Starting from today, all Kuneri team is on holiday. We have had a great and busy first half, and now we all deserve a good vacation. We will be back on mid July, until then, most probably will enjoy the sun and nice weather. I am sure I won’t be able to stay away from my computer anyways, so will write every now and then. If you are having or will have any sort of holidays, I wish you a great one. If you are a Finn, happy Juhannus and try not to die.
cheers!
Ugur.-
I just met Deezer (may be it was popular already, I don’t know), but it’s awesome! I just type the music, album or artist name, start listening right away. Also created an account, and adding songs I like to my playlist. No more MP3 downloads :)
It doesn’t work on iPhone thought, due it uses Flash.
Now Listening: Pink Floyd - Shine on Crazy Diamond.
Photograph is from Murat Suyur, one of my favorite photographers.
Dear diary,
Today I bought my first Macbook. I should tell you what I have learnt and should learn, so that I can remember those back. It’s a different world. Feels like drilling from Finland and getting out from China.
1 - Starts up and shuts down so soon. Something must be wrong.
Weird things going on. This thing starts up so soon. What do I do wrong? Do I start in recovery mode? I also figured out it shuts down very fast (I asked my friends, they also had similar experience). Why? Doesn’t it save my sessions? Will I loose my data? Even didn’t give me choice what I want to do by shutting down. Maybe I meant sleeping? Stupid machine..
Investigate this further, find what is going on.
2 - Learn how to eject CD
Damn, there is no button on this CD-rom! How do I eject this thing? It swallowed my CD, will it give back? Check around: Yes, surely there is no eject button.
Edit: I figured out that there is a button on keyboard. Whenever I press it, it gives the CD back to me. Problem solved.
3 - How to install application
This thing doesn’t have a nice installer. Where is Program Files for instance? Why doesn’t it ask where I want to install? Why no “Quick Launch” or “Desktop” icon selection? And what are those things left on desktop? What does ejecting mean? Figure it out.
4 - How to uninstall application
I looked everywhere, but I couldn’t find “Programs and Settings” menu. How do I uninstall those things? Figure it out.
Edit: There is no registry; therefore no uninstallation. Just drag the application to Trash can. Download and use this free program: AppTrap. Problem solved.
Yesterday, my great laptop’s (LG R200) CPU fan stopped (it’s a great laptop btw, no complaints about that — except I have to use Vista). Practically I can not work with it anymore; which is disastrous for me. Tens of emails to reply, clients / issues to follow, work to do.. I contacted LG support, and most probably I will get a decent support; but in most optimistic guess it will take 2-3 weeks, considering Finland’s fast(!) service approach :)
So, I needed a laptop urgently. I have been looking for an excuse for long time to grab a Macbook; and got this as a message from a greater force and headed right to Stockmann (a store chain in Finland). Luckily there was a good discount, and got a Macbook without too much thinking. Came back, put Leopard CD in and started to wait. Nothing happened. After half an hour phone talk, we figured out (together with Apple support) that my optical drive was defected. No good start. They were talking about a replacement; which would take around 3-4 weeks, which rang death bells in my ear. Damn, I got a brand new Macbook and have to wait 3-4 weeks to use it? And my other laptop is broken? Ok, wait wait; things didn’t go that bad. Luckily, I got the laptop from Stockmann. It’s known by its nice return back and guarantee policy (actually in my opinion, its the only place that you should buy something in Finland. You might want to avoid local shops). Ran back and got a brand new one in 10 minutes. Checked optical drive: OK. Installed Leopard in 1 hour: OK. Now an up and running, trying to figure out how this machine works. Damn, I feel like am in monkey test :) (I searched for CD eject button for long time. Don’t tell anyone)
