please explain why is my computer (added to not be mistaken with the router’s IP) LAN IP address showing on the email headers of the mails I send with Mail.app.
Thanks!
Bellow, in red, my computer’s private LAN IP Address. In green my Router’s Public/WAN IP address which is “normal” to be included on most email headers.
Return-Path: <rsaramago@gmail.com>
Received: from ?XX.XX.XX.XX? (pa6-XX-XX-XXX-XXX.netvisao.pt [XX.XX.XXX.XXX])
by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm502355eyb.8.2009.11.13.01.07.07
(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5);
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:07:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Teste
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077)
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1-623152288
From: Ricardo Saramago <rsaramago@gmail.com>
To: Testy McTest <test@test.pt>
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077)
Update: I’ve clarified some descriptions above after some user comments, I realized that It wasn’t clear what IPs I was referring to.
It seems that this is common on most email clients, except for Outlook. This “issue” triggered my attention when I was looking into the mail headers from a mail I sent from Mail.app in response to a mail from Outlook and they were indeed different in this aspect.
The client’s computer Local IP address and the Router’s / Firewall / Modem / whatever public IP address are added by the SMTP Server to the Envelop’s “Received” line, which it probably gets from the EHLO.
Still, this isn’t secure as it allows malicious attackers to map a victims network very easy.
Google launched todayGoogle Sync, a serive that allows you to sync the contacts and calendar in your Google account with your computers and mobile devices.
I wanted to sync my iPhone with my Google Calendar and Contacts, so I adventured myself with Google Sync. It’s not difficult to do it, just follow the instructions here very carefully.
After that, all went well but I wanted two other things working for full bliss: sync all my Google Calendars with my iPhone and my Mac’s iCal. Confused? Well, when I used Google Sync with my iPhone, it only synced my default Google Calendar, I had to access http://m.google.com/sync with my iPhone and specify which callendars I wanted to sync. Easy.
Syncing my Google Calendars with iCal was a little bit more trickyer, but found this article in Google help, that actually did all the work for me. This allows iCal to use CalDAV to access all your Google Calendars. You can configure the settings manually in iCal’s preferences or use Calaboration to automate it.
So, now I have all my Google Mail, Contacts and Calendar synced with my iPhone and Mac All this for free. It’s getting hard for Apple to justify a paid MobileMe…
I confess that I’m a little addicted to social networking. I often try new social networks and apps but sometimes I wish that there was only one or only one way to use them all. The ones I use the most are Twitter, Flickr, Jaiku, Digg and the usual gazillion RSS feeds if you can count them as social networking tools.
One of the blogs I follow about Mac applications is UsingMac and in today’s “daily fix” of posts I came across EventBox.
EventBox is like a dream come true for me. It gathers 7 of the most used social networks: Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Digg, Pownce, Reddit and last but not least RSS aggregation all in one application.
The interface is bliss and pure integration with Leopard. Still in Beta, EventBox features high quality features for each social network service you use, like public and private replying in Twitter, section filtering on Digg, multiple file uploading on Flickr and everything gets to use Growl for notifications.
While very good, there’s still a lot of room for improvement in EventBox. A wide preview pane for RSS to better use widescreen space would be welcome as well as adding more social networks to the list like Jaiku. Adding search, groups and user profile information options in Twitter like Tweetdeck has would be very useful as well. EventBox is not free though, it costs $20 which is not much, specially when you can optimize your usage of social networks, getting rid of 5 or 6 different apps or browser tabs.
I knew there are other apps for the iPhone that turn it into a musical instrument, but the Ocarina app from Smule just blew my mind. I have not tested it yet but from the video it looks (and sounds) great! Plus, they played the Zelda tune… ahhh gotta love it.
Fancy those old Polaroid shots?
Now you can transform your normal photos into Polaroid style photos with Poladroid.
Poladroid is this cool software (free) for Mac where you drag and drop a photo and it gets converted to a Polaroid stype photo. Besides the results you get, what’s awesome is the fact you have to wait or shake the photo like a real Polaroid to get it “done”.
