Remember when I mentioned the PA OneCall markings that appeared mysteriously on our street a few weeks back? This evening, there were more markings. And we learned why, as a rep from Buckeye happened to be parked in front of our house when we got home, and wanted to talk to us. They periodically send [...]
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Bad week for technology
Not having a great week technology-wise here in the Hart household. The XBOX 360 isn’t outputting audio or video anymore, which is an important part of the game experience. And now the three week old TiVo HD is misbehaving. The problem started in the last few days (call it Apr. 29). TiVo only works correctly [...]
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Think this hard drive could use a defrag?
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I’ve been forced to abandon Firefox 2. Around the time they released Firefox 2.0.0.12, I noticed my Bookmarks Toolbar (the toolbar below the Navigation Toolbar) was blank. Normally, it would look more like: (Without all that Flock-specific stuff on the lefthand side, of course) The strange thing was, this happened on all three PCs: home [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Stop helping me, Microsoft
I know how to read, write, spell, and type. I don’t need Outlook to help me out by autocorrecting. I swear I’ve disabled autocorrection several times now, yet the default helping behavior seems to reappear every now and again. To make sure I’m not crazy: Next time this happens, I’ll have PROOF I disabled it [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Overcomplicated?
I have two chicken breasts that I’m unsure how I want to prepare. I wandered over to the Epicurious web site. It’s not good. Where do I find ordinary chicken recipes? This is what happens when you design a web site by committee. ALL I’M LOOKING FOR is some regular run-of-the-mill recipes using chicken. I [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Why I’m liking Panix
Remember when I had a bunch of problems with this web site because of 1&1′s inability to fix a PHP problem? I moved to a virtual server at Panix.com, and so far I’m quite happy. I even received this in my inbox a few minutes ago, completely unsolicited. Happy new year! Your Panix V-Colo now [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Showdown: Mac Mini vs. Honey Baked Ham
Link: The definitive Mac mini/Honey Baked Ham smackdown Insightful comparison between the Mac Mini and a Honey Baked Ham. The Mini definitely has better long term value… but damn, that’s some good ham.
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Tip for HP. Want to make it easier for people to buy stuff from you? Make sure your Request For Information form doesn’t return this: Error response Error response Error code 404. Message: File /opt/apps/icc-ixd/icc-ixd-1.1.15/icc/doc/docroot/ xdform/kill_session?redirect= https:/ovrd.external.hp.com/hpp/hpp2rd not found. Error code explanation: 404 = Nothing matches the given URI. … especially if the product sells [...]
Read the rest of this entry »iTunes ARGH
iTunes hates me. The feeling is mutual. How do I command-click on three songs and play them immediately? Or do I honestly need to create a playlist for this function? In Windows I could select three MP3s, right-click, and then say Play in Winamp… and it would. In iTunes-land, I end up with a bunch [...]
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