Twitter Updates for 2008-05-30

Posted by Jim on May 30th, 2008
2008
May 30
  • Moving day…tonight is our first night in the new house. #

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Professional Accomplishements

Posted by Jim on May 30th, 2008
2008
May 30

I was going to send this out via Twitter, but it’s a little too involved for 140 characters, so you’re getting the full write-up here.

The middle schools were I work were recently shipped copies of the MLTI‘s new softwae image, which incorporates Apple’s Leopard OS.  These are the first machines on the district’s network to use the new OS, and as one would expect, there are a number of problems springing up as I try to incorporate them.  Luckily, I solved two of these problems today.

First, the Leopard client machines are able to bind to the XServe running Tiger (which means they have a directory record on the server and numerous settings can be managed through the server), but a number of managed preferences are not being passed.  I discovered that the settings I wanted to manage (and that had worked for all the Tiger clients) are no longer stored in the same preference files on a Leopard system.  Uploading the settings from a Leopard client allows for them to be passed to all the bound Leopard machines.

Second, the Leopard machines were not able to connect to a number of our file servers.  Our servers are all Netware boxes running both afp and smb.  Certain servers were accessible to the Leopard clients, but some very important ones were not.  All the servers we available to Tiger clients.  Following a suggestion I read on a message board, I tried connecting to the server via smb instead of afp (afp is Apple’s filing protocol, smb is used mainly by Windows machines).  SMB access worked, although the mount points were all geared towards the windows users and did not have their Mac-specific names.  This solved the problem, but it wasn’t a perfect solution, so I kept digging.  Apparently Leopard has disabled sending cleartext passwords in order to better the system’s security.  This normally is a great measure to take, except when your netware servers all want cleartext passwords (why they want them is beyond me, I think we’ll have to change that).  By going into the user’s com.apple.AppleShareClient.plist file and manually changing the afp_cleartext_allow entry, the netware servers were all available.

It’s not everyday that I solve a big problem at work.  Solving two though, that means I’ve really made a difference today.  It makes leaving early to finish moving into the new house that much easier.

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-29

Posted by Jim on May 29th, 2008
2008
May 29
  • Ben Linus haunted my dreams last night. He wouldn’t let me leave the island until I solved some word puzzles. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-28

Posted by Jim on May 28th, 2008
2008
May 28
  • @StrawPoll 1 Domestic, locally made microbrews are my favorites. Buy (and drink) local! #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-27

Posted by Jim on May 27th, 2008
2008
May 27
  • Back to teh grind after a fine long weekend. #
  • Ugh, I hate the word “teh;” apologies for the typo. #
  • It seems that the floors in the new house may be finished a day early! #
  • Uploaded a bunch of photos to Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/6thboro/ #

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Radio Star

Posted by Jim on May 27th, 2008
2008
May 27

WMPG has seen fit to give me a regular show, airing 4-6:30am on Monday mornings.  You’ll notice a new entry in the links listed above, WMPG Playlists, where I’ll be posting my weekly playlists and other important information (such as how you can listen to the show live over the internet).  There is one entry there, from the first show I did, which was on this past Monday.  Sorry I didn’t get the word out sooner, but I didn’t find out until late on Friday that I got the show, and Nissa and I have been busy with moving.  Still, you’ve now been informed.  So if you find yourself up an ungodly early hour on a Monday, and you ahppen to be near a radio or a computer, give my show a listen.

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-26

Posted by Jim on May 26th, 2008
2008
May 26
  • Getting up early tomorrow for my new radio show: 4-6:30am on WMPG! #
  • Live on WMPG right now! #
  • This is the first sunrise I’ve seen in way too long. Getting up this early every Monday could be quite fun. #
  • Bike trip down through Cape Elizabeth this morning. #
  • Back from a great bike ride (approx. 19 miles). Relaxing for the rest of the holiday. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-25

Posted by Jim on May 25th, 2008
2008
May 25
  • Moving all the big furniture today #
  • @livingstonmedia Yup, moving to South Portland. Have been slowly bring stuff over all week, should be fully moved in one week. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-24

Posted by Jim on May 24th, 2008
2008
May 24
  • At the Bowdoin graduation #
  • It’s a good night for pizza, high life and a drive-in double feature. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-23

Posted by Jim on May 23rd, 2008
2008
May 23
  • Spend a second evening at Novare Res. Good times. #

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