Posted on January 31, 2009 at 11:50 pm

KnowTech.TV

logos ?, iTunes ?, blogs ?, content ?, speeling ?’d¦
well, that’s it then it’s alive! KNOWTECH.TV is on!
we’ve been working to bring you what we think of as the 2.0 of the show MacBreak Tech. unlike MBT, the new network allows us to expand the scope of the tech that we can talk about. while there are [...]

Posted on January 26, 2009 at 12:59 pm

Airport Express

Show notes for this show are here.

 
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Posted on December 29, 2008 at 3:06 pm

G4 NAS Mk1 had a failed drive!

 
I came into the office to the sound of something not unlike a very unhappy animal trapped under a Dremel. I knew right away that was the sound of a drive gone bad. usually you get days warning but this one was normal on last Wednesday and not normal today. the Disk Utility tool showed [...]

Posted on July 25, 2008 at 9:52 am

please stand by

please stand by. we’re undoing some weird wiring.

Posted on June 25, 2008 at 12:11 pm

the underrated Airport Express

We’re reminded again of just how amazing the Airport Express is after setting one up last night. from the setup to using it could not be simpler. naming the network was a longer discussion then actually configuring it including turning on internet, music and printing features.
after it was working with the internet we plugged the [...]

Posted on June 10, 2008 at 3:58 pm

Working with Back to My Mac

NOTE: an alternate version of the show has been created that fixes some of the audio problem towards the end of the show. thanks camuel! click to download or listen.
Back to My Mac either just magically works or it doesn’t at all. There are several reasons why it doesn’t just work:
Older Router
Configured incorrectly
Double Router 
Weird wired [...]

 
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Posted on May 30, 2008 at 11:45 am

Preview

Preview is a super powerful yet underrated tool.
[more notes go here]

 
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Posted on May 20, 2008 at 9:21 am

Programmers at Work

if you’ve never read Programmers at Work it’s because it’s been out of print for almost two decades. you can find it used on Amazon but I’ve never seen in a used bookstore. it’s a book that captures a mind set for problem solving in a infectious way. some would say that it’s so old [...]

Posted on May 18, 2008 at 8:00 pm

Saving Your Project

once in a while you re-explore a project only to find that it’s nearly impossible to find things, items are missing and it’s a complete mess. everyone from the programmer to the photographer can benefit from having a consistent file naming and folder structure system in place. rememember you don’t have to do it like [...]

 
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Posted on April 30, 2008 at 11:02 am

feed is borked

the MBT feed is officially borked. thanks everyone for writing to tell us. we have notified the authorities. the peoples are working on it.
note from Ben: “it looks like a bad cut and paste job.”