October 11, 2007

October 11, 2007
I found out what the problem was with receiving orders from the Practical Press web site. The two online order forms and the catalog request form have a feature so that when the form is submitted a response goes back to the originator indicating that the order has been received. A copy of the order is sent to me via a mailto. The problem was that the email address, johnw@practicalpress.net was not active. I just changed the mailto in each form to my current email address, wassonj@teleport.com, and everything started to work nicely.

I also found I could print from either the G4 or MacBook to the HP 2200 if the computer was logged into the wasson airport. I could not get to the internet that way but could get to the printer. I also went to sharing -> internet on the MacBook while it was connected to the internet via its built in ethernet and set up internet sharing from the MacBook's airport. Using this I was able to get the G4 on the internet with its ethernet connection disconnected. I used a 13 character password so that a PC with WiFi could log on. However when I tried the Alienware laptop, it did not work. I also tried setting an airport network on the G4 and then getting to the internet wirelessly from the MacBook but that did not work. Too bad, that would have been useful, in fact I would not need the airport extreme if that had worked. I did some more editing of the burnt roots tour video.

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