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After upgrading my 17″ MacBook Pro to Snow Leopard my internet became rather spotty. After a week or so of annoyance I have finally figured out the solution. Go to:

System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> DNS.

Now click the + button under DNS Servers and type in the address of your DHCP server (typically this is either your network router, firewall, or internet modem depending on network configuration).

Click OK then click Apply.

The reason this worked for me was I had multiple bogus DNS servers listed after my upgrade and these directions reset that. Hope this helps.

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Got up early this morning to get a copy of Snow Leopard on day of release. So far my favourite things about Snow Leopard are the enormous speed increase in Time Machine backups and the scalable finder windows. (click image to enlarge)

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Usually I expect to spend 30 minutes on the phone to resolve an issue when I call Adobe Customer Support. However, today I called and was on-hold for 20 minutes, then was told they had to transfer me to another department within Customer Service and then I gave up and hung up the phone after being on-hold for another hour and 10 minutes. Check the iPhone screenshot for proof. Adobe I love your products, but your customer service has always been poor and now it is useless. Will try again later this evening.

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The flexibility of Twitter to look how you want in a clean fashion is exactly why Facebook buying FriendFeed is no threat to Twitter. Facebook is terribly cluttered and boring. Twitter will replace Facebook in the same manner Facebook replaced MySpace as the hip social platform.

The real issue for Twitter is not competition, but trying to devise a monetization system to at least break even because they cannot continue to raise more capitol indefinitely.

Speaking of Twitter styling, I just changed my Twitter profile’s styling to match my blog… “The Austen Look”

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