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Hello, I’m a Mac.

Posted by Jordan on May 8th, 2007

I mostly use my Mac for productivity. In fact, I bought it because I was hoping it would make me more productive. And indeed, that’s mostly proven the case (hang around for the rest of my explanation on that later). However, I also have all this creative potential inside me just waiting [...]

Mac-tacular Part 1

Posted by Jordan on May 5th, 2007

I referenced it some time ago, but I made The Switch some time ago. My primary machine is now a MacBook Pro laptop. I haven’t even installed Linux on it yet, so strong was my desire to give Apple a fair shake at running my life. Some benefits were immediately obvious — [...]

Treo 700p as a bluetooth modem for OS X

Posted by Jordan on April 15th, 2007

Here’s a quick rundown of what I did to get my Treo 700p working as a bluetooth modem for my MacBook Pro on T-Mobile.

VMWare Fusion

Posted by Jordan on February 25th, 2007

I was so excited when I saw that VMWare had a new product for OS X that I promptly went out and ordered a Mac. More on that later as I list all the joys and trials of “switching”.
Once I actually got Fusion installed though, I came to an unfortunate realization — by “Beta” [...]

Well, shoot

Posted by Jordan on February 18th, 2007

…I’d better post now that I’ve been slashdotted. The original blog about the win is on the NWC security channel, Jeremiah’s post includes pictures. Unfortunately I still have to be careful about typing a lot, so I’ll have to leave it at that for now.