Tech Talk at ShieldsGroup

I am using Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) to try to boot a Mac iBook (’cause the hd in the mac is whacked). So far, it’s been a real challenge. I am learning that nothing is easy on a Mac when they are broken. It makes me chuckle, when people are asking for help in mac forums, there is inevitably someone who says, “Take it into Apple Care and let them fix it.” If someone was willing to pay for Apple Care, why would he or she be requesting help on a forum?

After a considerable time of searching, I found instructions on the Ubuntu Forums, but none of them worked for this Mac. Finally, adjusting the steps along the way, I found a procedure that works for me:

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When we do presentations on the big screen, we sometimes want to do some navigating and even editing that a standard presentation mouse does not afford. As such, we use a wireless keyboard so we can make changes on the fly. There have been times when, realizing something needed to be changed within the presentation, I’ve blanked the screen and made some edits while someone else is on the platform. It’s very handy.

We recently replaced our Globlink ifree GL3001 wireless keyboard. It usually functioned well, but from time to time it would fail to connect with the receiver, requiring removing batteries, restarting the PC, and doing handsprings and backflips to get it to work again. This failure seemed to happen at the most inopportune moment — as people were arriving for a meeting.

The keyboard we bought to replace the GL3001 is the Logitech diNovo Edge pictured here.

This bluetooth keyboard worked right out of the box.

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Wendy shot me an email that I thought was worth posting.

I made a wonderful discovery yesterday. I accidentally deleted a photo on my camera that I needed for work. Last night I downloaded a program called recuva that was able to look at the card, find the photo and retrieve it. I only wish I had downloaded that program a long time ago…. I thought it might be a program you’d like to look at. It’s free. You can find it at www.recuva.com.
Cheers! Wendy

Thanks, Wendy!!!

~Steve