Miscellaneous Ramblings

Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2002 Archive

• Web browsers for OS X and the classic Mac OS, 12.30. Thoughts on Chimera, iCab, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape, OmniWeb, and Opera for the Macintosh.
• DHCP problems, LC 500 series, FireWire card troubles, wireless USB networking, and more, 12.23. Getting DSL working with a PB 5300, expanding an LC 580, FireWire PC Cards, CD burners in Pismos, 802.11b networking via USB, and more.
• The LC 520: Still useful after nine years, 12.16. Although it shows its age in some ways, it's still a wonderful word processing and email computer.
• More thoughts on free speech, end of religion controversy on Low End Mac, 12.11. Winding down discussion on Islam vs. the West and moral anarchy. More dialog on free speech.
• WordPerfect questions, Logitech Cordless Mouse problems, flirting with retro PowerBooks, and more, 12.09. Also more on flash memory, the Kanga whine, ISP, the 'combo drive' that isn't, and still more.
• Misadventures in ISP land, 12.02. Changing ISPs brings us face-to-face with the sorry state of Mac support by Internet companies.
• SuperMac C500 upgrade, PowerBooks and Flash RAM, Word 5.1, and more, 11.26. Also the Kanga whine, OS X and ImageWriters, Write CD-RW, low-cost Mac-friendly ISP, iCab stability, and $39 iBook upgrade.
• Cabrio a simple, compact, free MP3 player ideal for older Macs, 11.18. Free Cabrio MP3 player demands few resources, makes a great alternative to iTunes for older Macs.
• iCab stability, MacMail, the CD-RW specification, Word 5.1 on a TiBook, and more, 11.13. Also finding the SuperMac C500's battery, StarMax RAM issues, the Redux user manual, and world standard operating systems.
• $999 iBook pros and cons, Kanga whine, FireWire cards, WallStreet and OS X, and more, 11.11. Also high capacity batteries, iBook hinge lubrication, BlueChip problems, wireless networking, and more.
• The free speech letters, 11.04. Thoughts on free speech, tolerance, political correctness, Christianity, morality, gun rights, and much more.
• Speech is either free or it isn't, 10.30. "Free-speech is under siege seemingly everywhere these days, most insidiously under the pretext of anti 'hate speech' and anti-discrimination legislation."
• The beltway sniper, moral anarchy letters, 10.28. Thoughts on atheism, moral relativism, civilization, Nietsche, Christianity, Islam, and related topics.
• More free POP3 email alternatives to .mac, 10.23. A couple more free POP3 email services, including one that has "mac" in the name.
• Serial sniper a product of postmodern moral anarchy, 10.21. A society without moral absolutes undermines the value of human life while providing the freedom for murderers to act.
• More on Islam vs. the West, 10.16. Thoughts on religion and tolerance, Islam vs. everyone, and declaring war on Iraq.
• Power Mac upgrades, RAM Disks, PowerBook ethernet, USB on a 3400, iBook hinge woes, and more, 10.14. Also a Pismo question, where to find WordPerfect for Mac, more thoughts on Sleep of Death, and the WallStreet heat sink.
• When to buy a new or newer Mac, 10.08. One more upgrade, or is it time to move up to a new (or newer) Mac?
• Yet more "Dueling Civilizations" letters, 10.01. Further reader feedback and reflections on Jean Chretien, writing as art, and loving your enemies.
• Spam and freemail, WallStreets and OS X, MyRealBox and Yahoo! Groups, and pro-MS bias, 09.30. Thoughts on spam and free email accounts, signing up with GMX, webmail vs. POP3 email, running OS X on a WallStreet, and a Mac-hostile website.
• More "Dueling Civilizations" letters, 09.26. More reader feedback and reflections on religion, Islam, Christianity, and Western freedoms.
• Free and cheap .mac alternatives, 09.23. Eight free and three low cost alternatives for those about to lose their mac.com email address.
• The "Dueling Civilizations" letters, 09.16. Reader feedback and further reflections on the inherent incompatibility of traditional Islam and Western freedoms.
• PowerBook 1400 woes, Sleep of Death, older PowerBook value, and more, 09.12. Some drawbacks of the PB 1400, more feedback on the Sleep of Death, OS X video patch and WallStreet, Electrovaya batteries, and more.
