Archive for May, 2009

RIP Timbuktu

Posted by Ferndave May 17th, 2009

I’ve used Netopia’s Timbuktu for almost 10-years to remotely control both Macs and PCs. It wasn’t perfect, but it worked well enough, was easy to set-up, and delivered decent performance. Over the years, the program has started to show its age and updates have been far and few between. The last update, over a year [...]

Browsing with Safari

Posted by Ferndave May 1st, 2009

Even though most people look to Firefox as the end-all be-all for browsing the web, I’ve stuck with Safari. It’s fast and most importantly, the keystroke short-cuts are built-in andĀ intuitive. There might be an add-on now, but I had to use something like Quickeys in order to even manouver within Firefox.
Other people swear by software [...]