The Eindhoven University of Technology has as wireless network that you can access with your Mac. Follow the instructions and hopefully you will be able to wirelessly surf the net. Before you start, you have to make sure that the MAC address of your Airport adapter is registered at Service Desk. It is also good practice to set your short user account name to you windows login and also use the same password for your mac user account and the windows account. Continue reading “Connecting to the wireless network at the TU/e with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)”
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Connecting to the wireless network at the TU/e with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
The Eindhoven University of Technology has as wireless network that you can access with your Mac. Follow the instructions and hopefully you will be able to wirelessly surf the net. Before you start, you have to make sure that the MAC address of your Airport adapter is registered at Service Desk. Continue reading “Connecting to the wireless network at the TU/e with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)”
Installing a printer on Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) in a Windows Environment
The Department of Industrial Design at the Eindhoven University of Technology is using Windows to administrate all printers and servers. Since I am a Mac user, I need to adapt to this environment. The following instructions will hopefully help you installing and using printers in this environment. We will be using Window’s SMB protocol to connect to a printer server that collects all print jobs in a queue before sending it to the actual printer. Continue reading “Installing a printer on Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) in a Windows Environment”
Karaoke on Mac OS X
Our research group is soon leaving to its annual strategy week and it was my task (again) to organize the Karaoke session. I would like to share my experiences with setting up a Mac as a Karaoke jukebox. Continue reading “Karaoke on Mac OS X”
Preparing Illustrator drawings for the Speedy 300 laser cutter
This tutorial will show you how to prepare your drawing for the laser cutter. I assume that you are using Illustrator CS3 to create your drawing. In addition to Illustrator, you also need to have Corel Draw, which you can download from the TU/e website. You may also to consider to work directly in Corel Draw, since it can also import EPS files, however, you may miss the creative power of Illustrator. Continue reading “Preparing Illustrator drawings for the Speedy 300 laser cutter”