So I finally have Windows Vista and Mac OS X installed side-by-side on my computer as a dual-boot. I want to take a minute to give credit to the tutorials that enabled me to accomplish this.
Main Guide (Only applies to Vista, not XP because of how the booting works)
Networking Guide (if you have built-in Intel PRO/100 VE and it won't work - see Post #14 - make sure you click his link to get the instructions to load the kext)
Off to work. Wish me luck.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Big Update
School
School started 9/3 and I've only been to class two of the 7 days I was supposed to go. I really need to suck it up and finish out this final semester. I'm taking two philosophy courses which require a boatload of reading, as well as a computer science course, a business administration course, a history of Delaware course, and I am accompanying the UD Concert Choir. This is going to be a super-busy semester for me.
Work
Work is okay. I think Applebee's started putting me on a regular schedule - Friday and Saturday nights and Tuesday lunch. That works for me! The church job is progressing quite nicely also. The choir and I are working very well together. I am in the midst of a post-college job search so that's keeping me fairly busy as well.
Personal Life
I originally intended to go to visit my friend Matt in Manhattan so I took this whole weekend off. However, things just didn't work out so I'm hangin' here all weekend. Tomorrow is the Hagley Car Show so that will be fun. At least I don't have to worry about church tomorrow - Jean is covering for me. I really think a lot of Matt - he's a very good person with good morals and a good head on his shoulders. I'm glad we're friends.
Other Matters
First and foremost, I have officially been named the Gala Director for the 2009 Gala Spectacular at St. Anthony of Padua in Wilmington. The concert will take place on Sunday, June 14, 2009 inside the church and will feature some of the countries greatest talents. More details to come. For a sneak-peek, click here. That is the 2006 concert with me conducting.
On Thursday 9/11, Tom and I took a drive all through southern Delaware and ended up in Rehoboth. We spotted a grand total of 20 low-digit tags, but this one was the best by_far:
Perhaps the suckiest thing that has happened this week has been the crash of my computer. Let me preface this story by saying that this is 100% mea culpa. Two days ago, I was determined to install an x86 version of Mac OS X on my computer and then install Apple's Boot Camp software to create a Windows partition so I could have a dual-boot setup. Let me start out by saying that I probably should have backed everything up before I even considered this installation. But I didn't. And I paid the price. But more on that later...
First I tried to install Mac OS on my physical hard drive but on the Recovery partition that HP created. Bad idea. Once I got to the Mac Installer screen I formatted the partition in Disk Utility. It formatted it as HFS+, Apple's file system. Another_bad_idea. Once the installer completed and I restarted, I was warmly greeted with a screen that said "No OS found." Long story short, The computer was having a lot of trouble discerning between the two [completely different] file systems so now *both* were screwed. Since there was little to no hope of recovering Windows, I quickly came to terms that I would lose at least 50% of my data and all of my documents. I had some music and some photos on my iPhone that I could recover. I will provide links to their downloads later since they helped me recover my files!
Because I was going to lose about half of my data already, I went back into the Mac OS installer and formatted the entire hard drive as HFS+ to get a clean install. All went according to plan except that I could not, for the life of me, get the network driver to cooperate. My dad and I spent a good two hours trying to figure it out but it just would not budge. I had no choice but to install Windows and try a virtual machine.
First I tried to install Windows Server 2003 but it wouldn't recognize the hard drive because it is a SATA drive and those drivers weren't around back then I guess. I had no choice but to bite the bullet and reinstall Vista. I did so and basically started from scratch. Here are the tools I used to recover my music and photos from my iPhone:
Music: Tansee iPhone Copy
Photos: I can't remember but I'll post it when I do!
Once I got everything setup on Windows, I tried Mac OS in a virtual machine but still had the problem with the network drivers. So I give up on that. I lost all the documents I had but I recovered most of my music and photos. Yay.
... So I've had my iPhone for 12 days so far and I really like it. Apple released the 2.1 firmware yesterday which
Okay, I think that's it. More to come later.
School started 9/3 and I've only been to class two of the 7 days I was supposed to go. I really need to suck it up and finish out this final semester. I'm taking two philosophy courses which require a boatload of reading, as well as a computer science course, a business administration course, a history of Delaware course, and I am accompanying the UD Concert Choir. This is going to be a super-busy semester for me.
Work
Work is okay. I think Applebee's started putting me on a regular schedule - Friday and Saturday nights and Tuesday lunch. That works for me! The church job is progressing quite nicely also. The choir and I are working very well together. I am in the midst of a post-college job search so that's keeping me fairly busy as well.
Personal Life
I originally intended to go to visit my friend Matt in Manhattan so I took this whole weekend off. However, things just didn't work out so I'm hangin' here all weekend. Tomorrow is the Hagley Car Show so that will be fun. At least I don't have to worry about church tomorrow - Jean is covering for me. I really think a lot of Matt - he's a very good person with good morals and a good head on his shoulders. I'm glad we're friends.
Other Matters
First and foremost, I have officially been named the Gala Director for the 2009 Gala Spectacular at St. Anthony of Padua in Wilmington. The concert will take place on Sunday, June 14, 2009 inside the church and will feature some of the countries greatest talents. More details to come. For a sneak-peek, click here. That is the 2006 concert with me conducting.
