Monthly Archives: July 2008

Bored on the weekend

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I haven’t gotten anywhere with the Mac project I noted on before. It’s basically ready to go, but I haven’t gotten around to implementing it yet.

I was planning on setting up a development server for Inanis.net so I can make changes offline without upsetting the website. With that, I had an idea for rewriting the inanis.net theme to look even more Aero … but who knows if that will ever get done. I have too much crap to do that doesn’t involve computers.

I updated my WordPress plugins recently to newer versions. How mundane.

I also wanted to set up a LiveJournal account, or perhaps a feed, and crosspost this blog with LJ so I could be involved in a “community” without having to manually update multiple sites, and I would still have control and ownership over my content (i.e. if LJ ever disappears, Inanis.net will still be here with all the content). That probably won’t go anywhere.

The raspberries are good. I made ‘em up into a syrup and put it on cakes and icecream. Yum.

Myspace is stupid.

I’ve been playing around with a Lenovo ThinkPad R61i that a customer returned because it was BSODing. I think it’s problems were due to the hard drive shock protection feature’s drivers an management application being out of date… oh, and the setting was turned up to Shock-Nazi – the thing would completely lock the drive if you so much as metabolized air, let alone actually move. I saw it lock the drive sitting stationary on a table. I turned that down and updated the software and I have yet to see it have a problem. Not sure what I will do with it at this point … shop laptop or resell it at a steep discount to get rid of it.

I stated a long time ago about a merger between my company and another company. That merger is complete. My company not only does computer repair and networks, but now also printers, ink/toner, office supplies and office furniture. It’s got me stressed out – too much work and not enough people. Blah. It has doubled our profitiblity, however. It’s been a year in the making and has been a good thing for the company.

*yawn*

WordPress Upgrade, and Mac Tricks?

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Not enough crap going on, so I upgraded my WordPress installation. Like everyone else using the dreaded “index.php” configuration (which I used by accident in the beginning and now can’t change it easily because the permalinks are now all set…) I was having problems with my static pages not showing. A stupid hack fixed it until the next WordPress version comes out.

I am gonna be doing some Stupid Geek Tricks with an old Mac or even an old Apple II soon. Nothing somebody else hasn’t already done, but its fun to do. More to come…

Oooh, and this is frickin’ sweet: Apple II GS Toys

Chinese plagiarism.

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A chinese tech blog recently ripped off two posts of mine (the ones about the Laserjet 1020), verbatim, including all the links. Hell, one of the links points right back at my blog. They could have at least edited out the links – if they had, I never would have known about it. (Gotta love pingbacks.)

I can’t complain much, as I have done similar things, but I just wanted to put it on record. I wish I could read chinese, there might be interesting stuff on that site.

Here’s the site that “borrowed” my content.

Amazing Technology

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Voyager 2 has to be one of the most amazing pieces of technology ever built. Launched over 30 years ago, the thing is still operational, responsive, and sending back data about the farthest outer reaches of our solar system.

It brings a warm feeling to my heart; technology that was created in a time when engineering was more about getting it right and less about doing it in a monetarily efficient way.

Float on, little Voyager.

Read about it.

USB Flash Drive Update

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Seems I made a minor mistake in choosing my flash drive – I picked the NON-GT version of the Flash Survivor, misled by incorrect labeling on the website I from which I purchased it. It’s still a fast drive overall (9MB/sec write), but nowhere near the 28MB/sec write speeds of the GT version.

I’ll see how well it works for my needs, and if it’s good, I’ll keep it. If not, I’ll sell it at half price to someone, and then go get the 8GB GT version.