Comments for ryan kennedy's blog http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog because the ass won't kick itself Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:40:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Remote Desktop on an Intel Mac by Alban http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2006/08/28/remote-desktop-on-an-intel-mac/#comment-87187 Alban Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:29:53 +0000 http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2006/08/28/remote-desktop-on-an-intel-mac/#comment-87187 I am using RDC(beta 3) and running a PC session full screen in 1600x1200 on one of my leopard 'spaces.' I am running with all the performance sapping features turned on, full screen drag, millions of colours; the XP theme on the machine that I am attached to; the desktop background on; and while it is not 'snappy' it it runs well enough for me to edit Visio documents and use office 2007 with no problems at all. Its a bit like turning the video acceleration off on the PC but not quite that bad. I am not one of those nuts who thinks VPC7 is in any way ok to use, and I am more than happy with this. I have the target PC and my MAC running over a Gigabit switch; but to be honest the bandwidth is low anyway. One thing that will kill my G5 1.6Ghz is running windows media player with the visual display turned on in RDC. That just uses 100% of my Macs lone and lame IBM CPU. But who would do that anyway? So my low end G5 power mac is just fine with RDC. Since the slowest intel MACs are meant to leave my old G5 floundering in the dust; I am amazed to hear they are slow at this. I am using RDC(beta 3) and running a PC session full screen in 1600×1200 on one of my leopard ’spaces.’
I am running with all the performance sapping features turned on, full screen drag, millions of colours; the XP theme on the machine that I am attached to; the desktop background on; and while it is not ’snappy’ it it runs well enough for me to edit Visio documents and use office 2007 with no problems at all.
Its a bit like turning the video acceleration off on the PC but not quite that bad.
I am not one of those nuts who thinks VPC7 is in any way ok to use, and I am more than happy with this.
I have the target PC and my MAC running over a Gigabit switch; but to be honest the bandwidth is low anyway.
One thing that will kill my G5 1.6Ghz is running windows media player with the visual display turned on in RDC. That just uses 100% of my Macs lone and lame IBM CPU.
But who would do that anyway?
So my low end G5 power mac is just fine with RDC.
Since the slowest intel MACs are meant to leave my old G5 floundering in the dust; I am amazed to hear they are slow at this.

]]> Comment on Customer service starts with the customer by Casper Moller http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2008/05/09/customer-service-starts-with-the-customer/#comment-85170 Casper Moller Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:03:21 +0000 http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2008/05/09/customer-service-starts-with-the-customer/#comment-85170 It sounds like you handled the call like a true professional. I would be delighted if you would share some of these customer service stories with us over at http://clausmolleruk.blogspot.com It is the blog of my father, Claus Moller, who invented the concept of "A Complaint Is a Gift" and the co-author of the book of the same name with Janelle Barlow. Right now, we're looking for great stories about how you can handle customer complaints effectively to ensure that customers not only feel the issues are resolved to their satisfaction, but how it can also increase their loyalty. In general, the customers who complain are the ones who want to continue being customers and there is probably a likelihood that he will start telling his friends about how well you handled the situation. Kind regards, Casper It sounds like you handled the call like a true professional. I would be delighted if you would share some of these customer service stories with us over at http://clausmolleruk.blogspot.com

It is the blog of my father, Claus Moller, who invented the concept of “A Complaint Is a Gift” and the co-author of the book of the same name with Janelle Barlow. Right now, we’re looking for great stories about how you can handle customer complaints effectively to ensure that customers not only feel the issues are resolved to their satisfaction, but how it can also increase their loyalty. In general, the customers who complain are the ones who want to continue being customers and there is probably a likelihood that he will start telling his friends about how well you handled the situation.

Kind regards,

Casper

]]> Comment on Yahoo! Address Book Web Service released (finally) by Jeffrey McManus http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2008/06/04/yahoo-address-book-web-service-released-finally/#comment-83162 Jeffrey McManus Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:27:35 +0000 http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/?p=499#comment-83162 Dumbass social networking applications. Always asking me for passwords. Dumbass social networking applications. Always asking me for passwords.

]]> Comment on Remote Desktop on an Intel Mac by Bill Wilson http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2006/08/28/remote-desktop-on-an-intel-mac/#comment-83146 Bill Wilson Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:51:55 +0000 http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2006/08/28/remote-desktop-on-an-intel-mac/#comment-83146 MS rdesktop is sooo slow on the mac. I have 7 intel imacs that need to connect to the terminal servers to do most of there work, but corporate said we had to have these macs...anyways the graphics is terrible. The users run programs like photoshop and office apps. The photoshop is almost unusable in my opinion. Thats why I am looking for an alternative. I was just watching a user wait for the image to repaint that she was working on in Photoshop and asked her if it always did that, and she said ya, I thought the terminal server was just busy. I showed her my thin client with 64 megs of ram and no hard drive and zoomed in and out, cropped no problem, thats running rdesktop and linux. I then tried from a windows box, celeron 800 with 512 ram and xp (yes very slow machine) but the remote desktop had no lag at all with the same photoshop files. The intel macs are slow, but it's gotta be the MS client for macs thats causing the problem. Why doesn't apple give you a remote desktop client to connect to windows that works, instead of relying on Microsoft. It seems to be mainly the intel macs that people are complaining about. MS rdesktop is sooo slow on the mac. I have 7 intel imacs that need to connect to the terminal servers to do most of there work, but corporate said we had to have these macs…anyways the graphics is terrible. The users run programs like photoshop and office apps. The photoshop is almost unusable in my opinion. Thats why I am looking for an alternative.