• Dueling Civilizations: Islam and the West, 09.11. "A failure of Western reality perception is the notion that Islam can be reasoned with."
• Upgrading a Power Mac, using 2 mice at once, older Macs for college, and hacking Apple's CD driver, 09.09. Upgrades give 7200/200 new lease on life, possible solution to "2 mice at once" problem, value of abandoned Power Macs, and making Apple's CD driver work with third-party drives.
• Low-end PowerBooks for college, 09.04. A faithful 5300 and newer 1400 head for college and a dorm Internet hookup.
• 200 MHz production work, OS 9.2 and CD-ROM drivers for clones, 08.26. Using older Power Macs and clones for production work, drivers for non-Apple CD-ROMs, and Mac OS 9.2 on clones.
• A 200 MHz 604e for production work?, 08.19. The old system is stable, adequately fast for most projects, and has great upgrade potential, making it a great low-end option.
• SuperMac upgrades, 9.2 on a clone, StarMax CD-ROM drivers, and how Apple can grow its market, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 08.14. Thoughts on the value of upgrading the S900 vs. replacing it, Mac OS 9.2 on clones, getting the StarMax CD-ROM working, and growing Apple's market.
• Dead WallStreet, faster iBook drives, Portector missing in action, MyRealBox, and more, 08.12. Also ThinkFree Office, Netscape as the best Mac browser, and Eudora a top choice for email.
• Low end Macs revisited, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 08.06. How the old PowerBooks and SuperMac came through after the WallStreet G3 died.
• More feedback on the "under God" controversy, 07.23. Eleven more readers share their thoughts, pro and con, on the "under God" ruling and recent MR columns.
• Mozilla, WallStreets, 1400s, USB hubs, WordPerfect, free POP3 email, Sleep of Death, and more, 07.22. Mozilla on NuBus Power Macs; WallStreet 13.3" issues; USB, DVD on PB 1400; early iBooks and compact USB hubs; free email accounts, more on the Sleep of Death, elitism, and more.
• Better computers and better users, 07.15. Mac users tend to be better educated, more Web savvy, and earn more than Windows folk.
• A few more thoughts on the Sleep of Death, 07.10. Four more readers weigh in on the Mac OS 9/X Sleep of Death.
• Women in IT, G3 PowerBooks, Mac OS X, lots more, 07.09. Women in IT; PowerBook G3, 1400, and 5300 concerns; OS X on WallStreet, drivers for non-Apple CD-ROMs, where to find WordPerfect, and doing what's right.
• Taking the Pledge, 07.02. The Pledge of Allegiance, separation of church and state, the role of religion, and the culture wars, including over two dozen emails on the subject.
• Huh? U.S. court rules pledge of allegiance "unconstitutional", 06.27. "...the First Amendment makes no reference, explicit or implicit, to 'separation of church and state....'"
• My convoluted system upgrade path, 06.24. Moore finally moves from his WallStreet to his Pismo for production work - but not yet to OS X.
• Women in IT, Mozilla, 190/5300 repair, CRTs, and OS downgrades, 06.19. The glass ceiling, problems installing Mozilla, Apple's PB 190/5300 REA, and more.
• "Sleep of Death" discussion continues, 06.17. Network time server and other possible explanations for the "sleep of death" problem.
• More on the OS 9.x "Sleep of Death" bug, 06.10. The mystery deepens as various PowerBooks, Power Macs, iMacs and iBooks running OS 9.1 through X manifest difficulty waking from sleep.
• "Sleep of Death" a hardware-specific OS 9.2 bug?, 06.04. Some PowerBooks (and possibly other Macs as well) sometimes fail to wake from sleep, but only under OS 9.2.x.
• SuperMacs, free email, and hockey puck mice, 05.31. SuperMac problem with Seagate Barracuda drive, two free email options, and sources for the hockey puck mouse.
• Helpful info on Redux backup software, 05.30. Several Redux users shed additional light on this useful (but discontinued) backup program.
• PowerBook 1400, Kanga, and WallStreet reflections, 05.29. More thoughts on the PB 1400, 3400/Kanga, WallStreet, and cooling your laptop.
• PowerBook 1400: A very likable legacy 'Book, 05.20. The PB 1400 is a solid machine, a decent performer, and a practical value.
