Apple Wifi Menu
Apple doesn’t always like to document things. Did you know that when you option-click on the wifi menu it gives you this…
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Another Day
Passport I woke up this morning, it was around 3:30. I didn’t want to wake up that early but I did. So I put on my GSD1 hat. I waited around until it was a reasonable time, and then I headed to the Passport Canada office in Scarborough2. After waiting way too long, they processed my paperwork, and OH YEAH! I’ll be getting a passport. Apple Connect 2012 From there, I went up to Steeles and joined Apple Connect 2012 after the opening talk. I don’t really know what I missed, but oh well. What I do know I missed was breakfast, and after having lunch and dinner there… OH… Read More »Another Day
ARR! SINK!
Nerds! Please tell me I’m not the only one who shouts out “ARR!” like a pirate when I use rsync. ARR, sync matey! The sad thing is that this wasn’t the only time I was shouting “ARR!” Apparently whenever I use Final Cut Pro X and need to use the Range Selection tool, as I’m pressing the “r” key, I of course need to shout “ARR!” Now it’s time to cut the blooper reel, because you can’t let your boss get away with saying, “and really get dirty.”
MacBooks Pro and Windows 7
I recently purchased some MacBooks Pro. Unfortunately at work we’re still using Mac OS X 10.6, as 10.7 isn’t very good in an Open Directory environment. Fortunately the newest MacBooks can have 10.6 installed on them. I used NetRestore to image the computers, and all was good. Except 11 of these computers were going to be used with Hebrew users. You might not know that Hebrew is written from right to left, and sadly Mac OS X is not the most friendly with right to left languages. So I needed to run BootCamp. Here’s the problem. You launch 10.6’s BootCamp and it says that it can’t run on that generation… Read More »MacBooks Pro and Windows 7
SOPA & PIPA (An open letter)
To: John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs cc: Steven Harper, Prime Minister of Canada Carolyn Bennett, Member of Parliament St. Paul’s Peter Kent, Member of Parliament Thornhill Minister Baird, I’m writing to you this morning as a technology professional. I am the IT Manager for *insert school name here*. As you’re aware, technology plays a large factor in the lives of our children. They are growing up and watching the world change all around them. The children in our school are fortunate enough to have easy access to desktop and laptop computers, as well as tablet devices for them to use within school. In their home lives most of them… Read More »SOPA & PIPA (An open letter)
Interpipes
I defriended someone on Facebook earlier this week. I then thought about defriending a few hundred people. Instead I opted to delete every picture I’ve ever posted to Facebook, I untagged myself from every photo I was tagged in. I removed any and all information about me from Facebook. It felt nice. From there, I deleted all my tweets, thanks to TweetWipe. I deleted my accounts from a handful of other websites. I’m not sure what I want to do with this space, but I think I’ll leave it as it is for the time being.
iPhone Ringtones
Time for a non-Rocktober post. I’ve made some ringtones for my iPhone, and I thought I’d share. Yes I’m infringing on some copyright with these, but I hope the BBC, Nintendo, Stephin Merritt, Apple, and the TTC will forgive me. The Magnetic Fields – “BBC Radiophonic Workshop” Doctor Who Theme (Christopher Eccleston era) Doctor Who Theme (William Hartnell era) Super Mario Bros. coin sound The Magnetic Fields – “One April Day” Sloan – “Cheap Champaign” Tetris music TTC door chime
#Rocktober 30 volume 13: iOS 5
This month I turn 30. To mark such a remarkable event, I’m spending every day of October drenched in awesome-sauce. I upgraded to iOS 5, and spent much of the time playing with new features, and found out that you can now customize text-tones, something I’ve been wanting for quite some time. I made a couple new text-tones, one is the QUACK from the System 7 sound set, the other is the sound made in Super Mario Bros. when one collects a coin. Okay, this was a cop-out Rocktober event… sue me. Bitches!
Steve Jobs
Before I run to the Rivival to see Jonathan Richman, I thought I’d write down a few thoughts on the passing of Steve Jobs. My parents purchased a Macintosh SE in the late-1980s, and it was our first Macintosh computer. I took to it pretty easily, and I remember my mother teaching me many things on the computer, including basic scripting in HyperCard, and playing in MacPaint, and MacWrite. In 1994 I purchased MY first Macintosh computer. I had to let the rest of the family use it, though. It was a Macintosh LC 575. I upgraded from 8MHz to a speedy 33.3MHz. That 68040 processor sped through operations in… Read More »Steve Jobs
Goodbye Bell
Dear Bell, I’ve been debating parting ways with your service for a while now, as is evidence by my last blog post. I decided to call and ask you straight up. What are you willing to do to keep me as a customer? I called. Contact #1 (10:28am): I spoke with a support agent in the billing department. This woman was nice and polite, and said that there was nothing she could do for me, but transfer me to the Loyalty Department. I was okay with this, and sat on hold for half an hour as I waited for my call to be transferred. Eventually I put through to the… Read More »Goodbye Bell