Ok, so I’m putting this blog post together for those of you who have a 2010 model 15″ MacBook Pro (Model Identifier MacBookPro6,2) - which is what my below experience has been with, however, I’m thinking that most MacBook’s will exhibit similar issues. I have spent a few hours more than planned today trying to get my [...]
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I have put some thoughts out hosted / cloud desktops here before and I decided that I should revisit today, in light of Aussie telco / ISP AAPT’s announcement today that they are deploying hosted virtual desktops to their entire workforce. This is a significant announcement I believe – as it is one of the [...]
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking around the subject of hosted desktops recently. Anyone familiar with Cloud Computing concepts will be well aware of two main cloud computing areas – Software as a Service (something along the lines of Salesforce.com or Google Apps) or Infrastructure as a Service, which is generally considered server infrastructure [...]
Wow, this is pretty awesome news!! Google Australia have just announced that they are after launcing Street Views for lots of locations around Australia. I’ve just had a quick peek on Google Maps and I can see that they have covered the area around our apartment in Brisbane quite well, and I can’t wait to [...]
Ok, Kassie is to blame, but, I’ve decided to give Facebook another try. This time I am not going to get myself hooked like last time, I am most definitely not going to be accepting the vast majority of games / application requests that come through, as I think they’re pretty much useless, and I [...]
I’m a huge fan, and a huge user of the wonderful Gmail, which I use as part of Google Apps for my domain. However, I’ve been longing, and I mean longing, for as long as I can remember, for an efficent process to sycn and manage my Gmail contacts on my mac. Recently, SpanningSync have [...]
Is anyone else having problems subscribing to new feeds in Google Reader today? I’ve tried to subscribe to three different feeds, and each one of them has been giving me problems! Not something I’m used to in the usually flawless Google Reader!
Ever wondered how to build a submarine fibre optic cable? PIPE Networks are a large carrier / IXP here in Oz, and are in the process of building a much needed submarine cable between Sydney and Guam. I’ve met with Bob, their Network Architect and he told me about some pretty crazy and cool stuff [...]
For a very long time, I have longed for a decent to-do list. Better again, one that was online, allowing me to access it from anywhere. I’ve tried out a few different solutions over the years, but none have really worked for me. Today, I discovered Remember The Milk, a very cool, Australian developed website, [...]
I now work in a predominately MS Windows environment. Yes, I still have UNIX servers to look after, and Cisco kit all around the country to play with, but, most of the users here are Windows users. To that end, I’m currently install Windows Vista on my laptop! The thought of doing that makes me [...]
