It all started out because i REALLY wanted to use my UNICOMP keyboard (the modern version of the IBM model M), which has a pc type mini keyboard connector, with my new Macbook Pro. You see, i’ve switched to mac, and my old PC workstation is still around to run Quickbooks payroll and internet explorer for testing during website development. Sure, I run Paralells desktop on my Mac to run Windows or Suse Linux when I wanted to, but It really nice having the real PC running for testing purposes and for all the old applications I have installed.
I was getting sick of having two keyboards, and two mice on my desk and decided to do something. First I started looking at PS2-USB adapters and USB switches that would allow me to share the single keyboard with two computers. This would work, and the mac is happy to use this keyboard via a USB adapter, but Synergy provides an even better solution. share the single keyboard via software. Its open source, and both PC and Mac GUIs are available. after a quick install on both machines and a little configuring, i can now drag my cursor off my pc screen, onto the laptop screen, and then continuing onto the larger wide-screen panel i have attached to the laptop. as i move to the mac or the pc screen, the computer i an controlling changes – seamlessly. Whats more – I can copy and paste between platforms. copy a URL from firefox on the mac, move the cursor over to the pc screen, paste the URL in internet explorer. BOOM!
I swear, synergy is the best thing since sliced bread. Kudos (and Yes! my donation) to the folks who brought this software to life. Keep up the good work folks, for those of us who use more than one computer – PC/Mac/Unix – your software is a real time saving, productivity boosting miracle.
North Fork Valley Wines
Now that locals have been growing wine grapes for nearly a decade, the number of wineries in the North Fork Valley of Western Colorado is continuing to grow. Quite a few Colorado Organic Wines are now available, a truly exciting development. It looks like Western Colorado’s high desert climate – cool nights, hot days, cold winters, hot dry summers – are perfect for developing the rich flavors that make our West Elk region’s wine unique. I recently completed work on the Jack Rabbit Hill website – their operation combines a biodynamic (and Certified Organic) vineyard, with a modern, small batch winery. The have also partnered with local growers to create a line of fine organic brandies and other drinks via their Peaks Spirits brand.
Want to know more? Read about the West Elks American Viticultural Region, check out this review of a few wineries in our area, or check out the folllowing links to most if not all of the local Western Colorado Wineries:
Elk Mountain Viticultural Region Wineries
Alfred Eames Cellars
Blackbridge Winery
Black Canyon Vineyards
Jack Rabbit Hill, LLC Winery (website design & hosting by Earthbound)
Leroux Creek Vineyards (website design by Earthbound)
Monte Madeira Winery
S. Rhodes Vineyards
Slate Point Vineyards
Stone Cottage Cellars
Stoney Mesa Winery
Surface Creek Winery
Terror Creek Winery
Update: Looks like the Dreamweaver 9 Beta will instead be Dreamweaver 9 Final, aka. Dreamweaver CS3. Adobe has announced a launch date for Dreamweaver CS3 on March 27th, 2007.
Those of us who use Dreamweaver 8 for web site development every day know its shortcomings well. What we don’t know is just what awaits us in Dreamweaver 9. Since Adobe released the Photoshop CS3 Beta (a very unusual step for Adobe), its natural to hope they might be cooking up other betas for release, especially if they push back the release of the CS3 Suite. Recently, a beta of Fireworks 9 surfaced, with lots of new features, but a similar palette interface to the current Fireworks 8. Lets hope Adobe takes the time to refine the interface in Dreamweaver 9 and Fireworks 9 as far as they have with the recent Photoshop CS3 beta.
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