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Saturday, July 06, 2002

Business 101: Cross Managing or How do I manage an Equal? We've all heard of the idea of managing up i.e. when you manage your own boss.  And then there's the normal concept of managing down when you manage people that report to you.  This article introduces the idea of "cross managing" or managing people that are your equals, generally your business partner.  So how do you manage an equal?  Simple: You don't.  ==> Read Story <== 1:16:17 PM  Google It!  comment []   IM Me About This

Your Windows to OS X Integration Tip of the Day: How to Move Your Windows MP3 Files to Your iBook / iMac / TiBook Running OSX Comment: This approach can be used to copy ANY file or group of files to your OSX machine, not just MP3 files. Since a trip to see Paolo / eVectors  is coming up, it's clearly important that we be ready to go.  And, in today's multimedia era, that doesn't mean putting "My Documents" on your laptop, it means putting N gigabytes of MP3 files on your laptop (note that N is a large decimal number > than 5; for us the complete MP3 collection is 13.56 gigabytes).  So I needed an easy way to do it.  Here's how. On Windows.  Install Putty / PSCP.  PSCP or "Putty Secure Copy".  Putty is one of the best if not the best SSH, i.e. secure shell, clients and PSCP is the equivalent to the standard *nix scp command (secure copy).  Copy the pscp.exe into winnt or any directory in your path statement.  If you aren't an SSH user then you really should be.  SSH lets you login to a remote *nix system just like Telnet but all data is encrypted (it's a Secure Shell).  Open a DOS shell window. Go to the directory with your MP3 files. If you just want the MP3 files copied to your iBook in your Documents folder then use the command line below.  Since on my lan the iBook doesn't have a dns name, I'm copying to the IP address, not to a machine name.  If you have a local machine name then substitute that for the machine name. pscp -r *.mp3 gcahaly@192.168.1.102:/Documents Explanation: pscp is the copy command -r tells it to "recurse" or walk the directory tree of all directories below the current one *.mp3 is the specification of files to move to the target computer gcahaly is the user on the target computer that you want to own the files 192.168.1.102 is the target computer :/Documents is the target directory Here's another example of when I moved a single directory of MP3 files off to my Linux laptop: pscp -r *.mp3 sjohnson@192.168.1.100:/home/sjohnson/mp3/buffymusical1 Here I was moving files into my /home/mp3/buffymusical1 directory (I had navigated to the appropriate directory where my MP3 files were stored). NOTE: I did this a day or two ago and Gretchen has the iBook right now so I am doing this from memory.  It should be right but if anyone has problems then just let me know.  I also created a category for any OSX writings I do at: http://radio.weblogs.com/0103807/categories/OSX/ 6:24:57 AM  Google It!  comment []   IM Me About This

If You Got Spam -- And I'm Mentioned -- It WAS NOT Me!!! Someone in my address book got the email shown below.  No, no, no.  I didn't go over to the dark side, lose my mind, and say "But Email Marketing makes sense!!!!  And let me sell my friends out".  This looks like a classic .VBS exploit using my Outlook address book.  Somehow I don't think so -- there may be something different at work here.  I run a minimum of 2 levels of virus protection at all times as well as a daily scan (that now takes > 5 hours to complete with over 240 gigs of storage).  And I'd like to think that I'm smart enough to NOT click on a VBS script.  I've also been thru my entire sent items folder and there isn't any record of a script sending emails with my address book entries.  I have recently had the Outlook Preview Pane on (dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb!!!! I know better) and I'm wondering if it's a JavaScript exploit.  Outlook 9.0.0.271 is the version I'm running.  I did move all my contacts into a folder off contacts so that should hopefully prevent future exploits.  So I don't know what's going on.  If anyone else gets this -- I apologize greatly and in advance.  Anyone else have any ideas? THE EVIL EMAIL IS HERE: Return-Path: <Tim3h85kg9@bigfoot.com>; Received: from bigfoot.com (IDENT:nobody@[211.184.209.163]) by zeus.kia.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id g65LUKX24354 for <info@eastgate.com>;; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 17:30:21 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: <Tim3h85kg9@bigfoot.com>; Message-ID: <018a13a33a5c$6455d4b1$7dd34db2@jfxjxh>; From: <Tim3h85kg9@bigfoot.com>; To: Tim Subject: I thought you might be interested - Date: Sat, 06 Jul 0102 04:07:12 -0700 MiME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Importance: Normal X-UIDL: "j&#!j1("!(GL!!2!~"! Reply-To: <Tim3h85kg9@bigfoot.com>; From: <Tim3h85kg9@bigfoot.com>; To: Tim Subject: I thought you might be interested - Date: Sat, 06 Jul 0102 04:07:12 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Hello - A few months ago, a good friend of mine, Scott Johnson, called me claiming to have his hands on a great money-making opportunity. I couldn't help but laugh to myself: Not another one, I thought. Over the years, he has had quite a reputation for finding "great opportunities" that end up emptying his bank account. Another interesting point was that he said he was doing it completely over the internet. Anyhow, since he said that I could join the program as a free member and begin to build a downline at the same time, I thought, "Why not?" I checked out the links to the website and casually followed his progress. To my amazement, he was actually sponsoring people and making money. Even though I was very skeptical, I was intrigued as to the extent to which his sponsor helped him build his business. I became even more amazed when I found out that he received a commission for $500 during his third month with the program. Besides the ability as a Free Member to save money on many items, I like the fact that other members begin building the Free Member's downline. It's a win-win proposition, and if you for some reason don't like it, you can cancel your free membership at any time. Even though he has been in it for just six months, his monthly commission is now $1,500 -- amazing, to say the least. I made $50 my first full month, $250 my second, another $250 my third, and then $750 just last month. It would be insane for you to join without checking it out first, but you can join as a free member and investigate everything thoroughly before deciding whether or not you would like to pursue this. Without a doubt, if I had known about this program earlier, I would have joined immediately. This club is perfect for anyone who uses the Internet. Many people are making $500, $1,000, $5,000, and much more each month. I made $250 in my second month. Ok, that's hardly a fortune, but not bad for my second month. It would be insane for you to join without checking it out first, but you can join as a free member and investigate everything thoroughly before deciding whether or not you would like to pursue this. Like me, you also can become a Free Member so that you can begin to check out the club and see if it is something you would be interested in. Maybe it's for you, and maybe it isn't, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to check it out. To get a FREE ID#, simply reply to: Timj6g4@yahoo.com and write this phrase exactly - word for word: "Email me details about the club's business and consumer opportunities." Be sure to include your: 1. First name 2. Last name 3. Email address, if different from above Then you will just need to wait until you here from me in order to confirm your membership. I will confirm your position and send you a special report as soon as possible, along with your Free Member Number. I'll get you entered and let you know how you can keep track of your growing downline. That's all there is to it. I'll then send you more information, and you can make up your own mind. Warm regards, Tim Hopkins P.S. After having several negative experiences with network marketing companies, I had pretty much given up on them. This company is different: It offers value, integrity, and a REAL opportunity to have your own home-based business and finally make money on the internet. Don't pass this up. You can sign up and test drive the program for FREE. All you need to do is get your free membership. Unsubscribing: Send a blank email to: Timnt278@netscape.net with "remove" in the subject line. 7412pjAy6-586wxrX1920wCCt9-797MvDz8495jkZK7-396hBl46 6:06:47 AM  Google It!  comment []   IM Me About This