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This replaces my previous install instructions for Synergy. With the latest Synergy 1.4.5 Beta release it’s even easier to install on the Mac because you no longer need to install QSynergy.

Just a reminder that I am running Windows 7 desktop and Mac OS X 10.6 on a MacBook Pro.

There are still bugs with this Synergy such as double clicking on the Mac not working and copy pasting only working from Windows to the Mac but not the other way around.  I’m a bit behind the Mac upgrade curve and am still using 10.6 X.  Maybe upgrading to Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion).

I’ve been developing the Saturday MP website, which was developed using Ruby on Rails, on Windows using Rad Rails.  Unfortunately developing on Ruby on Rails on Windows has a couple drawbacks:

1. It’s hard to install Ruby and/or Rails on Windows.  It’s getting easier with the Ruby Installer but still a pain.
2. The production environment is Linux which can make it hard to debug a problem that only appears in one environment

I’ve started migrating my development envrionment to a MacBook Pro which is Linux based and then I can try TextMate which I hear so much about.  I hear a lot about TextMate.  Like I mean a lot.  Hopefully it will live up to my expectations and also cure cancer.

I was working on some new servers that were soon going to be production servers.  While working on them I noticed that they didn’t have static IP addresses.  Being the good looking proactive guy that I am I sent a quick e-mail to the IT department offering to change the servers to static IPs myself since I was already working on them.  Once I got the OK I changed all the servers to static IPs.   The problem was I changed the servers to the static version of the IP address DHCP had given them.  For example, if the server had been given a DHCP address of 192.168.25.75 I set the static IP to the same thing.