Feeding The Spiders

Say HELLOOOOOO

16May08

…to my FIVE HUNDREDTH post. *throws confetti*

.Mac

I have been trying to figure out how to keep my mobile devices and my stationery devices synchronized and it has been …driving me nuts. None of the services I looked at were reliable enough to suit me. The one service that was reliable enough was staring me in the face but I consistently overlooked it.

.Mac has only failed me in one aspect. It doesn’t *truly* synchronize your email. One would assume from the way their website and technicians talk that if you download a message on your desktop machine, hit Sync, and then turn around and hit sync on your mobile unit that the message will be there. I’m sure you can already guess that it doesn’t. The only email account that is truly sync’d with .Mac is your @mac.com address.

My solution? Forwarding addresses and multiple accounts. The nice thing about the world today is that data storage is dirt cheap. I have three true mailboxes and one address that I give out publicly. The address forwards to the mailboxes which I check with my mobile devices on a regular basis.

What does .Mac do right? Oh it does so well. It syncs your smart mailboxes, your rules, signatures, bookmarks, RSS feeds, address book, and your iCal information. I opened up Bento this evening and it asked me if I would like to backup my Bento database. Why I SURE WOULD….straight to my iDisk. Safe and sound in a data center far far away.

Now I know that I can effectively get some work done now that I know I really can.

moving day.

The house is nearly empty. It’s just about time. I am nervous because it means the question of “Are we there yet??” is going to be answered very, very soon.

More interesting things at a later time. Here I Go.

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thinkin bout..

08May08

Oh, you were a vampire, and baby, I’m nothin’ at all - Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde

why i do all that i do…?

Though affable and sympathetic to most, INFJs are selective about their friends. Such a friendship is a symbiotic bond that transcends mere words.
readily grasp the hidden psychological stimuli behind the more observable dynamics of behavior and affect
find themselves caught between the desire to express their wealth of feelings and moral conclusions about the actions and attitudes of others, and the awareness of the consequences of unbridled candor
under stress may fall prey to various forms of immediate gratification
deeply concerned about their relations with individuals as well as the state of humanity at large
will suddenly withdraw into themselves, sometimes shutting out even their intimates
have the clearest insights of all the types into the motivations of others, for good and for evil
tend to have strong writing skills
INFJs write and communicate well because they want to formulate their ideas clearly. They place high regard on their reader and audience. They seek to communicate their ideals to others. When their ideals need to be championed, they speak up in an enthusiastic and impassioned way.
However, one would do well not to underestimate the amount of perseverance, energy, and time INFJs give to their priorities. What they do, they do with an almost religious intensity.

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Mac Apps You Need Right This Second

07May08

Ok, so I am maybe not the amazing digger-upper of software that I might appear to be…a bunch of this list (but not all) is available by going and buying the MacHeist Bundle. It is seriously worth every bit of $50 (actually it is worth $250…I didn’t list every piece of software in the bundle, but it all deserves a woOhoO!) and the funds go to charity. How amazingly rad is that? MAC BUDDIES: GO BUY IT. (No one is paying me to say this.)

Onward.

CandyBar 3 by Panic Software: Change up your icons ….all of them. Easily. No pain. Promise. ($29)
WriteRoom by Hogbay Software: Gorgeous minimalist word processing. It’s very Doogie Howser. (You want it more now, don’t you?) ($24.95)
Cha-Ching by Midnight Apps: Nothing like it out there….period. Great finances management…includes a budget builder. ($40)
Overflow by Stunt Software: I am on the macbook right now, which has limited screen real estate. My dock was getting out of hand. Enter Overflow…ahhhh. Tidy. ($14.95)
Wallet by Waterfall Software: My bank is so tired of me calling to have my password reset. It has to be ultra secure with letters and numbers. I can never remember it…now I don’t have to! Also very handy to store all the new serial numbers you get with the MacHeist Bundle (gobuyit). ($14.95…can you see what a good deal the bundle is yet?)
Awaken by Embraceware: I used to have something sort of similar like this on my iMac (Mr Wednesday Sr. RIP). It was so lovely to go to sleep to music, have the computer shut itself down, and then have the computer wake itself up to play me more music. ($12.95)
AdiumX: If you’re not chatting with Adium you’re missing out. Very customizable. Very friendly. Very good. (FREE)
CSS Edit by Mac Rabbit: Web designers…If you don’t have the budget for Dreamweaver or the patience for pico, you need to consider CSS Edit. It is highly intuitive and delightful to use. (Around $50)
Coda by Panic Software: Have a little more money in your web development software budget? Maybe you’d like to take a look at Coda. Maybe you’d like to buy me something off of my wishlist. I think the former is more likely than the latter, and that is ok because Coda deserves your attention. I can’t put it any better than their site does:

Text editor + Transmit + CSS editor + Terminal + Books + More = Whoah.
introducing coda. grow beautiful code.
Font Explorer X by Linotype: If you are like me (and you probably are, otherwise why are you reading?) you are a font SLUT. This is a really good thing when you’re laying out something and know your fonts like the back of your hand. Not so good for your system when it has to drag it’s butt through your 9000 fonts. FontExplorerX TO THE RESCUE. FontBook whimpers in shame. Activate and deactivate font on the fly without (usually) restarting your programs. Create font “playlists” for clients or projects. (FREE)
Computer Cuisine Deluxe by Inaka Software: Have a gazillion recipes in your repertoire? Computer Cuisine Deluxe is going to be your buddy (if you like typing…it is probably obvious that I do.) Runs on the Mac or Windows platform. ($19.95)