There is always hope...
http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=2007X
I actually quit looking for a replacement and switched to the hope for a white knight rescue. Really good technology is hard to find, Xmarks has it.
There is always hope...
http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=2007X
I actually quit looking for a replacement and switched to the hope for a white knight rescue. Really good technology is hard to find, Xmarks has it.
This is more aggravating, since I've just finished installing and synchronizing my bookmarks across all of my machines. *sigh*...
http://www.xmarks.com/msie/upgrade/1.3.0
I guess I'll be shopping for a new solution this weekend.
So, after procrastinating for a great while, I have finally installed Xmarks, LassPass, and CrashPlan. This is not the most important set of to do items that I have, but they need to be done.
I live on four different computers (not counting virtual machines), and my bookmarks desperately needed cleaning up and synchronizing. I may actually start using bookmarks again, after resisting them and using my memory and Google. Xmarks has many good reviews and a fair deal of cross-platform-bowser support. Whatever it takes to keep me organized is a good thing.
My website passwords were getting sloppy and packing around a logbook was not practical. After hearing Steve Gibson's review of LastPass on the Security Now podcast, I was convinced that it was the password manager for me. Xmarks can do it, but at this point someone would have to convince Steve Gibson to switch away from LassPass before I would.
CrashPlan has a home plan for unlimited data on all the household's PC's hosted in the cloud, and it is quite a deal. I have a LOT of data. Having offsite backups is mandatory in a backup plan. Fire, Floods, and Tornadoes will easily wipe out the external hard drive in the desk or filing cabinet. I've got six computers that will be sharing this account and it will take weeks to move a copy of all my data into the cloud. I'd like to see a Drobo application for CrashPlan...
Now as I have typed this, I've noticed the media upload option for Posterous. Images, audio, video, and docs... Wow, I'm going to have to try this out.
I have spent more time playing games at this GenCon than any other. My picture taking is waaaay behind. I am getting some video though. 5 hours of gaming a day takes a big chunk out of the time to stroll the exhibition floor. I played to Pathfinder Society events, they were quite good. The groups Seth and I played with were a lot of fun. I now have two first level Pathfinder Society characters, adopted from the pregenerated pile. I've been poking around with my Pathfinder account, getting them set up.
Tonight I'm meeting a few classmates from high school, and there is the Star Wars dance party at the Ugly Monkey. OR possibly finding the 4th Ed dungeon delve or Tower of Gygax game to play. I've got a new GenCon pastime, its called finding Hazelwood. I've already found Waldo and have video to prove it.
Thanks to the iPad app, GoodReader, my iPad is now my most important gaming accessory. No more lugging a backback full of books/adventures around. As a book reader, the iPad does a superior job of presenting full color books. With a little practice, I probably will be much more capable navigating PDF's than flipping paper pages.
The second pass went flawlessly. The Amahi interface is up and running. But I am out of time for configuring the server, since I am due elsewhere.
Too many package dependencies were failing. Going back to the beginning, after reading the instructions. SELinux was buggering up some things too. I'm sure it will go much more smoothly this time.
Well, I started right out with a non-standard installation. I loaded Fedora 12 in a virtual machine on my ESXi/PowerEdge-1900 Box, before reading all of the instructions. It turns out that you are supposed to add the Amahi repo during the installation of FC12. But my habit is to install FC12, then vmware-tools, then the other stuff. Now I've added the Amahi repo and letting yum run to its heart's content. *drum roll*
The torrent for Fedora 12 finished downloading last night. So today the project is to install Amahi on the virtual machine. After Waffle House, of course. This is going to be fun.
I really need to spend some time playing with the goodies in Windows Live. I know I'm a Google fan-boy, but Microsoft has caught my eye. Of course I'll have to find out how it runs on OS X and Linux.
Well after being off for a week: I've made a first pass at my e-mail, completed two help desks, help with a server fire drill, and moved my new notebook over to my desk. I can say that Dell's 2408WFP monitor is very nice. I haven't gotten to take a drive on the notebook yet, but it should be quite nice. My week off yielded a 30% success on my less-than-ambitious to-do list, so it's the nose to the grindstone now.
There are so many fun things that I want to do, that only a week off (not traveling) will begin to make a dent in it. I am going to have to plan my time off and budget time for things. Otherwise, I will probably squander an opportunity to get a few things done. First on the list, I have two websites that need some attention. I need to work on my list too...
I just got my copy of Snow Leopard!!! Thank you Apple and Federal Express. A bargain at $29, the wipe and reload on the Mac Platform is as smooth as it gets. Tonight, after the kids are in bed, I'll get started so I can be ready for the game Sunday.
I've got my copy of Snow Leopard now, thank you Apple and FexEx. Tonight is the wipe and reload of my MacBook, after the kids are in bed. I am really looking forward to this, migrating between Mac installs is one of the smoothest processes I've seen. I need to have it ready for the game Sunday.
Really, the downloader app should be able to handle this, but it gets lost at step 7/24 and can't download the rest. Trying to download the ISO fails around 300MB into the download. If Microsoft had this via a torrent, even if the ISPs were underhandedly throttling the speed down to 4KB, eventually I would get the image. Maybe I can find a page to request a DVD mailed to me for free.
The workday is done. Time to go home, relax, and gear up for Movie Night and my sister's reception.
Friday afternoon everyone races to get out. The plant gets quiet, and I can start tinkering with servers without anyone noticing. Time for quality uninterrupted work. Scott will be twitching when he finds out I'm on a rebooting spree.
Also craking open the code for our help desk system. mmm... code...
Having 26 help desk tickets assigned to me is a bit much. The rest of this week will be spent, cleaning my queue. Time to put a few projects on hold for a bit. Scott will be back next week, the whole deptartment will be reunited, and I might get back on track.
I brought my cappuccino maker to work a couple of years ago. As I sip my latte, I wonder why I still don't use it more often.
I'm glad to be back at work. Five days of sleep-deprived gaming madness is enough for me. It took a day to recover and get back in sync with normal time. My inbox was overflowing with mail, and I still have yet to get through it all. Things have been fairly quiet this morning, only a couple of visitors. I hope to get orgainized this afternoon and get ready for the rest of the week. Scott is out this week, so some of his distractions might come my way.
I think I've finally caught up on my sleep. I need to unpack, do laundry, do dishes, make a post office run, organize, and process pictures. Work starts tomorrow, and I'm not quite ready to go back. My to do list has grown, without getting anything done last week. But that's what vacations are all about.
Tried to register for some specific events... all sold out. So I made a second pass at the exhibition floor. Checked off a lot of Fantasy Grounds licenses, Jason will poo poo all over it. Might have to leave him out of the fun. Bought a copy of "The Games" and "Dorkness Rising", so I can punish friends and family with them. Bought a copy of Hero Builder, it supports the Pathfinder rule set and seems quite a bit more polished than PCGen.
Going the eat at the noodle place for lunch in a bit. The prices are cheap, and I am in the mood for some thai-peanuty goodness. And Seth and I can sit on the sidewalk and take pictures of the passersby. Hmm... I need to publish some pictures now...