Author Archives: Jim Vanderveen

About Jim Vanderveen

I'm a bit of a Renaissance man, with far too many hobbies for my free time! But more important than any hobby is my family. My proudest accomplishment has been raising some great kids! And somehow convincing my wife to put up with me since 1988. ;)

Bike Talk Radio/podcast off the air

Posted on 2006-01-26 by Jim Vanderveen

One of the oldest bike-related podcasts, Bike Talk Radio, broadcast its final show yesterday. Can we continue Bike Talk as an occasional podcast instead of a radio show? Continue reading →

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Rating podcasts while listening to iPod

Posted on 2006-01-25 by Jim Vanderveen

I love the integrated podcatcher in iTunes, but I haven’t been able to figure out how to rate podcast episodes while listening to them on my iPod. I’m now using iPodder. It has some drawbacks, but at least I can access the rating screen on my iPod now! Continue reading →

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Sacramento Bicycle, Pedestrian & Trails Master Plan

Posted on 2006-01-23 by Jim Vanderveen

Bike Talk Radio podcast. Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails Master Plan link. SACOG web designer needs to learn basics of search engine operation. Continue reading →

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What is iTunes “Grouping” column for?

Posted on 2006-01-22 by Jim Vanderveen

I found out what iTunes “Grouping” column is used for, as well as “Part of a compilation” and many other tidbits! Continue reading →

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Subversion/Finder integration on Mac OSX

Posted on 2006-01-21 by Jim Vanderveen

I found a lead on why Subversion may not be working with Finder in Mac OSX (Tiger, version 10.4.4) on the System Preferences… tool. There is now an “SCPlugin” item on System Preferences. Open this up and you’ll find a … Continue reading →

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Finished reading Great Expectations

Posted on 2006-01-20 by Jim Vanderveen

I finally finished reading one of Charles Dickens’ masterpieces, Great Expectations. I loved Volume 1 (Pip’s childhood) — Dickens’ humor is prevalent, and Pip is a lovable character. I have to admit, I got bogged down in Volume 2. The … Continue reading →

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This is SO bad…

Posted on 2006-01-19 by Jim Vanderveen

If large-breasted women work at Hooters, where do one-legged women work? (Click on “more…” for the punchline.)

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CJD on Google Earth

Posted on 2006-01-14 by Jim Vanderveen

Chris Davis has a tantalizing post about working with Google Earth. It got me thinking about how one might bolt geotags onto Google Earth… I still haven’t gotten around to setting up HeadMeta for geotagging posts, but CJD’s article(s) may … Continue reading →

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#&*$%@! iPod update

Posted on 2006-01-13 by Jim Vanderveen

I just updated my iPod and now I can’t use it until I hook up the wall charger. WTF? Continue reading →

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SpamKarma2 finally missed a spam

Posted on 2006-01-12 by Jim Vanderveen

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 →

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