I’ve not received any emails in my inbox since I upgarded to Snow Leopard. If you ‘re upgrading your Mac and use Personal Antispam, you will find that the new version of Apple Mail will remove the Antispam plugin. However, it DOES NOT remove the rule from your Apple Mail rule set. This means that [...]

Now that Snow Leopard has given us Exchange 2007 support, Apple’s Mail, iCal and Address book are now serious business tools. Check out the following post for info on the available plugins: http://www.hawkwings.net/plugins.htm Please note that many aren’t yet compatible with Apple Mail 4.0 that ships with Snow Leopard.

When accessing Windows format network drives and disks, OS-X has a rather annoying habit of adding small “resource” files and DS_STORE files. We Mac users can’t see these files Finder (they’re actually added there to store metadata about the presentation of that particular file and folder, as well as backup information). However Windows users can [...]

I’ve just upgraded to Snow Leopard on my Macbook Pro. The process itself was pretty painless, taking less than an hour to run through the install. I can confirm that Snow Leopard is more compact than Leopard and frees up some 6Gb of my hard disk space. General Impressions It’s very hard to put your [...]

Navionics have been leaders in digital marine cartography on hardware chart plotters since pretty much the year dot. The recent release of their new iPhone application Navionics Marine means that their high quality vector-based charts are now available from whereever you are, be it land or sea. Charts Navionics charts are sold via the Apple [...]

At last, a Mac app that actually supports a mainstream chart format! The new version of MacENC (7.0) now supports Navionics Gold charts from X-traverse.com. Apparently the next versions will support Navionics cartridges as well.

Just read a great little book by Ian Sanders called “juggle!”. It’s a great introduction to managing different passions in your life including your job and your hobbies. Ian talks about Work Life Integration, how with modern gadgets such as the blackberry we spend most of our waking time dipping into work and it therefore [...]

Quicksilver (Blacktree) If ever I’m installing OSX from scratch, or configuring a virgin Mac, Quicksilver by Blacktree is the first application that gets installed. What it does allow you do to perform various system actions by simply entering a few letter into its search box. The simplest function you’ll use Quicksolver for is launching an [...]

I’m not the only Contessa 33 owner out there!! There’s a great article posted on TheMailSail.com discussing the history and design of the 33. I’ve linked to it here.

Any other Contessa 33 owners out there, please leave me a comment!

So tracey and I have finally tied the knot and are currently enjoying a fantastic honeymoon in French Polynesia and the us. See you all soon!