I haven’t done a post like this before, but…
I haven’t done a post like this before, but…
Now that QuickSilver is installed I can relax into my Mac and deal with a few more ordinary chores. One early one to deal with, because of a bit of geekery I’ll post on later, is to install a bittorrent client. There are two main options that I favour, depending on use. For heavy lifting the java app Azureus covers pretty much anything you might want, but for the modest role I envisage for the MacBook Tomato Torrent does the trick. It’s lightweight, lets you limit traffic levels in and out, and has a tomato for a logo.
I’ve installed the 1.5 beta client, and in the limited use I’ve made of it I can say this is no rotten tomato. Thank you, I’ll be here all week, try the salmon.
I’ve also tried Bits On Wheels, which is a really cool idea that in practice I just didn’t get. But if you like to watch simulations of bits move along the spokes of a virtual wheel, this one’s got you covered.
You’ve got to love brontosaurs, right? I mean, I preferred a good diplodocus myself, mainly beacuse of the model one I got from the British Natural History Museum almost 30 years ago (we went back there 8 years ago and they were still selling them), but you can’t go far wrong with a brontosaur.
Well apparently you can, cus they don’t exist. Or didn’t exist. Whatever. The Straight Dope has the, um, straight dope.
While selling the house we had stored some boxes in our neighbour’s basement (to keep things tidy). Turns out that one box, of framed pictures, didn’t make it into the container. It has been officially described as “Bigger then you will like!”
Back to what passes for substantive blogging tomorrow.
Turns out it’s surprisingly time-consuming to put your entire life into a 20 foot shipping container. Back soon.