Archive for the 'Apple' Category

GPGMail and Fink

Friday, March 25th, 2005

This evening I installed the GPGMail which allows me to use the GNU Privacy Guard (gpg) with Apple’s Mail.app.
I installed gpg using fink. There are a number of projects to bring “standard” UNIX tools to OS X. What’s nice about fink is that offers pre-compiled binary packages (no waiting around for stuff to compile!) [...]

Applications for “Switchers”

Monday, March 14th, 2005

Unfortunately thesis work has kept me from blogging any further experiences with my new toy. Hopefully this post will address this failing!

New Computer!!

Friday, February 25th, 2005

A few weeks ago my Inspiron 8100 died (again). Having already replaced the hard disk, I decided it was time to replace the whole machine and went shopping for a new laptop. A few days later I had decided that an iBook was the right choice.
Why? Well, on the desktop I am a [...]

The Downside to Online Shopping

Tuesday, February 15th, 2005

Online shopping is great. You can shop around for the cheapest prices from the comfort of your bedroom instead of having to tramp around town (or worse, drive from place from place), you can check out online reviews and product specs that are far more detailed and knowledgeable than any shop assistant and best of [...]