Job May 30, 2004
Posted by Owen in : Job Hunt , add a commentI forgot to mention!! I just got a real job! I’m a run time environment engineer for a large IT consulting agency working on the set of a major movie studio. I’m excited about the new job, except that it starts in Los Angeles on the 9th. This means I have almost no time to look for a place to live. We went up to studio city yesterday to look for apartments, but didn’t have much luck. It’s not easy finding a nice place. But at least I have a job. 
More E3 Photos May 20, 2004
Posted by Owen in : Fun , add a commentBiao also posted My Photos. Enjoy!
Email Woes May 20, 2004
Posted by Owen in : Weird , add a commentI wanted to transfer my email, contacts, and calendar from Outlook on the PC to Entourage on the Mac. No problem, I’m sure there’s an import button. Nope. Entourage doesn’t support importing from Microsoft’s very own PC version! Good God! For example, Outlook can export address book entries, IF you are willing to right click on each, select export, and choose a location. There’s no bulk export utility! No problem, I can get a 3rd party software to do it. No go.
But OK, by searching the Internet I find OK ways to export all the data. For example, I can import using Outlook Express on the PC then copy the files to the Mac and use Apple’s importer. I decided I’ll be rid of Microsoft software and use Mail.app, iCal, and Address Book. But all the programs have problems that bug me. They’re good, but not good enough. Mail.app is a real great program, but just doesn’t have the organizational tools I need. Address Book is fine, but the interface is irritating. It’s too hard to do easy stuff. iCal is nice: looks great, easy to use, full featured, light weight, but the reminder feature doesn’t work well. If you set a reminder for a date that has already passed (let’s say you have a meeting tomorrow and you want a reminder and you set it to remind you 1 day in advance, but it’s only 23 hours away: no reminder). I could easily live with these minor issues, but it turns out Entourage solves most of them.
Now Entourage (besides being hard to spell), is slow and bloated (takes 2% of the CPU when idle–more than the Finder!), but it has all the features I like from Outlook: 3 vertical pane email (once you use it, you’ll never go back), virtual folders, fast email display, good reminders, nice integration with all PIM functions, etc. Of course, there’s still a problem: there’s no way at all to import calendar entries. Sigh. Can’t win.
E3 May 17, 2004
Posted by Owen in : Stuff... , add a commentE3 was fun as expected. Saw the latest games (but not Halo 2… where was it?), looked at the newest hardware (the Nintendo DS [Double Screen] was nifty), got tons of free stuff (t-shirts and glowing stuff), and took lots of photos. My favorite :
Also see Biao’s nicely annotated photos for more E3 photos. I’ll try to upload more when I have a chance.
New Computer, Part Dos May 6, 2004
Posted by Owen in : Stuff... , add a commentI got the new Mac… it works great. So what do I like about it?
- I can backup all my important files onto 1 DVD-R… 2 gigs burned in 6 minutes.
- I can run Apache, MySQL, and PHP on it, which means I can develop my website without being connected to the Internet (like that ever happens, though)
- I can enjoy the lickable interface.
- I can use new and exciting programs only on the Mac (yes, they exist!)
- I can use vi.
- I can work wirelessly and bring my work with me
- I can use the command key (Bryan ordered an identical Mac and we picked them up together and I offered to pay first so I got the one on top of the pile. Later, Bryan was using his computer and the damn command key fell off.
- I can use my KVM to use two computers at once!
Now that I’m done bragging, it’s back to looking for a job. Yay for jobs!
Crashing E3 May 6, 2004
Posted by Owen in : Fun , add a commentBiao is hooking me up with a E3 pass again this year… which is awesome! I had a great time last year. Thanks Biao!
To celebrate, here’s another nonsensical Vegas picture:
