For a long while I have struggled with how to take notes on my work and personal activities. Working in the world of the web, I find it a requirement to keep track of programming code snippets, step-by-step processes, or various ideas that pop into my head. I also struggle with detailed household tasks, like setting up financial things and researching the best options for various projects.

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Big problem for me with my Mac conversion has been loading up the Windows shared directories out on my network. Actually, these “Windows” shares reside on a couple Ubuntu servers that serve as network accessible storage devices (I should really write about that at some point). It’s just easier to share the contents of these servers with Samba server (looks like a Windows server on the network), especially while I use an Xbox with XBMC as a media server.

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