Monday in last week, we had a nice beer tasting at my place. We were 6 people, Belga, Grud, Kåre, Jesper (of Brygshoppen fame), Største, and me. We tasted 14 beers; below are photos of the beers in the orders we tasted them. Kåre has promised to write some tasting notes, and maybe I’ll put […]
CPN Tools on Mac OS X?
Has hell frozen over and CPN Tools been ported to Mac OS X? Nope, it’s just CPN Tools running under the just-released Parallels 5, which has a Windows theme which together with Crystal Mode (a further development of Coherence Mode) makes the illusion almost perfect – even when using the program! […]
Pretty Impressed…
I just wanted to write a quick update on my new server tales. I started setting up the directory and shortly after I got a message on my screen saying that the administrator had created an account for me on coherent (that’s the name, I’ve given the machine). I had not logged out from my machine or anything – it just associated my local machine account name (michael) with the one created in the directory, and – bam – I was connected after inputting the password I set in the directory. […]
New Server
A few weeks ago, Apple announced the Mac Mini Server. Until now, I have used a HP Proliant DL-something for server. So this is a great possibility to test out something new, and off we go. First, I order the machine and then I play the waiting game…
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It’s a Kind of Magic
My shiny new Magic Mouse! The surface functions as a track-pad, so I can scroll just by moving my finger over the mouse, and I can swipe (e.g., going back or forward in the browser history) by moving two fingers left or right on the surface. Neat. […]
Uncharacteristic of Apple
I (finally) received my Mac Mini Server (more on that later). The packaging is quite uncharacteristic for Apple – the manual is too thick, so the packet is bulging, and the DVD-holder-thingy (that’s the technical term) is too small to hold the extra DVD with the server administration tool, and is also bulging. See for […]