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Installed the latest leopard update - 10.5.2 today. NOT a good idea.

Neither of my computers can now connect to my DLINK DIR-635 over wifi. Or at least, they connect, get an IP address, etc, but I can’t actually send any data. In fact, it’s really weird. At one point, I could ping external IP addresses just fine, but I couldn’t ping my router. Which is the default route. WTF?

I tried pinging my router - that didn’t work well:

PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=544.516 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=15 ttl=64 time=0.485 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=16 ttl=64 time=0.483 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=22 ttl=64 time=543.981 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
28 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 85% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.483/272.366/544.516/271.882 ms

I changed my SSID, turned on WPA2 (really bad idea, now I get no route to host) turned it off, rebooted everything. No go.

In the middle of writing this, I even just lost ALL connectivity via Ethernet. I had to reboot my iMac just go get connected again. Something very very odd is going on here.

A warning and complaint to all:

Offline support in Mail.app in 10.5.1 (and 10.5.0) is a DISASTER!  Actions performed offline (filing) DO NOT get synced when you connect back up.  Further, every time you send a message it warns you that you’re not connected!  I lost 2 hours of email work on the plane.  Apparently only 50% of the 40 emails I sent actually found their way out, I can’t tell what is what, and who has seen whom.  It’s a disaster.  DO NOT USE mail.app for offline.

darn it.

Yes, it appears to be a bad deal for the developer. It’s a great deal for the user though.

The MacHeist software bundle takes 14 apps and sells them for 90% off - $49 total. And that’s a real discount - not some ginzu knife discount. I personally had purchased 1passwd in the past for the indicated price. I’ve already received my money’s worth - Snapz Pro X is a great way to do screencasts, and costs $69 alone.

Ensuring they are buzzword compliant, they also have a viral marketing aspect - refer people to receive additional software. Clearly they’re roped me in to it. Finally, it’s marketing genius that they give 25% of the order to charity - help you assuge your guilt somehow? Turn buying into a community action? Either way, it’s really worth checking out, and taking advantage of. The deal ends Wednesday.

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Direct link - MacHeist

I’m having some very weird issues with leopard. The dock seems to have rendering issues - the hover text boxes don’t always have their border, and the spring folders are totally messed up. Those gray round bars are supposed to be the files. No text, and no icons for the files.  Anyone have any idea what’s going on?