Christmas Round-Up - Computer Edition
So, does this look different from my earlier posts, as you read it?!? (The answer should be "no.") I am typing it on my New And Improved Computer - an iMac. Yep, I took the plunge, and I'm now the proud owner of a beautiful piece of hardware. The 24" screen necessitated my making a change that I have not made since 1994 - I actually needed to adjust the levels on my computer desk. (Actually, I removed an intermediate shelf, which used to hold the monitor.) My computer desk is a brilliant piece of furniture that I bought from IKEA years ago - it looks like spare hardware from the space shuttle, but I love, love, love it. And now, I love the appearance of the computer on it.
I'm still stumbling through using the iMac itself. Some things are becoming automatic already; others, not so much. Mark has been a patient teacher, and he's ported over virtually all of my files. I'm running Parallels, so that I can continue to run the WordPerfect files that have been my writing bread and butter since the beginning of this journey. In theory, I'm also running DreamWeaver there, although - in practice - I'm having some trouble with wireless connectivity under Windows XP (none, under Leopard.) The wireless problem is perpetuating one that I was having on my Dell desktop before the conversion - I've had the HelpDesk guys at work scrambling on it for weeks, without results. (I can get wireless connectivity like a breeze, but I can't stay on the Internet for longer than three minutes.) Sigh - I'll dig back into that one next week.
In any case, I'm pleased with the change so far. (Annoyed by a few things, but that's to be expected, eh? Is there any perfect computer system?)
Further reports, as warranted :-)
Mindy, pleased with her new toy, er, um, work tool
I'm still stumbling through using the iMac itself. Some things are becoming automatic already; others, not so much. Mark has been a patient teacher, and he's ported over virtually all of my files. I'm running Parallels, so that I can continue to run the WordPerfect files that have been my writing bread and butter since the beginning of this journey. In theory, I'm also running DreamWeaver there, although - in practice - I'm having some trouble with wireless connectivity under Windows XP (none, under Leopard.) The wireless problem is perpetuating one that I was having on my Dell desktop before the conversion - I've had the HelpDesk guys at work scrambling on it for weeks, without results. (I can get wireless connectivity like a breeze, but I can't stay on the Internet for longer than three minutes.) Sigh - I'll dig back into that one next week.
In any case, I'm pleased with the change so far. (Annoyed by a few things, but that's to be expected, eh? Is there any perfect computer system?)
Further reports, as warranted :-)
Mindy, pleased with her new toy, er, um, work tool
I am running Leopard, so I open up a new space for Parallels. You can go full-screen with Windows, using keyboard commands to switch back to a standard desktop. Working full-screen, I couldn't tell that I was working in Parallels, until I looked at the Apple logo at the bottom of my monitor.
Caveats:
1. You need to have an Intel chip in your computer.
2. You need to have a copy of Windows, installable via whatever DRM or workaround you have.
3. You need to have a copy of WordPerfect, installable via whatever DRM or workaround you have.
4. Parallels is ugly, but you only see its interface for a minute or so, as you launch Windows. It runs quickly and efficiently - experts say that they get up to 90% of speed; I have not noticed any speed deficit with the programs I've run (WordPerfect, DreamWeaver, and a recipe program called MasterCook.
Good luck, if you go down that road!
WordPerfect! How I miss it. Haven't used it in ages... 1995, maybe?
(Anonymous)
In that file put these two lines:
ServerAliveInterval 60
ServerAliveCountMax 3600
This will keep ssh from dropping the connection after 3 minutes of inactivity. (Which my Mac did reliably until I installed said file last month.) As I recall, "ServerAliveInterval" is how often your computer pings the computer you ssh to in seconds, and ServerAliveCountMax is the maximum number of pings.
adrianne@indra.com