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I bought a Nikon D40 in 2006 and added the Nikkor AF-S 35mm f/1.8 DX lens a few years later. The AirPort Express is connected to a speaker system so that I can stream music from my iPad or iPhone using AirPlay. Time Capsule and AirPort Express configured as a mesh network via the Wireless Distribution System. What can I say, I bleed Cupertino silver? Network ![]() I’ve got the Apple Wireless keyboard, Mighty Mouse, and Trackpad. A 1TB FireWire drive holds my growing photo and video catalog. A second 500 GB hard drive stores my Documents folder. Content purchased on the iMac is synced to the MacBook. My iTunes library is mapped to a 500GB external FireWire drive which is synced across my network to a 500GB external FireWire attached to my MacBook. The memory is maxed out - I also max out the RAM in my computers - and I have 2TB of external storage. The kids have a lot of content they can view.Īlthough I bought it for the kids, my main home machine is the iMac. I’ve spent the last few years ripping our DVDs - via Handbrake - to an external hard drive. I’m running the Plex Media server which I control from an app on my iPhone 4. The MacBook battery has been replaced twice and I’m no longer willing to spend any money on it. That role is now served by my MacBook which sits atop our TiVo. #Quickcursor tv#It sits disconnected under my TV where it served as a poor man’s Apple TV for a few years. #Quickcursor mac#The Mac mini can not run Snow Leopard so I may soon replace it. The Mac mini was my first love but the MacBook soon replaced it and then the iMac. I no longer wanted to use my computers for every-geeky things. In 2009, I got the kids an iMac and bought my wife her own MacBook. In 2006, I bought my first laptop ever - a MacBook. #Quickcursor windows#I have no Linux or Windows computers in my home. I bought the Mac after I discovered it had UNIX underpinnings and the GUI was much easier to navigate than Red Hat Linux. That all changed around 2005 when I bought my first Mac - a G4 Mac mini. Shit, I had a whole damn data centre in my basement. I had a BSD UNIX network attached storage server. Some time ago I realized I was spending more time “fixing” and tweaking the systems than I did use them. I used to be one of those nerds who built his own computer and ran Linux servers from the basement. I was issued an HP EliteBook 6390p - it just slides off the tongue - with every port and button Steve Jobs and Jonny Ive have nightmares about. My company has standardized on HP hardware - for backend Windows and Linux servers - on the desktop. #Quickcursor software#I use free ( as in free speech ) software such as PuTTy and FileZilla to access the systems I need. I spend a bit of my day logging into various Linux systems, writing scripts, parsing logs and producing reports. ![]() For me, that involves UNIX - in my case Linux - and Perl and PHP. Part of my role requires managing certain user activity logs. It’s also the best browser for using Google+. It’s fast, standards compliant and has many extension available to make my workday run smoothly. Internet Explorer is the default standard browser (of course) and although Firefox is tolerated I prefer Google’s Chrome browser. I spend most of my time using a browser and Microsoft Office - especially Outlook and PowerPoint. #Quickcursor windows 10#I expect we’ll switch to Windows 7 right around the time Windows 10 arrives. The company has bet its IT future on Microsoft software - Windows on the desktop, Exchange for email, Windows Server and SQL Server on the backend. Windows XP was new when my daughter was eleven months old. My workday is spent within the confines of Windows XP running SP3 and Office 2007. I know you think I’m kidding but I’m not. That means we use technology from a decade ago and hardware from auctions on eBay. I work in the information security and service assurance department at a mid-size biopharma company. In any case, inspired by Jeff, I’ve decided to share this with you. Either I don’t come across as a nerd or no one gives a damn. I have no issues explaining what I do for a living - I work in IT security appears to be easily understood by most - and I’m not often asked about my tech. Graceful Flavor’s Jeff Ventura has a recent post about his tech setup. ![]()
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