paralells for when they aren’t (e.g. Quicken. And what else? Hmmm….)
iTunes is [...]MindMeister - online mind mapping tool
is an online mind-map tool I ‘ve used for a few weeks.
Here’s a link to a screencast about it.
We called this “clustering” when I was in high school. I usually don’t fool with these online and just do paper ones, but sometimes it is useful to share and collaborate on one. MindMeister does a pretty [...]uTIPu.com - very easy screencasting tool
Someone the OPLINTECH listserv turned me on to uTIPu.com, a simple but powerful screencasting tool I really like. You can download the tool here.
Registered users can also upload and share screencasts at uTIPu.com. Here’s a decent one GoogleDocs . Worth checking for existing screencasts, rather than recreating one.
