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Spanning Sync vs. Busy Sync

September 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Spanning Sync is supposed to sync Google Calendar with iCal, but there are many issues. Busy Sync apparently works better. The big issue is how do you uninstall it. Most Mac apps are a drag to trash, but here, you need to reload the trial and click on the DMG and they have a dedicated [...]

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Canon Pro9000 printing on an Time Capsule

September 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Just a reminder on how to print to a Canon Pro9000 via an Airport Extreme or a Time Capsule. This is actually tricky. You have to download the generic Canon IJ Printer (http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=182&modelid=12892#DownloadDetailAct)

This has pretty tight requirements:

  • Mac OS X v10.5.3
  • Latest version of Airport firmware
  • Pro9000osxcp10120ej7.dmg which is the 10.1.2.0 version driver.
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Live Streams of Beijing Olympics

August 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

NBC has all live feeds available so you don’t have to deal with tape delays. I can’t believe how they can tell you something is “live” when it ended 3 hours ago! That is what is happening on their channels. For instance, Woman’s All Arounds were done by 11PM pacific, but NBC didn’t finish their [...]

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