Saturday, April 17, 2010

iPad

Whats better than this picture if you live in Canada? It's April 17, it is a few weeks after the intro of the iPad. It is also a few days after Apple announced that all the International versions would be delayed another month. With the units selling very well in the US, it obviously caused shortage. When I heard the bad news for Canada (good news for Apple), my first reaction was, is this going to be the first of other delays?

I need one to tests some Apps, so further delays would mean longer delays for my apps and some other projects.

This all meant that I had to make a trip to the closest Apple store in the US, so on the 16th, a road trip to Buffalo. It was lucky my client moved a meeting a week out, so the day opened up last minute.

Just so you know. The pads are still on short supply. You can't just call a store and put a credit card down to purchase and show up the next day to pick them up. The sales person said you have to show up at a store to place an order ( in case you want a partcular model ), she said you have to be at the store to purchase. I explained that I was 2 hours away, how would they guarantee my trip wouldn't be a wasted trip? She said to drive fast after I call in the morning to confirm stock.

So I called the night before and started out 8am to be at the store when it opened. The limit is 2 units. I was lucky to get a 32gb, the 2nd guy behind was told to come back next week. They didn't have any 16 or 64gb versions.

Last bit, read the reviews already posted by all the tech journalist. My opinion - It is a gread device.

Solid feel
Instant on
Great screen
Replaces a lot of core functions on my notebook
I take it everywhere, I don't take my notebook everywhere.

The new iPad apps look really good, now to make my apps look just as nice.

Posted via web from Filemakerdave's Blog

iPad

Whats better than this picture if you live in Canada? It's April 17, it is a few weeks after the intro of the iPad. It is also a few days after Apple announced that all the International versions would be delayed another month. With the units selling very well in the US, it obviously caused shortage. When I heard the bad news for Canada (good news for Apple), my first reaction was, is this going to be the first of other delays?

I need one to tests some Apps, so further delays would mean longer delays for my apps and some other projects.

This all meant that I had to make a trip to the closest Apple store in the US, so on the 16th, a road trip to Buffalo. It was lucky my client moved a meeting a week out, so the day opened up last minute.

Just so you know. The pads are still on short supply. You can't just call a store and put a credit card down to purchase and show up the next day to pick them up. The sales person said you have to show up at a store to place an order ( in case you want a partcular model ), she said you have to be at the store to purchase. I explained that I was 2 hours away, how would they guarantee my trip wouldn't be a wasted trip? She said to drive fast after I call in the morning to confirm stock.

So I called the night before and started out 8am to be at the store when it opened. The limit is 2 units. I was lucky to get a 32gb, the 2nd guy behind was told to come back next week. They didn't have any 16 or 64gb versions.

Last bit, read the reviews already posted by all the tech journalist. My opinion - It is a gread device.

Solid feel
Instant on
Great screen
Replaces a lot of core functions on my notebook
I take it everywhere, I don't take my notebook everywhere.

The new iPad apps look really good, now to make my apps look just as nice.

Posted via web from Filemakerdave's Blog

Augmented Reality at OCAD

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Windows 7 God Mode

Goto any folder in Window 7
create a folder and name it:
Godmode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
It will then change to a folder called GodMode with all the preferences inside.

Posted via email from Filemakerdave's Blog

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Time Machine Error

A bunch of issue with time machine backup's not working. Fixes that I found for the different errors were
to check that there was a name for the volume or share, check the sharing setup name, eliminate long names and spaces.

Another area to look is the current System Log (/var/log/system.log), this will tell you what the specific error is.

In one setup, Filemaker server was running and a couple of files in the library could not be read while the server was running. To get around this, you can add those folders in the exclude section of the backup.