Beau Ford’s blog

Snow Leopard, Windows 7, the good ol days and the fastest way to my cloud

2009-08-26T06:35:18Z

I remember watching QVC back in August of 95 when they were showing computers running Windows 95 for the first time. I bought my first copy at the local Target (an upgrade from Windows 3.1). I remember how exciting it was to install something so n...

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Dear Steve

2009-01-14T05:16:01Z

January 13, 2009 To: sjobs@apple.com Dear Steve, Well now I really hope you get this message because it took me a long time to type it. For some reason my iPhone only works in portrait mode for typing an e-mail. I guess that is not a big deal ...

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Apple announces final MacWorld

2008-12-17T06:53:50Z

In repsonse to the Engadget article: http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/apple-announces-final-macworld-steve-jobs-wont-deliver-keynote/5#c16152216 I am personally disappointed to see it go. Apple has been ramping up their own special events for a...

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Griffin RoadTrip SmartScan Follow Up

2008-12-15T18:30:07Z

To follow up my previous post about the Griffin RoadTrip with SmartScan I bought on Amazon.... I did receive a replacement last Thursday. This time I used it in our TrailBlazer. It worked fine out of the box when I plugged it in, but it does seem ...

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GriffinRoadTrip SmartScan

2008-12-06T02:33:36Z

I just bought the GriffinRoadTrip SmartScan on Amazon for around $60 to use with my iPhone 3G, since this is one of the few that works with it (although not officially). I was replacing my older Griffin RoadTrip (without flexible neck). When t...

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My response to "The top 5 reasons why Windows Vista failed"

2008-10-06T22:26:48Z

I just finished reading Jason Hiner's article on ZDNet titled "The top 5 reasons why Windows Vista failed." While I have plenty of criticism for Microsoft, I couldn't help but think what an incredibly biased article this was. You can read the art...

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My solution for image thumbnails in PHP

2008-08-08T04:33:44Z

A very common dilemma I come across as a PHP developer is how I want to handle creating thumbnails for lots of images. Sure, I could use some software and make thumbnails, but I'm talking about bigger projects that need to handle it for thousands ...

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Apple TV - Recover from nothing Take 2

2007-12-16T19:48:47Z

Ok, so I have updated this for Take 2 and Leopard. This is more of a rought draft, but it worked well for me. Please comment if I have missed any steps since I am writing this after the fact. One big change from the original article us you can let...

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Cingular supports tethering Blackberry 8800 - no extra fee

2007-05-01T03:45:28Z

Read my current post on Blackberry Forums regarding the Blackberry 8800 and Cingular. They told me they do support tethering included in the Blackberry unlimited plan at no additional charge. http://www.blackberryforums.com/524736-post33.html

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Beau's PHP 5 mail() logging Solution for Windows Server 2003

2007-03-26T20:03:26Z

When I set out to stop spammers from exploiting poorly written scripts scattered across various web sites hosted on a Windows server, I had no idea that I was in for such a long journey. I will try to lay out the steps I took in order to solve the...

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