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Tag: Windows

Perceptions and the “Mojave Experiment”

Quick — What do you think of Windows Vista?

Next question — Have you ever used Windows Vista?

How the Command Line Saved Me from 19 Hours of Tedious Work

At work the other day, I ran into a somewhat odd problem. I had a Windows server with nearly 3,000 folders, each containing a PDF file and an empty ZIP file, looking a little something like this:

2ec99d82-4b79-4454-9f4a-3b52c1cc63cc |– 2ec99d82-4b79-4454-9f4a-3b52c1cc63cc.zip |– 2ec99d82-4b79-4454-9f4a-3b52c1cc63cc.pdf

Sidenote: In case you’re curious, that long, weird looking string of numbers and letters is called a GUID […]

Making Windows Act a Little More Like Mac OS X

After having some major problems with my Thinkpad last Thursday, I bit the bullet and did a complete format and restore of the hard drive to its factory condition. This not only fixed my issues, but also seemed to speed things up considerably. There’s really nothing quite like a fresh Windows install — at least […]

Back in the Office…

I’m finally back in the office today. While the conference was very good and informative, and the weather down in the Caribbean was beautiful, it’s good to be back home. I had some good catch-up time with Casey over the weekend, and now I’m trying to get things sorted out at the office. In the […]

Mac OS X Migration

Friday was my first full day of working on my Apple PowerMac G4 at the office, and I have to say that I didn’t miss Windows XP much at all. I installed Mac OS 10.3 (Panther) last week, and I’m very happy with it. Expose is addicting, especially with the way I work (with […]