You can even configure Poladroid to add scratches and fingerprints to the photos, getting a more realistic effect
Get it and don’t forget to check be Poladroid!, the Poladroid Flickr group!
It’s not a secret that the Metal Gear Solid series is one of my favorites videogame series, I’ve even mentioned it here, in this blog a few times.
Recently, Konami and Kojima released worldwide the fourth (actually there’re are a few side stories / games in the series, but this is the 4th in the canon of MGS) and probably the most expected and desired game in the series. This is the first MGS for a new generation console, in this case, an exclusive for the PS3.
Kojima had been teasing us for the past two years with trailers and screenshots of MGS4, and even last month the question among gamers still was “Is it as good as it looks?”. Well, the answer is: it’s even better! If you’re not a fan or know the series, this is not a regular game where you’re presented to a universe and play along. MGS4 is the final chapter of an epic story and it demands that you know all that’s behind. You get to know old characters and new ones as well, you can play the entire game without knowing who Solid Snake is, but MGS4 is like a movie that’s part of a trilogy, if you didn’t watch the other episodes you won’t enjoy it properly. You get some very well placed flashbacks during the game to help understand the plot, but prior knowledge of the series is advised.
That said, let me tell you that MGS4 is definitely the game of the year for the PS3. The graphics are superb, the full Dolby Digital sound is breathtaking and the plot, well… as I said, it’s the best this game can offer. The gameplay is good but with a high learning curve, still, while this is still a sneaking undercover game, you can pick a different path of action and start dumping ammo on your enemy. I advise you to master both methods because the game will demand both at certain stages.
I could write a full review of this game, but that’s not the point of this post. You can get very well written reviews on IGN or Gamespot. I want to point out a few coolness points on MGS that I wasn’t expecting.
This first is the branding effort you’ll see during the game. Kojima’s team designed some clever brands that are placed in the game, either for products / services (you’ll understand when you play the game) but perhaps what will get your attention at first, is the heavy product placement.
Besides advertising and to give a more realistic feeling to the game, certain brands and product will be available for you to interact, like the Re-Gain powerdrink you can use to get some energy boost for Snake or a Playboy Magazine that you use to lure and distract enemies (and take a peek at the centerfolds yourself).
Still, the big champion of product placement in MGS4 is… Apple! You’ll notice quite in the beginning of the game, when you’re being contacted by Otacon, his office is crammed with Apple hardware, from Cinema Displays to Mac Pro’s, you’ll spot them in a glimpse. Though this could be just a nod to Apple, the most screaming product placement ever in a game is the iPod that Snake has in his personal items, that can be used during the missions like a real iPod. You can control it like you would control an iPod in the real life, through an interface on the screen. The iPod comes loaded with podcasts and the soundtracks from previous Metal Gear Solid games, and you can find more tracks during the game as well as download more tracks from the Internet.
Metal Gear Solid 4 is a great game, no doubt about that, but it uses a kind of in game marketing that the videogame industry is eager to explore for some time now. I don’t care for in game ads and product placement, as long as it’s done tastefully and with some brains. Let me tell you that playing MGS4 while listening to a podcast via Snake’s iPod is a different but pleasant experience
Closing down this long post: Metal Gear Solid 4 – Recommended! Even with all the product placement and virtual iPods in the mix
Yes, I’ve been following all the ruckus about MacHeist on the blogs. I bought the MacHeist package, but only after it reached 14 apps. Nevertheless, most people when writing about it forget that MacHeist has it’s name mainly because it has a sort of hacking contest behind, where you try to get the code to unlock a vault and increase the Loot, being the loot more apps for your Mac Well, if you’re not in the mood for ‘hacking’ the code is 3572.
Best product in the Keynote, very reasonable price if you consider that a 1TB USB drive costs Eur 250 and a WIFI N router is no less than Eur 150. I was thinking about buying an Airport Extreme but I decided to wait until today. Guess it payed off Now, if I could only pre order it on the portuguese Apple store…
All this for free. It’s getting hard for Apple to justify a paid 
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