As I mentioned in Beefier MacBook Pro Models Now Available, the first thing I did with my new MacBook Pro was to move my connectivity over (using Apple Mail for e-mail and Adium for instant messaging). So far, so good, but then I installed iGTD and all hell broke lose. (Well, ok, I’m exaggerating, but how would you put it if your e-mail program inexplicably started crashing — the one program you probably rely on more than any other?)
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Hello All,

You may have noticed that I just now blogged my first post in over 3 months. Sorry it’s been so long, but I, along with the other developers here at Maxim Software (who bring you CodeJacked) have been super, super busy. We just haven’t had time to blog. The good news is that our busy schedules mean plenty of new experiences to write about, so you can look forward to that.

In the mean time, I don’t know about you, but I’m constantly referring back to the existing CodeJacked articles. I point my clients’ employees to them all the time, as well as fellow user-group members, family, friends, and others I meet.
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Following in Vlad’s footsteps (see Joining the Mac Family), I too am switching from a Dell laptop to a MacBook Pro. I was waiting for the new, beefier models to hit the stores, which they did on 2/27/08 (”Penryn” processors, 250GB hard drives, and more gestures recognized by the touchpad). I decided to go with the 15″ model. Vlad likes his 17″, but I think it’s too unwieldy. The 15″, which barely fits in the backpack I was using with my Dell, is perfect for me.
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This one’s for my cousin Rachael, who started college this year. Over Thanksgiving dinner, she admitted that she’s too busy studying (and partying) to remember to run the anti-spyware program that her father installed on her laptop. Well, here’s a handy way to make it (or any other program) run itself automatically.

Windows has a built-in scheduler. You just have to know where to look for it. It’s hiding in the Control Panel.

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One of my clients has packages going in and out of their office all day long. Sometimes, they miss the mailbox collection time by a matter of minutes, and that costs them real money.  So, I turned them on to a website that I read about on Brent Evans’ blog. It’s called www.mailboxmap.com. Continue Reading »

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The other day I was trying to help an associate install Apache 2.2.6 (the httpd server) plus PHP 5.2.5 to run locally on a Vista box, but we kept having problems with error messages that said the PHP CAB file was corrupted. After some digging, it turns out that the Vista UAC security feature was getting in the way. We had to turn off the UAC completely. After that, the PHP install went like clockwork.
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