Comments on: links for 2005-12-06 http://nedward.org/2005/12/06/links-for-2005-12-06 nedward.org is the personal weblog of John Niedermeyer, an Editorial Designer at NYTimes.com, living in Brooklyn. Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:12:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Nedward http://nedward.org/2005/12/06/links-for-2005-12-06/comment-page-1#comment-1275 Nedward Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:08:47 +0000 http://nedward.org/wp/?p=814#comment-1275 Yea, I used to have my PC in the "closet":http://nedward.org/archives/002719.php, sans monitor, connected to our network via wi-fi. It "worked":http://nedward.org/archives/002729.php, but sucked. I had all kinds of trouble with the USB wi-fi adapter -- and with no monitor attached, I couldn't fix the issues. So, instead, I went with an external firewire drive, and I use Virtual PC on the mac, if I need to test something. (Of course, it also doesn't hurt to have the "work PC":http://nedward.org/archives/002823.php). Yea, I used to have my PC in the “closet”:http://nedward.org/archives/002719.php, sans monitor, connected to our network via wi-fi. It “worked”:http://nedward.org/archives/002729.php, but sucked.

I had all kinds of trouble with the USB wi-fi adapter — and with no monitor attached, I couldn’t fix the issues.

So, instead, I went with an external firewire drive, and I use Virtual PC on the mac, if I need to test something. (Of course, it also doesn’t hurt to have the “work PC”:http://nedward.org/archives/002823.php).

]]> By: Pat D http://nedward.org/2005/12/06/links-for-2005-12-06/comment-page-1#comment-1274 Pat D Tue, 06 Dec 2005 21:19:37 +0000 http://nedward.org/wp/?p=814#comment-1274 I've only recently discovered the joys of VNC... it's just rad. I have an oldish G4 tower with 10.3 and my music collection, no monitor at all. Everything set to stream via iTunes. On the rare occasion I need to access the tower, I can control everything using <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/" rel="nofollow">Chicken of the VNC</a>. Also handy to access the wintel machine when I'm too lazy to get off the couch. I’ve only recently discovered the joys of VNC… it’s just rad. I have an oldish G4 tower with 10.3 and my music collection, no monitor at all. Everything set to stream via iTunes. On the rare occasion I need to access the tower, I can control everything using Chicken of the VNC.

Also handy to access the wintel machine when I’m too lazy to get off the couch.

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