It was about 12 years ago or so when my faith journey took a turn that left a profound impact on me. I was living in Olathe but had been in the KC area for only a couple years and was six months into a new job. One day as I was driving home from a job site my car decided to stall at a very precarious spot on the freeway, near downtown, and during rush hour. I managed to get over onto the narrow shoulder but with all the cars whizzing by so closely I was a little nervous. As I attempted to diagnose what was wrong with my car I noticed a truck slowing down and then pulling over in front of me. I was amazed that someone was even able to spot me in time to do this. A man who appeared to be in his mid 30’s got out and asked me what he could do to help. Well, my car appeared to be a lost cause and would have to be towed so the man offered to give me a ride home since he also happened to live in Olathe.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
My switch to a Mac (part 3 - the Bad)
I apologize for the hiatus I took on this blog series. Life at home is much different than life on the road. At the end of the day I find there is very little time or energy for things such as this. So anyway, here's the bad..........
1. Keyboard Shortcuts
I didn't realize just how big of a hurdle this would be for me. I've been working with Windows for a long time now and have gotten used to using a lot of keyboard shortcuts. In fact, if a Windows box I'm working on loses all mouse function I can still navigate Windows pretty easily just with the keyboard; I prefer it actually. The Mac keyboard, though, is missing some essential keys that I used regularly for navigation (Home, End, PageUp, PageDown, Windows key). No problem, I thought, I can setup keyboard mappings in Fusion to address this. I may have to re-train myself on some shortcuts but I can live with that. Easier said than done. I was tweaking the keyboard mappings in Fusion for a few weeks and I've finally just given in to the fact that I'll have to use the mouse, or trackpad, more in my Windows VMs. I've been trying to learn keyboard shortcuts for the Mac too and it is sometimes hard to keep track of what shortcuts work where. To compound the problem some of the mappings don't work all of the time like using the Ctrl key to do a Ctrl+select for instance. So if anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears. Here are my current keyboard mappings that I'm using in Fusion:
1. Keyboard Shortcuts
I didn't realize just how big of a hurdle this would be for me. I've been working with Windows for a long time now and have gotten used to using a lot of keyboard shortcuts. In fact, if a Windows box I'm working on loses all mouse function I can still navigate Windows pretty easily just with the keyboard; I prefer it actually. The Mac keyboard, though, is missing some essential keys that I used regularly for navigation (Home, End, PageUp, PageDown, Windows key). No problem, I thought, I can setup keyboard mappings in Fusion to address this. I may have to re-train myself on some shortcuts but I can live with that. Easier said than done. I was tweaking the keyboard mappings in Fusion for a few weeks and I've finally just given in to the fact that I'll have to use the mouse, or trackpad, more in my Windows VMs. I've been trying to learn keyboard shortcuts for the Mac too and it is sometimes hard to keep track of what shortcuts work where. To compound the problem some of the mappings don't work all of the time like using the Ctrl key to do a Ctrl+select for instance. So if anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears. Here are my current keyboard mappings that I'm using in Fusion:
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