Posted September 20th, 2006 in On The Road
I am currently lusting over the new Blackberry Pearl. It is a very small and slim Blackberry with camera, MP3 player and has support for the broadband speed EDGE network, sorry no Wi-Fi. I got to play with it today and was really surprised by it’s screen. It is bright and beautiful. The Pearl is very different than a regular Blackberry. It is much smaller and thinner and has no scroll wheel. Instead it has a touch sensitive joystick which I got used to in no time. Mac support is still shady but Pocket Mac already announced support for the Pearl.
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Posted August 19th, 2006 in On The Road
A year ago I did a tutorial on how to resolve the pesky outgoing mail issues that come up when traveling with a laptop. The problem comes from the fact that many ISPs do not allow you to send email unless you use their SMTP server. This is fine if your computer does not leave home, but it is irritating if you go back and forth from home, or work, or a coffee shop or a hotel.
In this tutorial we’ll set up a GMail account and use it’s servers to send emails from Mail regardless of where you are connecting from. It should be easy to apply the same settings to Entourage but I am not covering that on this tutorial. Although I am using Tiger in this example, it is not required for it to work.
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Posted September 26th, 2005 in Mac Geekery, On The Road
The correct title should have been “I got a new Computer”, but since this 12″ Powerbook is so small and so light, I really feel like I have a new toy. After a few weeks of MISERABLY SLOW COMPUTING due to having only half my real RAM, Mosaic was kind enough to hook me up with a new Powerbook (thanks Chad). This will allow me to get back on track with my projects because I was really wasting a lot of my time looking at the Mac OS X spinning beach ball while having my usual(but required) apps opened. My blog posting frequency had even declined cause I didn’t want to deal with even more frustation than the required. So, I have gone from a 17″ Powerbook to a 15″. And now from a 15″ Powerbook to a 12″. Let’s hope they don’t come out with a 10″ cause I really like my menu bar apps and already I’m having issues fitting them all on my new compact screen.
This leads me to my next topic, bags. New computer, new bag, that my motto. Otherwise it’s like giving your new fiancé your old fiancé’s engagement ring. I’ve always had a thing for bags. Through the years I’ve collected some links of bag manufacturers I keep track off in case I nee to get a new bag, like now. So here’s my list. So far I am leaning towards getting the Breakfast Buffet from Crumpler, an Australian company. But, I would LOVE to hear what you think. And I would LOVE it if you introduce me to some new bags too. I’m looking for small, compact, well designed stuff.
Bag Links
Crumpler Bags - really digging the breakfast buffet for my 12″
Incase - interesting bags, very cool new site
Tom Bihn - some hits some misses
Oakley - interesting stuff
Boblbee - hardcore bags
Acme Made - totes for the metro-sexual
demano - very very cool stuff. it’s got european written all over it!
MacCase - androgynous looking bags
Triple Five Soul - some hip hop flavored bags
Booq Bags - very cool (but not cheap) bags for the pocket lover
Messenger Bags - interesting messenger bags but a bit big for a 12″
Ogio - coll sports oriented bags
CamelBak - if u need some water with your laptop
Gravis Footwear - hit or miss bags for the metro-sexual too
Burton Snowboards - cool wearable electronics gear
SFBags - custom made sleeves
Spire USA - so so looking backpacks
Shaun Jackson Design - one side flapping backpack
Timbuk2 - build your own messenger bag
TiBag - one sling bag
Targus - one of the most boring bag design out there
Brenthaven - even worst than targus
Bagreview.com - some really good bags reviewed here
eBags - pretty good selection of bags
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Koie - hip little bags and totes
Chrome - cool messenger bag but way too big for a 12″
Patagonia - mostly messenger bags
Tumi - need i say more?
RadTech - kinda plain looking bags
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Posted July 23rd, 2005 in Mac Geekery, On The Road, Tutorials
Being unable to send Mail while on the road can be one of the most annoying parts of traveling. Most people don’t know why they can send emails from their home but not when they are at a friends house or at a hotel. This guide will help you send emails when you are on the road. Hopefully.
Most standard email accounts are based on the POP protocol. It uses different mail servers for sending and receiving emails. The problems lies when with the Outgoing Mail Servers because the Internet Service Provider(ISP) being used requires the use of their own server, which is not always the one you have set up in your Mail Application. Some even require a username and password.
So how are we to send emails when we’re on the road? Well, it’s just a matter of finding out the required Outgoing Mail Server. Peace of cake.
The common error given when Mail us unable to send emails.
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