Monthly Archives: September 2005

Web tools for keeping tabs on Congress

Posted on 2005-09-30 by Jim

Some handy tools for US citizens, no matter what your ideology. THOMAS and Project Vote Smart.

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Sacramento “Go” club

Posted on 2005-09-28 by Jim

I was posting the next meeting of the Sacramento Go Club on the Sacramento Boardgames, Cardgames, & Miniatures Meetup Group, but this week for some reason Meetup’s software is giving me grief about the event’s URL. I’m guessing it’s barfing … Continue reading →

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A Pending Ping Crisis?

Posted on 2005-09-28 by Jim

Ping services in the news again. Joseph’s ping service, and my thoughts on the whole matter.

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Still rebuilding my laptop disk

Posted on 2005-09-28 by Jim

In an earlier post/comment I started running DiskWarrior in an attempt to recover my laptop’s failed harddrive. Still running after 47 hours, but no sign of progress (or failure) yet…

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Testing new ping service

Posted on 2005-09-27 by Jim

I’m testing Joseph’s new ping service on my blog. Seems much faster than Ping-o-matic.

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Boot options for PowerBook G4

Posted on 2005-09-26 by Jim

A list of boot options for my PowerBook G4 laptop.

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Evacuation plan: aim for tree

Posted on 2005-09-26 by Jim

My buddy Andy just launched a hilarious evacuation plan store on CafePress. I picked up a couple of coffee cups (large, of course). Hopefully they arrive this week — I can’t wait to get a look at the actual merchandise! … Continue reading →

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PowerBook boot problem revisited

Posted on 2005-09-25 by Jim

Second attempt at recovering boot drive contents with DiskWarrior

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PowerBook boot failure

Posted on 2005-09-24 by Jim

My PowerBook won’t boot. How to boot single-user for diagnostics. Attempting repair with DiskWarrior.

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