C4[3] Finished Up

Submitted by Edward Marczak on Mon, 09/28/2009 - 00:28

Presentation: Dev Tools for Sys Admins, Wed, 2 Sept 2009

Submitted by Edward Marczak on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 12:31

I'll be giving a presentation at the Tri-State meeting of the Apple Consultants Network titled, "Dev Tools for Sys Admins." I'll be recording this talk and have attached some resources here for those attending. Bring a laptop as portions will be hands-on.

Pedantic

Submitted by Edward Marczak on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 12:26

The devil (angel?) is in the details. However, so many don't see this. If you're reading this blog, you're likely a tech-type. It's the techies that need to heed this creed as much if not more so than most. Well, I hope health care professionals follow this a bit more, but I digress. Technology only follows the rules we tell it, and has no way of doing as we simply expect.

I was reminded of this after seeing the following sign:

Mac Chrome: For You

Submitted by Edward Marczak on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 15:38

***UPDATE***
Google is now placing snapshots of Chromium at:

http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/sub-rel-mac/

So, I don't need to do this any longer. (And will now stop - please fetch LATEST from the aforementioned URL).
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Google's Chrome web browser has gotten some press, certainly, but that makes it all the more frustrating for Mac OS X users as there currently is no official build. You can certainly go grab the source and build it yourself:

Choose Your Clients Carefully

Submitted by Edward Marczak on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 10:03

When I was consulting, I think I had a pretty keen sense of who to work with and who to avoid. I know far too many people, though, that get trapped in a less-than-ideal work scenario. For those that need it spelled out, Derek Powazek explains it a little more clearly than I ever could: don't work for, um...jerks. Excellent post:

http://powazek.com/posts/1733

Frankly, the advice works well for choosing a work partner or work environment in general.

Macworld 2010: Thoughts

Submitted by Edward Marczak on Sat, 01/10/2009 - 16:57

Macworld 2009 has now come and gone. The biggest news, of course, is that Apple themselves have pulled up stakes and made this show their last. The question on attendee's minds: does this finish Macworld, too? I'm sure it does not.

Sample Chapter - Utilization

Submitted by Edward Marczak on Sat, 12/27/2008 - 17:05

Never realized that Peachpit put an entire sample chapter from Advanced System Administration on-line:

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1234969

It's actually a packed, practical chapter!

Courtesy of Peachpit, enjoy!

Believe the Hype?

Submitted by Edward Marczak on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 16:48

So many people talk about things they just don't understand. Some are even proclaimed as experts on topics that clearly elude them a bit. In their insecurity, they like to try to drag others down with them, or, just make others look bad so they don't look so bad themselves. That's why you need to trust yourself, be comfortable with moving into new territory, and ignore those who want to be negative just to be negative. I love these quotes from people looking to put down the iPhone; I think it illustrates the point nicely:

What a Kite Sees

Submitted by Edward Marczak on Wed, 11/12/2008 - 07:37

Man-made flying objects are almost universally inspiring. As a kid, I launched Estes rockets and always wanted the model that had the 110 camera (film!) built in (http://www.apogeerockets.com/estes_snapshot.asp). Looks like even that has been replaced with video now: http://www.apogeerockets.com/Estes_Astrovision_Video_Rocket.asp. Well, I still have the rockets, but figured I'd start small. A local toy shop had a nice selection of kites. I found a plain, triangular kite with a 7' wingspan.

OS X Virtualization Not so Virtualized?

Submitted by Edward Marczak on Mon, 11/10/2008 - 10:35

Virtualization changes everything. Well, at least, a lot of things. It is a huge change in the area of testing in particular. Being able to snapshot a test environment, abuse it, and easily return it to some known state is enormous. However, I'm having a problem getting OS X Server running under VMWare Fusion on the new MacBook Pro. Fusion itself runs fine. I can virtualize other operating systems. However, the combination of VMWare Fusion v2.0 (build 116369), OS X Server and the new unibody MBP doesn't work as far as I can tell.

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