http://www.itguyonline.com/blog Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:07:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A while back I posted instructions for getting the Aircard 875 to work with Ubuntu Feisty. I am now updating this for Hardy Heron. For me the configuration was much simpler. Here is some information regarding the hardware/software I am using. IBM Thinkpad ... http://www.itguyonline.com/blog/2008/05/11/cingular-aircard-875-ubuntu-hardy-heron-804/ If you know me, then you know I am a fan of drum and bugle corps. After high school I marched for a number of years with the Harrisburg Westshoremen. Each year since the corps folded former members as well new members come together for the Westshoremen World ... http://www.itguyonline.com/blog/2008/05/07/serenade-in-brass/ The last meeting of the Dublin Wine Meetup Group was January 13th. The event was held at J Gilbert's Wood Fired Steaks. There was a special menu put together for the event and guests were also free to order from their regular menu. This is the menu ... http://www.itguyonline.com/blog/2008/02/02/january-2008-wine-meetup/ Now this is interesting... My blog does not get too much traffic. I thought it was odd to get comments relating to my IT Room posting from the same person. I checked the IP address of 143.166.255.56 which is where the comment came from. ... http://www.itguyonline.com/blog/2008/01/02/it-room-comments/ Do you live in the Columbus area? Do you enjoy trying new wines? You may be interested in joining the Dublin Wine Meetup Group. This is a group of people who enjoy wine. Experience ranges from somalie to just learning the difference between pinot gris and ... http://www.itguyonline.com/blog/2008/01/01/the-dublin-wine-meetup-group/ Last night was New Years. Being that it is a night I don't really enjoy going out for, my wife and I decided to try some different sparklers and have a nice dinner. Dinner was great but we really had a good time with the sparklers. We ... http://www.itguyonline.com/blog/2008/01/01/new-years-eve/ I have been patiently waiting for the release of "The IT Room". This is either going to be incredible or lame. I somehow get the feeling this is going to be some kind of marketing piece. We'll see... 11:11pm is the release time. http://www.itguyonline.com/blog/2007/11/11/the-it-room/ Pressing Apple-Esc will launch Front Row. Pretty slick! http://www.itguyonline.com/blog/2007/11/05/mac-os-x-105-quick-launch-front-row/ I have two drives on my Mac and I wanted to hide the Time Machine drive. I have no need to access this drive and I wanted a cleaner desktop. I found some information online that lead me to a good method to perform the task. Open the Finder ... http://www.itguyonline.com/blog/2007/11/05/mac-os-x-105-hide-the-time-machine-drive/ I have come acros a rather annoying bug in 10.5. It seems that when a disk image (DMG) is mounted, the finder is unable to eject (dismount) the image. I have tried both Apple+E as well as dragging the disk to the trash. Both methods were unsuccessful. ... http://www.itguyonline.com/blog/2007/11/05/mac-os-x-105-unable-to-eject-unmount-a-disk-image/