Macintosh OS X on a netbook for £400

[this is a reposting of a piece I wrote for Seb Schmoller's Fortnightly Mailing.] OK, I don't think you can call it a "Mac netbook" but this is how I got Mac OS X 10.5.6 to run on a Dell mini 9. It was easier than I thought. I wanted a small machine for email, … Continue reading Macintosh OS X on a netbook for £400

32GB Mac OSX Netbook for £418

I spent much of today reading how to Mac-ify a Dell Mini 9. It seems to be a popular hobby. In a later post I'll go through the technical how-to with a lot of links. I have ordered a Mini 9 in its Vostro A90 livery, on special offer from Dell at £199 (£221 with … Continue reading 32GB Mac OSX Netbook for £418

Oooh! Firefox 3. Hope I haven’t wrecked everything

I just went and deleted reliable Firefox 2.0.0.16 and dumped 3.0.7 into my applications folder. And now, I try to remember which things I had to struggle with six months ago. It chucked out my Piggy Bank, but that was something from MIT Media Lab that never really worked for me. The Delicious button couldn't … Continue reading Oooh! Firefox 3. Hope I haven’t wrecked everything

Tried using Posterous for a group writing exercise; not a top success

I thought that Posterous might be a useful, easy, collaboration tool. The barriers to entry are low and the user interface is email. However, it didn't really work. I made a crucial, but probably inevitable, mistake. And, for sharers there is the need to create an account. I hadn't counted on that. I thought that … Continue reading Tried using Posterous for a group writing exercise; not a top success

My ideal PDA wish list; is what I want a netbook?

I want a small, wifi connected PDA. The ideal machine has 1) good wifi 2) email client and off-line email writing/reading facility 3) full feature web browser preferably running Flash (and Air?) 4) calendar that syncs with Brookes Oracle & my MacBook Pro preferably through the Oracle Calendar client (iCal does not cut it - … Continue reading My ideal PDA wish list; is what I want a netbook?

Emerge team writing retreat

I have set up a place to post our stuff from the writing retreat (I know, I know, another b***** site). Bear with me We do not have a projector but most of us have machines, I thought this might work as a whiteboard. I have not made the site private - yet. But we … Continue reading Emerge team writing retreat

Installing parallels v4 on top of v3 seems to have gone smoothly: virtual machine intact & Nvivo running :)

Installing Parallels 4 seems to have been entirely unproblematic. It detected my Parallels 3 environment, backed it up, removed v3 and installed v4. I have about 4 back-ups lying around now, but it appears to have behaved very well. Time consuming given the number of times 12GB got copied. Nvivo is up and running maybe … Continue reading Installing parallels v4 on top of v3 seems to have gone smoothly: virtual machine intact & Nvivo running 🙂