On Thursday 9/11, Tom and I took a drive all through southern Delaware and ended up in Rehoboth. We spotted a grand total of 20 low-digit tags, but this one was the best by_far:
Perhaps the suckiest thing that has happened this week has been the crash of my computer. Let me preface this story by saying that this is 100% mea culpa. Two days ago, I was determined to install an x86 version of Mac OS X on my computer and then install Apple's Boot Camp software to create a Windows partition so I could have a dual-boot setup. Let me start out by saying that I probably should have backed everything up before I even considered this installation. But I didn't. And I paid the price. But more on that later...First I tried to install Mac OS on my physical hard drive but on the Recovery partition that HP created. Bad idea. Once I got to the Mac Installer screen I formatted the partition in Disk Utility. It formatted it as HFS+, Apple's file system. Another_bad_idea. Once the installer completed and I restarted, I was warmly greeted with a screen that said "No OS found." Long story short, The computer was having a lot of trouble discerning between the two [completely different] file systems so now *both* were screwed. Since there was little to no hope of recovering Windows, I quickly came to terms that I would lose at least 50% of my data and all of my documents. I had some music and some photos on my iPhone that I could recover. I will provide links to their downloads later since they helped me recover my files!
Because I was going to lose about half of my data already, I went back into the Mac OS installer and formatted the entire hard drive as HFS+ to get a clean install. All went according to plan except that I could not, for the life of me, get the network driver to cooperate. My dad and I spent a good two hours trying to figure it out but it just would not budge. I had no choice but to install Windows and try a virtual machine.
First I tried to install Windows Server 2003 but it wouldn't recognize the hard drive because it is a SATA drive and those drivers weren't around back then I guess. I had no choice but to bite the bullet and reinstall Vista. I did so and basically started from scratch. Here are the tools I used to recover my music and photos from my iPhone:
Music: Tansee iPhone Copy
Photos: I can't remember but I'll post it when I do!
Once I got everything setup on Windows, I tried Mac OS in a virtual machine but still had the problem with the network drivers. So I give up on that. I lost all the documents I had but I recovered most of my music and photos. Yay.
... So I've had my iPhone for 12 days so far and I really like it. Apple released the 2.1 firmware yesterday which
- fixes 3G chip issues,
- "dramatically" increases battery life,
- decreases the number of dropped calls,
- reduces the time to sync with iTunes, and
- stops all the crashes caused by having a lot of 3rd-party apps installed.
Okay, I think that's it. More to come later.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
iPhone, New Browser from Google
So I finally got my iPhone today! Hooray!
I woke up at 7:30am to take my dad to the Philly Airport. We left at 7:50 and got there around 8:30. I drove down to Bear to go to the Wilmington Trust in Fox Run so I could cash my paycheck from the church. After that, I went to the Wachovia in People's Plaza to deposit the money. I got on 896-N to get on 95-N to get to the Christiana Mall. I got to the mall around 9:50am - the Apple Store opened around 10am. When I walked up to the Apple Store I discovered that they opened somewhat early and I was greeted by a guy my age. He got me all set up with the phone, as well as a plastic case and a screen protector for the phone. He activated it in the store so I walked out as an AT&T iPhone customer. Pretty neat.
I headed home and got there at 10:40. Unfortunately, I had to change for work, as I had to be at work by 10:50! I worked 11-2:30, went to Wachovia to deposit my tips from today and my check from Applebee's, and went home. When I got home, I talked to my mom and Justin about college and then I worked out and showered. Matt came around 5:30 and we finished setting up my iPhone and went to dinner at Houlihan's in Christiana. We sat outside - the weather was perfect! I dropped Matt off at the Wilmington Train Station at 8:15 and drove home. I just hung around the whole night but I was running around all day!
School starts tomorrow - joy. I'm in class from 9am-2:15pm tomorrow, I have a meeting at 2:30, then I have to write my internship paper tomorrow at church before choir practice. And eat sometime in there. Maybe.
Until next time...
Monday, September 1, 2008
Busy Week
So school starts in two days and I'm about to get really busy. My school schedule is pretty straight-forward - Monday and Wednesday I'm in class from 9-4, Thursday I only have one class in the morning, and Friday I'm in class from 9-2:15. Will I go to all my classes? No. Haha. At least I'm honest. In addition to school, I will be working at Applebee's three shifts a week, working at the church, and *hopefully* teaching piano to the Juliano's again. That's an addition $200/month right there. Plus I have my computer repair business. On top of all of that, I have to hardcore look for a career that suits me. You know - get some interviews scheduled, all that stuff. I'm really excited - this is an exciting time of my life!
Today I cleaned the garage out with my parents - we threw away like 20 black contractor bags of stuff, gave like a million things to Goodwill, and reorganized everything. After that, we hung out for a few hours, talked, and cooked dinner. We made filet on the grill - it was PERFECT! I took a shower after dinner and then took a nice nap. I headed to Wawa to pick up a Dove ice cream bar - it was incredible! Now I'm just chillin, preparing my iPod Touch for sale tomorrow, and talking to my friend Brandon on the phone.
Tomorrow, I will take my dad to PHL at 7:45am, stop at the bank on the way home, stop at the mall to get my iPhone, work 11-4, then hang out with my buddy Matt. I can't wait to get my iPhone! I really hope I'm pleased with it! Plus I have to switch service to AT&T so we'll see how that goes. I'm going to bed now - good night!
Today I cleaned the garage out with my parents - we threw away like 20 black contractor bags of stuff, gave like a million things to Goodwill, and reorganized everything. After that, we hung out for a few hours, talked, and cooked dinner. We made filet on the grill - it was PERFECT! I took a shower after dinner and then took a nice nap. I headed to Wawa to pick up a Dove ice cream bar - it was incredible! Now I'm just chillin, preparing my iPod Touch for sale tomorrow, and talking to my friend Brandon on the phone.
Tomorrow, I will take my dad to PHL at 7:45am, stop at the bank on the way home, stop at the mall to get my iPhone, work 11-4, then hang out with my buddy Matt. I can't wait to get my iPhone! I really hope I'm pleased with it! Plus I have to switch service to AT&T so we'll see how that goes. I'm going to bed now - good night!
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