I don't know how old the mouse was on my desk when I started this job, but no one told me shit about configuring (or, in fact, about making the transition). The one I found in a closet is not made by Apple.

The only tricky thing about the recent Mac multi-button mice is that they don't actually have multiple buttons. The entire top surface is touch sensitive and acts as a switch. I find to do a right-click I have to make sure my index finger isn't resting on the mouse, which it usually does.

I've been using a tiny MacAlly two button mouse for years now and I really like it.

I have a love-hate relationship with the Magic Mice - I love the multi-touch functionality, but we can't use them at work where we have several Macs close together without annoying pairing issues. And of course they're terrible battery hogs.

The #1 thing I needed when going from PC to Mac is a two-button mouse.

And the control key is your right click faking friend if you are stuck with a one-button mouse.

I taught two people that in the last week.

Anyone else using a service they're happy with?

I set up Tiny Tiny RSS on my server the other day and have been really liking it. It seems to have all the functionality I used on google reader. Like other replacements, you can import your gReader feeds. There's even a way to import which posts are starred/shared. The best part is that it's open source and lives on your own server, so you'll never have to worry about a service shutting down. The only downside is that you need your own server space (though you could use freebie space like what Amazon Web Services offers), and it requires a bit of setup time and tech know-how. Lifehacker had a good primer: [link]

I have my Mac, I thought, set up for Day/Month/Year. Everything in Language & Text/Formats reflects this. But when I enter birthdays in the Address Book, it's interpreting it as M/D. Anyone know how to make the format universal? It's not like there's anywhere in Address Book to set it.

I recently got an iPad and I'm thinking it would be cool to get a remote desktop app for it so that I'd rarely need to bring my laptop when I traveled -- I could just connect to my home desktop remotely instead. There are lots of apps out there, and lots of websites recommending various ones. But I trust you folks. Anyone have favorites? I like the look of Jump.

Jump has a free desktop-to-desktop remote software which I just tried and it works really well! Now I just need to decide if I want to cough up $15 for the iPad app.

I use logmein, but let me know if you like Jump

The pro version of Logmein is subscription based, but it looks like Jump provides many of those pro features for free (or $15).