On Dreams and Deadlines

Before anything else, I would like to apologize to sir Randell Tiongson for borrowing this post title without his permission. I figured maybe I could share how a dream's deadline kinda messed up my financial goals for this year, but somehow I feel grateful that it did. So what the hell am I talking about?

Well, ever since I started blogging, I made it a point to have a goal or purpose for what I do. That way, I am able to see how I achieved a certain goal, or how I came up short. Let me refer to those goals as "dreams". Most of the time I set those goals but did not have a concrete action plan, much less a deadline. And of course, you all know what happens to those dreams; they remain to be just f'n dreams. Last year, I set an ambitious goal of saving Php100,000 as my emergency fund. During the first 5 months of the year, I thought I was on track. And I was, until I got a call from my aunt asking me to attend this open house at Newport City. And so Jersy and I attended the open house, which served a delicious lunch buffet. Full stomachs and a few hours later, we got ourselves a brand new condo unit. So much for the emergency fund, we're gonna be having a place we can call ours. No more renting. No more landlords.

The bottom line is: reading Sir Randell's article made me realize that dreams really have deadlines. And although buying a home meant postponing my other "dream", it's all worth it.

And now, back to the drawing boards, and regroup on how to make the other dreams a reality...

Internet Sharing On Snow Leopard

 

Finally, after almost 5 days of tweaking and configuring, only to fail, I was able make Internet Sharing work on Snow Leopard 10.6.1. I also created a screen recording while configuring Internet Sharing and it will be available very soon. In the meantime, I hope you could easily follow the steps on this simple guide to Internet Sharing On Snow Leopard. Cheers! :)

Assumptions:

• Your Mac is running on Snow Leopard 10.6.1
• You are connected to the internet. (I am connected to Sun Broadband using a Huawei E220 HSDPA modem)
• AirPort works on your Mac.
• Internet Sharing is initially turned off.

How to share your internet connection via AirPort on Snow Leopard 10.6.1:

1. Go to System Preferences. Select Network. Take note of the IP address of your internet connection.
2. From the list of network interfaces, select AirPort. Click the Advanced button. Click on the TCP/IP tab.
3. Configure your IPv4 by selecting "Using DHCP with manual address" from the dropdown list.
4. Input an IP address similar to your internet connection's IP address. example: If your ISP's IP is 10.150.0.1, you can input 10.150.254.254 in the IPv4 address field. Then click OK. Click Apply.
5. Return to System Preferences. Click Sharing. From the available services, select Internet Sharing.
6. Select the internet connection you want to share, then click on the check box near AirPort. After selecting AirPort, turn on your internet sharing by clicking the check box near Internet Sharing. Click Start.

That's it. Your internet connection can now be shared with any WiFi-enabled device. While configuring this, I was able to check my exchange e-mail on my iPod touch. I also fired up TwitterFon from my iPod and posted the Internet Sharing via AirPort on Snow Leopard is working again. I hope you find this helpful. :D