Review: goS­erial — Console Break for Network Devices on OSX

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.

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.

Internets of Interest:22 Feb 10

Collection of use­ful, rel­ev­ant or inane places on the the Internets for 22 Feb 10:

OSX: Changing Hibernation Mode — UPDATED

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

Nerdgasm: OmniGraffle on the iPad [the Omni Mouth:iPad or Bust!]

Omni Group announces their inten­tion to develop OmniGraffle for the Apple iPad

Monolingual and Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server

Notes on using Monolingual on Snow Leopard Server

Switching Network Locations From the Menu Bar

You have now con­figured and applied the Network Profile. You can eas­ily switch between the Locations by open System Preferences, Network, and using the Location menu which is just a bit too manual for me.

Configuring Network Locations in Mac OSX.

When you are work­ing in a lab envir­on­ment, you often need to con­nect your laptop to dif­fer­ent net­works so that you can test stuff. For simple change like an IP address or a default gate­way a script is use­ful. But you may want to have a much more soph­ist­ic­ated pro­file, such as dif­fer­ent proxy serv­ers and mul­tiple eth­er­net ports. And if you are work­ing on dif­fer­ent sites, each one with dif­fer­ent IP address­ing and DNS details, and maybe even dif­fer­ent proxy set­tings or 802.1x. Mac OSX has a way for con­fig­ur­ing mul­tiple pro­files for your Ethernet con­nec­tion ( or Airport wireless).

Internets of Interest: 21^st Sep

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

Monolingual, OSX Leopard and Snow Leopard — Saving Space

I use Monolingual to save space on the MAC OSX. Quick word on how much space you can save and how to do it.

OSX: Snow Leopard and TFTP Server-​​ing

If you use TFTPServer on your MAC (and just about every­one does), the developer says a new ver­sion is com­ing soon.

OS X:Terminal Break for Serial Console on OS X

A quick note on how to issue a ter­minal break char­ac­ter when using screen on OS-​​X.

Internets of Interest: 9^th Feb — 15^th Feb

Tip:ASDM Works on OSX

A work­mate expressed sur­prise when he saw ASDM work­ing nat­ively on my MAC today. Which made me think, maybe you didn’t know either. And I took a photo to prove it.

Nerdgasm:SRS WOW for iTunes — Magic

If you listen to music on your com­puter (not iPod) then this tool is a must have.

OSX: Text Editing

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

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

Apple MacBook Pro Disappointment Today

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!”.

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