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  • Blackberry for Mac

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    If you have a Blackberry, you know about the dreaded Desktop Manager, so what can you do for the Mac. turns out there is a freeware utility called “PocketMac”:http://www.pocketmac.net that lets you sync the Mac to Entourage, the Mac Address book, the Mac mail program and also lets you sync…

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  • Blackberry Curve MicroSD and Bluetooth Headset

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    Ok, the biggest problem with these new phones is that they don’t come with the accessories you really need (something I’m sure the iPhone will do right). So what do you need with the curve, check the “8300 forum”:http://www.blackberryforums.com/general-8300-series-discussion/ for great information: * 4GB MicroSD card. The manual says they…

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  • iPhone good and bad

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    I think these things are going to fly off the shelves. Both AT&T and Apple stores are bracing themselves, but “appleinsider”:http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/06/18/iphone_battery_life_virtual_keyboard_concern_early_testers.html does give a list of the issues. The two main ones are short battery life. More like 5 hours of talk time. Not clear if that is in addition…

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  • Camera Cleaning

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    Well, my camera is dirty on the _inside_. The internal sensor is dirty. “Bob”:http://bobsplanet.com says that you need some special tools from I’d recommend getting the wipes, the fluid, and the wand for serious cleaning from “Micro-Tools.com”:http://micro-tools.com that will cost you about $25 overall: * “SensorWand 14mm for Cleaning 1.5x…

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  • League Tables

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    In my previous life, the “League Tables”:http://www.thomson.com/solutions/financial/investbank/leaguetable_home/ that showed who had done the most transactions in investment banking was so important. Its interesting to see how the names haven’t changed that much. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan continue to be very big in underwriting globally. Thomson Financial seems…

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  • Travel Bag Recommendations

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    Shelley was asking me about travel bag recommendations. To reiterate, I’ve been using “Eagle Creek”:http://eaglecreek.com for a while. The best one seems to be the “Tarmac ES-20”:http://eaglecreek.com/bags_luggage/wheeled_luggage/Tarmac-ES-20-20158/ because it is wheeled and has lots of flaps. Also the handle is nice and curved which works better if you are taller.…

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  • Print Servers

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    I actually tried a print server about five years ago and it worked terribly, but now I’m willing to give it another shot as I really want our Canon i9900 to work on network. If you can believe it, here is actually an entire web site that covers just Printer…

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  • Legos Star Wars 2 Error 1330 and 1603

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    We keep getting this installation error. Apparently http://www.lucasforums.com/archive/index.php/t-170302.html says that this requires a fix at “Patches”:http://support.lucasarts.com/patches/LSW2_Update1_01.htm Powered by ScribeFire.

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  • Mac Decoder Ring for Windows Users

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    There are lots of myths about Mac’s that come from previous versions. I’ve used Macs and Windows for years. From the very first floppy only Mac all the way to the Mac Book Pro. I do think that Apple is making it way harder though by not have a Windows…

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  • Mac OS X Disk Maintenance

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    With Windows I know all the maintenance things. I use O&O Defrag for making disks faster, Chkdsk for fixing errors, with the Mac, it is a different world. http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html#Anchor-57343 has a good list of things to be done. # Repair permission is something you can do with /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and…

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