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From the monthly archives: July 2006

It Just Works: Perforce As a Personal Backup Strategy

July 22, 2006

I’ve been working with computers for over thirty years now, and one thing I’ve learned from painful experience is never, ever trust your hard drive. It will let you down; the only question is when.

Whenever I create new data on a computer from e-mail to new photographs to web content, I always think about [...]

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Persistence Pays Off: Treo and Mac Get Along — Mostly

July 22, 2006

Update from “Using a Treo 700p with a Mac: It’s Rough.”

It’s still not totally wonderful, but I have a new Treo 700p (now on Verizon instead of Sprint) and it’s mostly working now.

Things that have helped:

Being on Verizon instead of Sprint. I still drop connections occasionally, but it’s far less frequent [...]
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Cisco VPN, Bluetooth Internet Phones, and Intel Macs Don’t Mix

July 9, 2006

Just a quick note: I’ve discovered that the Cisco 3000 VPN software (version 4.9.00.0050) will not work on an Intel-based Mac when connected to the Internet via a Bluetooth-enabled phone. When you click on the “Connect” button, it stalls in the “connecting to server…” stage and never presents the password dialog.

I’ve tried this on [...]

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About Eric

Hi, I’m Eric. I’m a photographer, blogger, and software developer based near Seattle, Washington. I’ve been creating great software for desktop computers since 1983 and great photography since 1993.

Since 2003 I’ve combined those interests as a member of the Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Revel development teams.

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