For grins I decided I’d try to write a (large) report I have to do for work using only Pages for iPad. The report isn’t due for a few months, and it’s the kind of thing I need to think about over time, so I figured it might be a good use of the iPad. [...]
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Random catch-up
I’ve ignored this blog for the most part. Life has gotten in the way at the same time that the “blogosphere” (man, I hate that word) shifted, which resulted in me going long periods of time without updating here. There are some items I’d like to catch up on and otherwise vent some thoughts. I [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Apple TV thoughts
Mi hermano emailed me a few minutes ago asking if I had purchased an Apple TV and, if so, what were my thoughts? Good question. So far I’m happy with it, though the process of converting my existing media — which I purchased using money — is more difficult than I had hoped. First off, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Block commenting in vi
Finally took the time to learn how to do block commenting in vi. Found a great answer, courtesy this guy: Go to the first line you want commented, and hit V. Use your favorite method to reach the last line of the block. Type: :s/^/# / So thanks, Internet stranger.
Read the rest of this entry »My amazing iPad 2 experience!
Well, not so much. Here was my iPad 2 buying experience. I… Woke up around 6:15am and checked online ordering using the Apple Store app on my iPhone. Dropped an iPad2 and a black leather cover into the shopping cart and clicked Check Out to see what the shipping situation™ was. At that point, their [...]
Read the rest of this entry »ERROR: This RRD was created on another architecture
ERROR: This RRD was created on another architecture Kill me.
Read the rest of this entry »CNN fails
I’m this close to removing the CNN feed from the coveted top-right position on my iGoogle home page.
Read the rest of this entry »Ubuntu and Upstart and MySQL
I upgraded some servers from Ubuntu 8.04 to 10.04 recently and ran into some problems accessing the mysql cli. Somewhere between those versions, the mysqld package for Debian/Ubuntu was converted to Upstart, a new method of handling the start/stop of tasks and daemons. Which is fine, as long as it works. But it didn’t. The [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Big companies
Here’s a fairly typical Big Company problem. Normally I would’ve received this email sometime in mid-October, and then turned around and paid it right away. I’m good like that. But in this case I received the bill two days after it was due. And since it was for a credit card, Citi happily tacked on [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Computer-free weekend
From Friday at 5pm until Monday at 8:45am, my desktop and laptop both remained off. I didn’t set out for this to happen, and even once I realized what was going on late Sunday afternoon, I didn’t intentionally not use the computers to make a point. It just wasn’t necessary. Using my iPhone and the [...]
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