Month: February 2006

TurboPrint for Linux

After trying it out for a week or two, I bought the TurboPrint Linux print drivers over the weekend. I actually had printing from Ubuntu to my Canon i950 inkjet working using some funky Japanese Canon drivers for some other...

General

My Cardo Scala Bluetooth headset

...is on it's way to Pittsburgh, PA. The bad news is that the earpiece popped off, but the good news is that after contacting Cardo, the nice folks there promptly issued me an RMA number, so it's on its way home and I'll...

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Capitola sunset

Capitola sunset, originally uploaded by msabramo. Very cool sunset. I wish I had brought my "real" camera (instead of just my Treo)....

Mac

GnuCash on OS X/Expense pie chart

I just installed GnuCash on my PowerBook today (using Fink). So far I'm liking it more than I thought I would. It's not quite as sexy as Quicken and some things seem a bit harder to do, but there's also a certain simplicity to it...

General

Got my glasses

Got my glasses, originally uploaded by msabramo....

General

What’s better than X11?

X12. Except it has has nothing to do with the X Window system and looks like some B2B EDI....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Mac

A workaround for Cisco VPN Client (Mac OS X) “Error 51”

The Cisco VPN client 4.7.00 (0510) mostly works for me on OS X 10.4.4, but I get "Error 51" sporadically and I used to have to reboot to stop it, but now I took a tip that I found on VersionTracker and did a slight tweak to the...