Posts Tagged ‘google’
Syncing 2 Macs, what a pain!
Written by Arnan on June 8, 2008 – 6:02 pmSo today for the second time i dove in the internet to find a proper way to keep certain things synchronized on my Macbook Pro and iMac. This seems an impossible dream as the software is either very (in my eyes) expensive/incomplete/stupid or otherwise not what i want.
So to start with iCal (calendars):
So i’ve tried Spanning Sync, it’s ok… But requires google calendar to get things done. And a proper license is $65… Too much. Other than that i had no trouble using it.
I’ve also looked into BusySync, which requires a $25 license… Per computer, wtf? yea! what’s the point if you have to buy it twice for 1 user. Thats just stupid. However, their Bonjour sync works nice! So it’s too expensive but not really out of the question. They should really rethink their sales strategy… And introduce a “home user” thing that allows 2 computers. Their Google sync brought me frustration and anger. I won’t be using that if i get BusySync.
There is some lame bunch of scripts called GCALDeamon, which, again, requires Google calender. Just the sheer amount of time and terminal madness to get it working scared me away. It’s too linux, in fact. There is no Mac software. Just some *edited* Linux distribution. I thought it was awkward and silly. Then i saw the manual and i quickly closed the browser…
Then there is of course Apples solution, dotmac… But damn! $99 for a bit of LAN Only synchronizing per year is nuts. Also i don’t see why i would need internet to sync 2 macs which are maybe 1 feet apart. Seems illogical. For that reason BusySync might be my savior… But 2 licenses. Bah…
Syncing 2 iTunes libraries…
Don’t kid yourself! There is no proper tool for it. And backup/sync apps that can keep 2 folders in sync are weird too because of the new files not being added to iTunes. Just moving files around isn’t gonna cut it… They need to be added to the iTunes library as well. The only app i could find last week (i forgot the name) was some 4 year old thing for OS 10.3. Bah, i say!
I know, i know. It’s all the fault of the record companies. But i bought most of the music or just downloaded it and i want to listen to it. Even if i bought it it’s mine! And i’m (everyone else too!) getting my way anyway, so don’t make it hard and just allow me to sync my library to computers i authorize via iTunes.
Synchronizing your contacts:
This is a lot easier. But still lacks in many ways. Most solutions require Google contacts. What the fuck is up with everyone using Google… Geez, piss off! Macs have this super great and awesome thing called Bonjour, why not use that a bit more to keep things in sync. Or use P2P synchronizing for all i care. Why does Google have to be in between of everything!
Anyway, Also here. no real solution other than SpanningSync (comes in version 2) or Apples AddressBook, google syncing option.
Conclusion:
You would have thought that in the wondrous world of macs there would be a more proper solution for people having multiple macs. Now i’m either stuck with Google or with half assed software that’s either outdated or not working at all (Except for BusySync).
Google hates me!
Written by Arnan on June 4, 2008 – 8:49 pmSo they won’t give me a job… Fine, their loss!
But to mark my website as a harmful and potential danger is just not true, unfair and childish!
Ofcourse i filed a complaint and put in a request to reverify my website to get this fixed. But those urls they complain about don’t even exist anymore! And even when they were online they only had a bunch of posts in them which did not offer malicious downloads or any download other than the occasional update to one of my plugins for wordpress… So this bollocks is completely uncalled for! Which is also wrote to Google.
Tags: broken, danger, google, images, websiteI AM UNWORTHY!!
Written by Arnan on June 4, 2008 – 9:37 amOr so thinks Google…
Yesterday i received a formal mail from that recruitment guy from Google London. Telling me i did not meet their qualifications for a job as a Datacenter Technician.
Can’t really blame them as i do not have any experience with that specific kind of work. Although i do know a lot about servers, software and networking in the general sense. So i would probably pick it up quite easy.
Anyway, i won’t be moving to Groningen anytime soon then.
* Me: focusses on Amsterdam and surroundings again
Tags: google, job, moving, nonext stop groningen?
Written by Arnan on May 30, 2008 – 12:14 am
After a 2 week radio silence Google finally got back to me about giving me a job. 2 weeks ago i received a lengthy email from a recruiting guy from Google London. Explaining that they [Google] were looking for a Datacenter Technician and inquired if i was interested. And was i… I was thrilled to even receive the email. No less surprised! I never did hear anything from my earlier application. And now this… After reading that, i turned my attention to my cellphone, which has that annoying habit of beeping/buzzing and in any other form possible try to get my attention for every event i missed and never stops until i check up on it. Presumably it was Google London who tried to call me since the phone number matched up. So i pondered for a moment decided it was a great opportunity and sent an email back in which i told them i was seriously interested.
Then nothing… After a week (last friday) i mailed them again asking about the status and now today i received a phonecall from Google asking if i had time to do a ’screening’ by phone. Which i had, so he went on asking me all kinds of things about networking, PC’s in general explained a bit about the working conditions and environments and such, that they offer a competitive salary and all that. After like 20 minutes i think he was satisfied so far and would talk things over with the gang and he or something from the datacenter will get back to me in the coming week or so for a phone interview.
So i have to keep my phone close now and keep it charged.
Also i’ve been sniffing around for a house in the region there. Seems cheap and do-able enough.
It’s on the other side of the country… And no, 6 hours traveling time per day is not an option for me 
