Have you ever been experimenting with iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) and your free trial has run out leaving you unable to make any changes to your documents?

There’s a quick way to get around that restriction, say if you needed to have a fully functional keynote for an extra day of free trial for that important presentation.

Head to your harddrive directory, in my case Macintosh HD, then go to Library, then to Preferences, then look for the file com.apple.iWork09.plist (also works for iWork0X.plist, depending on which trial version you are running)

Macintosh HD -> Library -> Preferences -> com.apple.iWork09.plist

Then simply delete the file. Open up any of your iWork apps and with you can start a new 30 day trial.

I do not condone doing this endlessly; however, it’s very useful in those instances when you need some extra time.

Problem: the camp manager’s office in his house and our new internet access point are ~100 metres, 5 walls, and a few groves of trees apart.

Solution: create mesh network using 2 Linksys WRT-300n routers ($100 each) and Sveasoft’s “Talisman” firmware ($25/year subscription)

It took a little wangling (had to return one of the routers because it didn’t work properly), but I got it working. Plus, if I ever want to boost the signal… say… to my cabin, all I have to do is buy another router, install the firmware, place it between the access point and my cabin and I’ll have internet access.

I love it when things just work! If anyone out there needs help making their own extended network using Talisman, I am happy to help. Let me know in the comments!