Go Mac

So now I have a new iMac, 20". I love it so far. I'm running VMWare Fusion with Windows XP Pro in Unity mode, so I've got seamless access to any windows programs I may need (such as the support software my company uses). I've just got the base model iMac, but I've upped the RAM to 4GB, and tacked on a 1TB external Firewire800 hard drive.

And holy crap is Time Machine easy to use and damn cool. Just plug in the drive (I partitioned a 300gb space for time machine), and pick the partition you want to use, and it starts backing up. No other input needed. I already had incrimental backups set up with my Linux server, but this is just dead simple. What I think I will do is keep using Time Machine to backup everything on the machine, and "mission critical" stuff will be backed up to my Linux machine nightly as well. Nothing like multiple backups.

I've pulled the 20" LG monitor from my Dell machine, and am using it along side the Mac. I wish linux was as easy to set up for dual monitors. I plugged it in, it turned on and was already at the right resolution - just had to adjust the location of the display for continuity. I love having 3360x1050 total desktop space. It makes me a glad panda.

I'm still tweaking things and copying over stuff from my old machine, but once I do that I'll drop a few more articles on here about various cool apps that I've found, and what they do.

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Fedex

I believe all Fedex trucks should have an interactive GPS so that I can watch my package drive across the US. I may be a bit compulsive with my tracking though..

http://xkcd.com/281/