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upgrade part II

Posted on January 21, 2015 by CBX

just a short post. Getting the front fan cage out was more difficult than I thought it would be. I left it kind of resting on the motherboard after loosening the screws. I knew better and of course, karma hit … Continue reading →

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Time to upgrade

Posted on January 18, 2015 by CBX

I’m upgrading my 2006 Mac Pro. I’ve been talking about trying to hack it to get from Mountain Lion to Mavericks since early last year, and switched my fuzzy focus to going to Yosemite. But other than making bootable USBs … Continue reading →

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How MacWorld changed my life

Posted on January 6, 2015 by CBX

Lying on the floor at my feet is a blue nylon bag with an imprinted logo reading “square jellyfish”. Inside are a collection of brochures I picked up at the 2014  San Francisco MacWorld conference. At the time it had … Continue reading →

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Replicator rescue

Posted on September 8, 2014 by CBX

I’ve been away for a while and other posts touching on that travel are pending, but I need to take a moment to wallow in a little self-indulgent geekery. It’s not even that geeky really, but it is deeply satisfying … Continue reading →

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Making possible the impossible

Posted on April 4, 2014 by CBX

I received an email from a friend today. The contents of the email was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg And this was my reply: I have been in meetings like this. I’ve listened to meetings like this. This very day, I received a … Continue reading →

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Doctor, heal thyself.

Posted on December 15, 2012 by CBX

For a long time, I supported my employer’s Solaris (a type of Unix OS) computers running Sendmail, part of the corporate email system. I managed these systems via a Windows XP box on my desk.  I used  another XP box … Continue reading →

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