Traveling with MojoPac
A few days ago, I mentioned I was trying to forgo carrying a laptop when traveling for non-work and when I knew there would be some form of computer at my destinations. Well, I did "OK" using Potable Apps but I decided I wanted to see if things were better or worse using MojoPac. So, I’ve gone and installed it on my old iPod and installed all of my usual apps as "native". With the exception of one serious annoyance – rant to start in a few more lines – it seems to be working pretty well. I even took advantage of the extra room availed me by the iPod vs my old 1B Microdrive, and added a few conveniences. (Quick side note, I am really liking the Wikipedia plug-in for Windows Live Writer – I just highlight a work or phrase and "click" it’s connected to the entry in Wikipedia (assuming there is one). I’m guessing it was not a difficult plug-in to write but to the author, I say thanks !
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I don’t know what it is about the way MojoPac runs programs but Symantec Firewall is not at all happy. First, the firewall is running on the host machine and not in MojoPac. This means you must keep toggling out of MojoPac back to the host to see the pop-up and then deal with it. Unfortunately, how ever it is that Symantec "remembers" the exception, it does not correspond to the actual program in MojoPac. So, you have two options, disable the firewall in the host or manually create firewall rules for ever exception that open the addresses/ports independent of the program that needs it. This can not be automated so every pop-up takes about 2 minutes of click and typing to fix things. I am sure that as a "guest" at someone;s house and using their computer, messing with their firewall rules is one of the lat things they’d let me do, just as they were saying "it was great to see you, now GET OUT!".
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When do you sleep and does someone do your laundry/cooking/eating/bathing so you have time to install/configure/test/design/evaluate/think about/shop for all this stuff? ..seriously, you must not sleep.
On a daily basis, I barely get the backup done and the desktop (physical not virtual) cleaned off and, maybe, a shower..
Have you figured out how to put more hours in the day? I want in on that!
I do sleep but it is dark when I start sleeping and dark when I stop so the duration is in determinant. I one found how to make more hours in a day but it had the terrible side effect of creating weeks that were only six days long. I’ve considered moving my base of operations to Mars once real estate becomes available but that only adds about 37 minutes to each day. Another option I considered was the Moon where the sun never sets – assuming you have a good Realtor and get a building permit for the right half of the orb.
All of the aforementioned options have not panned out so I brew espresso which gives me long enough days to get most things done.
Oh, and as for those pesky backups, I automated them.