So... Google Desktop? What will it do for me that I can't do already in Mac OS X?
Right, what's a little sweater sniffing between sworn enemies?
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Theodosia - Oct 03, 2007 10:52:42 am PDT #2919 of 25497
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
tommyrot - Oct 03, 2007 11:08:27 am PDT #2920 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So... Google Desktop? What will it do for me that I can't do already in Mac OS X?
Not that much (I think). The coolest thing about Google Desktop is it can search your whole computer, but if you have a recent version of OS X you already have Spotlight.
Plus Vista has a search thing too, right?
DCJensen - Oct 03, 2007 1:42:46 pm PDT #2921 of 25497
All is well that ends in pizza.
That reminds me.
A coworker is always gushing about the new things he is finding in Vista.
He knows I'm a Mac guy and the other day he was gushing away about the new Vista search and then turned to me.
"I suppose Mac users had that already."
Not wanting to start up the war again, I hesitated. "Well, Um..."
He looks at me, and said "Fucking Macs."
My laugh at his delivery echoed in the office.
Tom Scola - Oct 03, 2007 3:03:49 pm PDT #2922 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
beekaytee - Oct 04, 2007 10:02:33 am PDT #2923 of 25497
Compassionately intolerant
Okay. I'm gruntled and need some guidance geared toward a total twit.
I built my old website on ipowerweb and decided to move to dreamhost because I fancied that I didn't like the control panel and wanted something easier. What was I thinking?
On dreamhost, I can't even find the control panel and pretty much everything I've read in terms of help (on the wiki and otherwise) is greek to me.
Is there some additional tool I need? I have constructed all my past files with raw html and then just cut and paste to change copy. I have no problem doing that again...I don't need a fancy editor. I've gotten the first two pages up but I've got waaay too much to do to be wandering around the dreamhost site like an idiot.
snarl
§ ita § - Oct 04, 2007 10:03:55 am PDT #2924 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
le nubian - Oct 04, 2007 10:09:07 am PDT #2925 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
bonny, do you just want to ftp the files over?
beekaytee - Oct 04, 2007 10:11:37 am PDT #2926 of 25497
Compassionately intolerant
The dreamhost panel is here: [link]
eta: and you sound more disgruntled than gruntled...
Every time I go to that page, I get something about cron jobs and I'm immediately defeated. I have no clue what that even is!
bonny, do you just want to ftp the files over?Yes. That's what I've been doing. Is there another way?
le nubian - Oct 04, 2007 1:32:52 pm PDT #2927 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
go to this link:
when you get to the panel, on the left side is "manage domains", you should see an FTP option underneath your domain in the main window.
beekaytee - Oct 04, 2007 3:46:25 pm PDT #2928 of 25497
Compassionately intolerant
Thanks le nubian. I flopped around and found a different way into the ftp, but yours is much easier.
I just don't like the drill down...but I guess what is really going on is that I feel far less capable of doing a good job with this website conversion than I will need to be for it to be successful. Not enough knowledge, too few tools and too little cash to get someone else to do it.
The frustration comes straight out of having spent weeks coding my last site (many 12-15 hour days) and then having it not be as fruitful as I wanted it to be.
Ick. I don't like remembering that feeling...or being less capable than I want to be. Not dreamhost's fault to be sure. I just wish it were a little more obvious...and easier than ipowerweb, which it is not turning out to be.
Thanks again for the assist. That goes for ita too!