freeform goodnessfoxtrot foxtrot golfTen Things Apple Could Do To Fix iTunes- April 25, 2008 No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. Slashdot&8217;s CmdrTaco, upon the introduction of the iPod, October 23, 2001 Apple&8217;s iPod platform is a monster in the portable music space. Tens of millions have been sold, and the application that interfaces with the device,iTunes, runs on tens of millions of computers. I have a lovehate relationship with the iTunes application. I use it to manage my digital collection, which it does handily, but I&8217;d be lying if I didn&8217;t mention...http://www.freeke.org/ffg/tech/computers/os/osx/applications/itunes-ten.html iCal Through A Proxy Now Officially Somebody Else&8217;s Problem- April 21, 2008 My little LazyWeb mewl from a few weeks ago didnt really generate much in the way of attention, though one poster, Matan Ninio, was apparently able to get things working with a manually specified proxy: The problem seem to be that iCal does not know how to work with a proxy.pac file, but does know how to work via a proxy. Just enter the proxy address and port directly, and suddenly all is well again. (at least thats the case with our 10.5.2 machines) My employer now supports Junipers SSL proxy,.http://www.freeke.org/ffg/tech/computers/os/osx/icalnoproxyfollowup.html Another Excuse To Never Post- April 1, 2008 Id heard about Tumblr before, but Id never quite figured out what it would give me that I couldnt already achieve via this blog, or Twitter, or del.icio.us, or moodmat, or any of the other places I sporadically attempt to bore people. Ive finally figured it out it works best for things that are a little too substantial to be tweets, are more than just random linkdrops, but dont quite justify a full blog entry (general purpose nor music specialty). So I have fractional horsepower...http://www.freeke.org/ffg/administrivia/weblog/tumble.html |