Christmas Day

Jessica's birthday trip to Snoqualmie

Tree decorating and cookie making

Last word on my new MAC

For 11 years, I wondered why my company sucked so bad at simple things like returning emails or accepting calendar invites.. well, now I know why.  The calendar and mail app for Mac is barely usable.  It is so bad, I am constantly losing emails. There is no way to see if an email has an attachment. I used to use that as a search criteria to find stuff I needed.  I couldn't even figure out how to send a high priority email.

All the reviews I have read for the new Outlook for macs is very negative. Sigh. it can't be worse than the default mail and calendar... hopefully I can get it soon.

I do like OFFICE Mac 03. Its a nice application.

getting settled in mac world

I have all the necessary software now.

I did have a problem on the very first document I created in Mac Word. My cleint on a windows box (aren't all clients on windows?) could not read the document. All she saw was a black background. I have not been able to replicate on windows boxes however.

One thing I do not like though. The file system, with the little arrows to display folder contents. In windows, I would open my folder, use a control A - select All. I cant do this in Mac. It selects everything, all folders. I have to use the shift key to select a bunch of files. I think Windows is easier in that regard. We will see if that changes over time.

MAC world!

last week Dreamweaver crashed on me and I had to restart! I thought that was a Windows thing. Not so. Today I couldnt get connected to the VPN... and I had to Restart!  I thought these things were more stable.


today, I find myself needing Textpad, for its block select mode. I use this when i need to change a bunch of links in an option tag. xyz.  I have to change 1159 of these. When i was in Windows, I would rely on good ol text pad.  Grab 1159 new link titles and paste them in via block select mode, allowing me to replace as if it was a column in a spreadsheet. Now, I am stumped.

Does anyone know a good, free text editior for Mac that has block select mode?  Oh, and its a rush job too!

Mac life...

well, I am getting proficient in the Mac OS now. There are still a few issues though..

This keyboard. how do I delete? They have a delete button, but it is the equivalent of the Windows Backspace key.  Oh and no End and Home keys. I liked those keys and used them often.

The calendar boggles my mind.. What day is it? The calendar does not tell you what today is, it assumes you know. I don't always know. Last week I waited on a conference bridge for 10 minutes before I realized the meeting was the following day. And I have these numbers next to my calendar, I think they mean there are new things on my calendar? What are they? Do I need to accept them? There is a calendar event on my calendar for today, its says "lunch meeting". Who's lunch meeting? I click on it and it doesn't tell me anything useful, like, who initiated the meeting and who is invited? That would be helpful, I will assume its not for me.

This may be a browser issue with Firefox for the Mac, but in windows when I look at my tabs, I can see immediately if I have a new message in my Gmail acct. Not so here, I have to click on the tab to see if I have a new mail. Annoying.

I cant get Subversion to work.

Basically, I have no idea how anyone in management could possibly use a Mac. No OUTLOOK? Outlook is singlehandedly the greatest management tool ever created and next month Macs will finally be able to see what they have been missing.

There is more, but I have to finish a proposal.