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About this blog…
I use this platform to share things that are of interest to me or things I'll want to reference later. Occasionally other people like these posts, hence "Shared Interests".
What might you find here?
- Problems I've solved (mostly computer- or network related).
- Recipes and cooking-related posts.
- Hobbies and projects.
- Our remodeling experience.
- Local (Sacramento) information.
- Anything that strikes my fancy.
Monthly Archives: January 2006
#&*$%@! iPod update
I just updated my iPod and now I can’t use it until I hook up the wall charger. WTF? Continue reading
SpamKarma2 finally missed a spam
Well, it finally happened–SpamKarma2 finally let a piece of spam slip into my comments. I installed SK2 about 4.5 months ago, and it’s caught 268 spams out of 269 attempts (99.63% accuracy). It hasn’t yet mischaracterized a “real” comment as … Continue reading
Rep. Dan Lungren tainted by Abramoff scandal?
Is Rep. Dan Lungren tainted by the Abramoff scandal? Well, he’s taken $10,000 in bribescampaign contributions from DeLay’s ARMPAC, an organization for which Jack Abramoff was one of the chief fundraisers. If I can dig up some other sources for … Continue reading
Sudden increase in Apple laptop failures…
Has anybody else noticed a sudden increase in the rate of failures of “obsolete” PowerBooks? Thanks for the laugh, Jason!
Another geek test
I took another geek test today. (Thanks for the link, Punk!) I couldn’t score very many points on the television-related questions, because I haven’t watched TV for several years, and before that I only watched a few shows on PBS. … Continue reading
Finally bought Delicious Library
Delicious Library rocks! Continue reading
Free e-texts
Some time ago I was waiting in line at the DMV, wishing that I had remembered to bring a book with me, when I realized that I always carried my PDA–why not just look for some free e-texts and slurp … Continue reading
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Subversion on Mac OSX not working?
I was finally going through Chris J. Davis’ article, SVN on MacOS X. I downloaded the Subversion package to my Mac and it works fine via the command line, but I ran into trouble with scplugin, (the tool which bolts … Continue reading
Web Developer extension rocks!
I installed the Web Developer extension in my web browser this evening. If you do any web development work, or even just browse the web, you really need to check out this tool’s features. It works with Firefox, Flock, and … Continue reading