MIFF!ed and Mac!ed

[thorfinn]

Well, been a long time since I posted... or read, actually, for that matter. Been rather busy. Still, BlueBox Technology being official Apple Development Partners is very very nice... I'm sitting in my living room, typing away on my shiny 15" Powerbook with all the options, on loan from Apple Computer, Inc, via my shiny new wireless network, involving a D-Link router I just bought and the happiness that is Airport.

This post is made entirely without wires... Not even the power cable is plugged in. :-). Also, it's been a lot of fun... the only reason I stopped being a Mac person (around 1997 or so) is because I became a Unix person instead... and now, I get to be both on the same machine. Makes me happy.

Aaanyway! On to the next point... Our schedule for Melbourne International Film Festival is as follows:

1. Sat 24 Jul - 11:00 - Natural City
   
2. Sun 25 Jul - 11:00 - Schultze Gets The Blues
   
3. Sun 25 Jul - 21:00 - Tokyo Express 04
   
4. Mon 26 Jul - 21:15 - Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat In Space
   
5. Thu 29 Jul - 19:00 - Powerpoint 04: Digi Shorts
   
6. Thu 29 Jul - 21:00 - Azumi
   
7. Fri 30 Jul - 21:00 - The Unknown
   
8. Fri 30 Jul - 23:15 - The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
   
9. Sun 01 Aug - 17:00 - Get Up!
   
10. Tue 03 Aug - 21:00 - The Adventures of Iron Pussy
    

Well... will see some of you at some sessions, others at others, and no doubt just randomly out and about between stuff.

Comments

[brahe.livejournal.com]

I'll have to converse with you at some stage about getting wireless set up for the PB... (via dialup - the AP Extreme Base at $500 seems WAY overpriced) if you have some time :)

[thorfinn]

Mrr... dialup. Hrm. Wireless basically works easiest as a hub/switch substitute... Acquire a wireless hub, stick it in where you would a normal hub, and away you go, using whatever NAT/Connection Sharing/Proxy/Whatever solution you're using already...

Are you sharing an internet connection with multiple computers via wires at the moment? If not, that's the trick... You need a home network, or something that will do the connection-sharing type stuff.

There are "Wireless Routers" (which do the NAT/connection sharing fu), but they generally talk to DSL or Cable Modems, not PSTN modems...

Also, you really want to use the WAP-PSK (Wireless Access Protocol Personal Shared Key) security protocol... it's the easiest to configure and use, of all the various wireless encryption schemes, and seems to be the latest and greatest thing.

[flowerofsilver.livejournal.com]

Hullo! Since you are a Tolkien fan, I have invited you to my new community. Please check it out and join/watch if you'd like!

http://the_one_tolkien.livejournal.com/

(or if you are using IE, http://the-one-tolkien.livejournal.com/ will work too)

If you know any friends who might be interested, please let them know! Hope to see you there!

[faemortel.livejournal.com]

want cemetary piccies fomr last year
*pouts*

[faemortel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I coppied them, but there are many missing!!?!?!

[fraerie.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... the goodness that is airport

if you come around with the goodness which is the PB15" we can link you up no problems :)

*one of us*

[gudriba.livejournal.com]

DAMMIT! I want to see The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavra. Curse Canberra for not being Melbourne!

[thorfinn]

Well, Lost Skeleton was extremely good. Funniest thing I've seen in aaages.

back!

[gwyryon.livejournal.com]

Well, its great to hear from you again! I'm glad you're doing such very kewl work!

schultze

[cnwb.livejournal.com]

What was Schultze Gets The Blues like? I had a ticket but forgot to go.

Re: schultze

[thorfinn]

I enjoyed it a lot... Quite understated humour, very German, and an interesting viewpoint into the Louisiana Bayous when Schultze rents a boat and travels through there... And a very Blues story, really. Production values not the highest (a boom mike dropped fractionally into shot in one scene), but that's entirely forgivable.