• More on being Microsoft free, gatekeepers, fighting spam, freezes, OCR, and Redux, 05.16. Anti-MS sites, experts and gatekeepers, POPmonitor vs. spam, G4 freezes, OCR software, and problems with Redux.
• More on eMacs and PowerBooks, 05.15. More thoughts on a consumer eMac and the role of PowerBooks.
• Free POP3 email update, 05.13. Field report on 10 free POP3 mail services - and two new ones.
• eMac musings, 05.07. CRTs vs. flat panel displays and the value of the new eMac.
• Review: Haxial TextEdit 1.000, 04.29. New text editor really thinks different. Definitely worth a look.
• A new anti-spam weapon: POPmonitor 2, 04.22. New anti-spam tool lets you delete unwanted email without downloading it - and even automates the process.
• MR Mailbag, 04.17. Free email, picking a 'Book, installer problems, Bible software for Newton, health care, news readers for OS X, Mozilla, BlueChip troubles, more.
• Still more on living Microsoft free, 04.15. Ten more readers weigh in on the pros and cons of living Microsoft free.
• 10 free POP3 email services, 04.08. Although several companies have dropped free POP3 email, here are 10 that do.
• PowerBook 5300: The real PowerBook, 04.01. For me, the 5300 is and always will be the real PowerBook benchmark.
• Thoughts on the iMac price hike, 03.26. The harsh realities behind Apple's decision to increase price of the flat panel iMac.
• MR Mailbag, 03.20. PowerBooks, iBooks, SuperMacs, USB, elitists, and medicine.
• More on living Microsoft free, 03.18. More perspectives on living with a Microsoft-free Mac.
• Why I live Microsoft free, 03.11. Whatever your reason for living without Microsoft, you'll end up with a more stable Mac.
• Yet more on the consensus of the competent and the cult of expertise, 03.04. Still more on journalistic credentials, the consensus of the competent, and expertise.
• More thoughts on professional elitism and gatekeeping, 02.27. More on journalistic credentials, the consensus of the competent, and the Internet.
• The Internet vs. the consensus of the competent, 02.25. The cult of the professional vs. the freedom of the Internet.
• The Mozilla Letters, 02.20. Mozilla vs. iCab, spell check, and installer problems on NuBus Macs.
• 7200 speed, WordPerfect 3.5e, big SCSI drives, and buying software, 02.18. Power Mac 7200 performance, where to get WordPerfect, moderate cost of big SCSI hard drives, and cross-platform software.
• Macs, myths, Mozilla, silent computing, and ViaVoice, 02.15. Windows not that different, Mozilla install problems, Internet speed, ear problems, and IBM's ViaVoice software.
• Computer elitism, cars, and online retail woes, 02.14. The classic Mac OS, classic cars, and the Canadian online order blues.
• Mozilla 0.9.8: Impressive, 02.12. Not just easy to install, this build is fast.
• Keyboard and mouse advice, MS Word and signatures, OS X Bible software, USB hub problem, and more, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 02.07. Also PowerBook 1400 trouble, System 6 on an '040, difficulties with zapo.net, and words of thanks.
• Two routes to OS X, 02.05. Two routes taken when adopting Mac OS X.
• Computer elitism, 01.29. In order to grow market share, Apple would have to dumb down and compromise the Mac experience to appeal to the broad consumer market.
• SuperMacs, Fan Noise, Presentation Software, and iBook Issues, 01.24. Best hard drive option for a SuperMac, the main source of computer noise, UPresent software, and iceBook issues.
• Macs, myths, conformity, and Bible software feedback, 01.23. More thoughts on Macs, myths, and conformity - and some more feedback on Bible software.
• Macs, myths, and conformity, 01.16. Apple debunks the myths, but are those the real reason people choose Windows over Macs?
• More on Bible software for the Mac, 01.09. Reader comments on Bible study software for Mac users.
• PowerBooks, startup drives, and Word Perfect, 01.07. PowerBook questions, SuperMac startup problems, iBook hinge issues, and where to get WordPerfect for free.
• Charles Moore's WallStreet PowerBook, Tools of the Trade, 01.03. A look at the hardware and software that comprises Charles Moore's tool of the trade.
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