Friday, March 19, 2010

Review: goS­erial — Console Break for Network Devices on OSX

Review: goS­erial — Console Break for Network Devices on OSX

March 14, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 5 Comments 

This is a quick look at the serial con­sole pro­gram for Mac OSX called goS­erial. There are not many serial con­soles pro­grams avail­able and I wanted to review this for my own use.

Using Choosy for OSX. A Better Way to Use Multiple Browsers.

Using Choosy for OSX. A Better Way to Use Multiple Browsers.

March 6, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 3 Comments 

I use mul­tiple web browsers all day. One for typ­ical web, and another for net­work man­age­ment. I need a way to eas­ily select which one I want.

OSX: Changing Hibernation Mode — UPDATED

OSX: Changing Hibernation Mode — UPDATED

February 21, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments 

OSX has a fea­ture that enables three dif­fer­ent modes of hiberna­tion. If you hibern­ate often, you should con­sider chan­ging the default.

Opinion:Study, iPad, DRM and Me

Opinion:Study, iPad, DRM and Me

January 30, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 5 Comments 

A look at chan­ging my study and read­ing habits with the Apple iPad — but not the iBooks until DRM is sor­ted out.

Monolingual and Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server

Monolingual and Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server

January 3, 2010 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment 

Notes on using Monolingual on Snow Leopard Server

Internets of Interest: 21st Sep

September 22, 2009 by bookmarks · Leave a Comment 

Collection of use­ful, rel­ev­ant or inane places on the the Internets for 21st Sep:

Internets of Interest: 9th Feb — 15th Feb

February 15, 2009 by bookmarks · Leave a Comment 

OSX: Text Editing

November 14, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 6 Comments 

I don’t do “word pro­cessing”, I write. I have dif­fer­ent tools for writ­ing depend­ing on the task. Here is a review of OS X text edit­ors that I use and would recommend.

OSX: Eject Key Joyfulness

November 11, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment 

When shut­ting down your MAC using func­tion and the eject but­ton is the fast­est way to get things done.

Apple MacBook Pro Disappointment Today

October 15, 2008 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment 

I am sure that most of you know that Apple refreshed their MacBook lineup. However the MacBook Pro 17″ didn’t get much love. As Pooh Bear would say, “Bother!”.