* is ok in an email

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address According to RFC 2822, the local-part of the e-mail may use any of these ASCII characters: Uppercase and lowercase letters (case insensitive) The digits 0 through 9 The characters, ! # $ % & ‘ * + – / = ? ^ _ ` { | } ~ The character “.” provided that it […]

Reliance NetConnect on a Mac

Lot of posts related to Mac lately! Today, I wanted to get online from home and thought of hooking up my Reliance phone via the data cable. The rconnect software works well on Windows and Linux, but I was not sure about Mac. So I plugged one end of the cable into the phone and […]

Apple Remote and OpenOffice Impress

I was arranging my drawer yesterday and found the Apple Remote. It came with the MacBook and was lying unused because I don’t really use FrontRow. Then I had a presentation this morning and a bulb lit up. Can I not use the remote with OpenOffice for presentations? So the first thing I did after […]

LB: Faulty Calculator

Your dad found out a calculator that he used while he was in college. It’s still in good shape but a few keys are not working properly. You really like the calculator – it’s unique, runs on solar power and works overall. You also figured out how to solve some of the idiosyncrasies of the […]

HP’s Rules of Garage

Something that inspired us, and is on our wall poster now. Believe you can change the world. Work quickly, keep the tools unlocked, work whenever. Know when to work alone and when to work together. Share tools, ideas. Trust your colleagues. No Politics. No bureaucracy. (These are ridiculous in a garage). The customer defines a […]