Predictable Stupidities

Social Status

Salman Munir — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:52:31 +0000

I intend to start blogging again, frquently. I thought it would be a good idea to check how is my Social Status on different Networks are doing. LinkedIn is still my favorite professional network where at the time of writing I have 4085 direct 1st degree connection. Further, LinkedIn informs me that I have about 800K [...]

MS Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 1 (12.1.0) – Issues & Solutions

Salman Munir — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:49:50 +0000

I’m reporting this almost 2 weeks after the mega update was announced. You can download it from here if you have already not auto updated it (I like to download my updates rather then updating them on the fly, predictable stupidities can happen) The Issue: Yes, once you have updated your mac with the service pack, it [...]

Freehand MX not working in Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2!

Salman Munir — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:40:34 +0000

I checked all over the web and somehow feel I’m the only one whose facing this problem. This is what’s happening my end: I click on the icon, the icon bounces for about 20 times and the Freehand menu bar appears and right when it says “Opening Panels” in the loading splash screen, I receive “The [...]

Happy anniversary – my Macbook!

Salman Munir — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:28:45 +0000

Yep! Its one-year since I’m using my Macbook (white). Since then 2 iterations of the laptop came with upgrades in processing and capabilities, but my Macbook still works great for me. It was a major transition from using Wintel desktops and later on only laptops to one fine day switching completely into the world of [...]

Writers Block!

Salman Munir — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:52:00 +0000

The current disappearance act is called “Writers Block”. Once, I’m out of it (which I hope so soon), would be back in blogging business.

2007 – The year it was!

Salman Munir — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:34:06 +0000

Happy New Year! And I wish 2008 brings happiness and peace to us. And most of all, ability to talk instead of bomb each other. The year 2007 for us in Pakistan ended with a national tragedy (as declared by the government) but for me, an end to one leader giving way to many to enjoy [...]

Microsoft Entourage 2004 Backup!

Salman Munir — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:30:09 +0000

Planning to shift to Leopard? What to back-up? These series of posts will focus on Backing up important data in your Mac before going for the latest cat in town; Leopard! Whatever, method you opt for, its always good to be safe and back up important data of your mac! We’ll start off with backing [...]

So true!

Salman Munir — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:33:31 +0000

By now its quite evident, my love for Mac and all that surrounds it. While surfing on net for some neat Mac Os X pic, I came across this “True” image depicting the late 90’s era of Microsoft copy-cat culture. Enjoy

State of IT!

Salman Munir — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:11:12 +0000

I couldn’t help sharing it. Yesterday, I had the chance to visit my alma matter F.C. College to collect my intermediate degree. I hadn’t picked it up when I graduated, but getting it now from the college from was a charm though! Good support staff (y)! While waiting for the support staff to come up [...]

LinkedIn API – At last!

Salman Munir — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:08:39 +0000

On Dec 10th, LinkedIn yet again announced release of its API. You might remember, LinkedIn is one the premier partners in Open Social Google’s initiative to counter the ever increasing foot hold of competitor FaceBook. The difference between LinkedIn and lets say Facebook is, there about 17 Million professional users, people who run or work at [...]