I was just watching a user wait for the image to repaint that she was working on in Photoshop and asked her if it always did that, and she said ya, I thought the terminal server was just busy. I showed her my thin client with 64 megs of ram and no hard drive and zoomed in and out, cropped no problem, thats running rdesktop and linux. I then tried from a windows box, celeron 800 with 512 ram and xp (yes very slow machine) but the remote desktop had no lag at all with the same photoshop files.

The intel macs are slow, but it’s gotta be the MS client for macs thats causing the problem. Why doesn’t apple give you a remote desktop client to connect to windows that works, instead of relying on Microsoft.

It seems to be mainly the intel macs that people are complaining about.

]]> Comment on Yahoo! Address Book Web Service released (finally) by Olivier D. alias ze kat http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2008/06/04/yahoo-address-book-web-service-released-finally/#comment-83132 Olivier D. alias ze kat Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:28:13 +0000 http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/?p=499#comment-83132 Nice, now, next step... I would like usefull access to My Yahoo! users feeds subscriptions :op .oO(my Hackday experiment with unofficial API still work) Nice, now, next step…

I would like usefull access to My Yahoo! users feeds subscriptions :op .oO(my Hackday experiment with unofficial API still work)

]]> Comment on Krav Maga - Week 1, Day 1 by Sandra http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2008/02/25/krav-maga-week-1-day-1/#comment-83103 Sandra Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:13:10 +0000 http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2008/02/25/krav-maga-week-1-day-1/#comment-83103 I am going to my first Krav Maga class tonight. You're scaring me :-) But for some reason I am going anyway. I am going to my first Krav Maga class tonight. You’re scaring me :-) But for some reason I am going anyway.

]]> Comment on D-Link DSM-320RD - Review by Noah http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2005/06/26/d-link-dsm-320rd-review/#comment-81489 Noah Wed, 28 May 2008 14:28:45 +0000 http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2005/06/26/d-link-dsm-320rd-review/#comment-81489 I just have to say I got my DSM-320RD in the mail yesterday, and from the time opening the box to the time I was streaming house was about 12 minutes, INCLUDING doing the Firmware update! I am using the LAN to my Router, then WiFi to my PC.. Works VERY well.... Not as nice as a Mac Mini with Front Row, but not too bad... I will admit the software interface on the box itself BLOWS, and the remote is kinda cheap... But its not bad overall... I tried TVersity last night, but i dunno... it just didnt seem right.... But it was probably just me... gonna try it again tonight when I get home... Anybody know of an aftermarket Interface that isnt as cheesy as the OEM DLink Software? I just have to say I got my DSM-320RD in the mail yesterday, and from the time opening the box to the time I was streaming house was about 12 minutes, INCLUDING doing the Firmware update! I am using the LAN to my Router, then WiFi to my PC.. Works VERY well…. Not as nice as a Mac Mini with Front Row, but not too bad…

I will admit the software interface on the box itself BLOWS, and the remote is kinda cheap… But its not bad overall… I tried TVersity last night, but i dunno… it just didnt seem right…. But it was probably just me… gonna try it again tonight when I get home…

Anybody know of an aftermarket Interface that isnt as cheesy as the OEM DLink Software?

]]> Comment on Customer service starts with the customer by Ryan http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2008/05/09/customer-service-starts-with-the-customer/#comment-78501 Ryan Sun, 11 May 2008 16:24:50 +0000 http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2008/05/09/customer-service-starts-with-the-customer/#comment-78501 As you can see by my post, I have little choice in whether or not people call me when they have Yahoo! Mail problems. ;) As you can see by my post, I have little choice in whether or not people call me when they have Yahoo! Mail problems. ;)

]]> Comment on Customer service starts with the customer by Brian T. Nakamoto http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2008/05/09/customer-service-starts-with-the-customer/#comment-78448 Brian T. Nakamoto Sun, 11 May 2008 08:55:10 +0000 http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2008/05/09/customer-service-starts-with-the-customer/#comment-78448 Are you giving us all permission to call you when we have a problem with Yahoo! Mail? ;-) Are you giving us all permission to call you when we have a problem with Yahoo! Mail? ;-)

]]> Comment on Smoking in a pot by Ryan http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2008/02/03/smoking-in-a-pot/#comment-77768 Ryan Tue, 06 May 2008 18:39:34 +0000 http://unclehulka.com/ryan/blog/archives/2008/02/03/smoking-in-a-pot/#comment-77768 Turned out fantastic! Maintaining 210 was difficult at first until I learned to prop open the pot just a little at the top to hold the temperature at 210. A small thermostat to regulate the hot plate would be nice, but if I can pretty reliably set the lid slightly ajar and not worry about it then that works for me. Turned out fantastic! Maintaining 210 was difficult at first until I learned to prop open the pot just a little at the top to hold the temperature at 210. A small thermostat to regulate the hot plate would be nice, but if I can pretty reliably set the lid slightly ajar and not worry about it then that works for me.

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