Archive for December, 2003

Happy New Year’s

Wednesday, December 31st, 2003

I set up a moblog for any
New Year’s photos I take in the next 24 hours or so.

iSync AddressBook Aggravation

Wednesday, December 31st, 2003

So I was trying to sync my addressbook when I noticed that new contacts I had recently added weren’t
leaving my computer. They didn’t show up on my Palm or 3650. So, after some huffing and puffing, I
went into AddressBook, selected everything and exported it to vCards. Next, I quit AddressBook and
went into ~/Library/Application Support and moved AddressBook to
AddressBook.hosed. I then restarted AddressBook, imported the vCards, and ran iSync. All is
well now.

Wet Willies with 15" PowerBook Carry Risk of Electric Shock

Sunday, December 28th, 2003

[Apple -
Discussions]
: “2) Get somebody to rub the inside of your ear with a
finger” I wonder how the Apple Engineers will set about reproducing
this one?

Lenny Bruce Pardoned

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003

CNN.com:
“Comedian Lenny Bruce was granted a posthumous pardon by Gov. George
Pataki Tuesday for a nearly 40-year-old obscenity conviction prompted by
a foul-mouthed political commentary.” And from Lenny Bruce’s How to
Talk Dirty and Influence People
: “What does it mean for a man to be
found obscene in New York City? This is the most sophisticated city in
the country. This is where they play Genet’s The Balcony. If
anyone is the first person to be found obscene in New York, he must feel
utterly depraved.”

Bluetooth/Linux Notes

Monday, December 22nd, 2003

Jim
Bray has some notes
on getting a Bluetooth USB dongle working under
Debian/unstable, as well as .deb of
ussp-push.

Ghost4Unix

Monday, December 22nd, 2003

Tomas
Restrepo
: “Since I’m really lazy, and I had all kind of things
installed, I decided to try something before replacing the original
drive: imaging it. For that, I decided to use Ghost4Unix, which allows
you to upload a compressed image of the entire drive unto an FTP server,
and later download to the drive again.”

ETech Wiki is Up

Sunday, December 21st, 2003

I just got word that the O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference Wiki is up, so be sure to check it out. You’ll find plenty of stuff related to the conference program, but there’s also a space for logistical stuff like ride and room sharing.

doughnut.jpg

Tuesday, December 16th, 2003

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The Next Rotor

Monday, December 15th, 2003

Joel
Pobar
: “Yes, there is going to be a Rotor Whidbey that’s based on
the Whidbey CLR sources. Yes, there is a team of people dedicated to
shipping and supporting Rotor. Yes, the CLR team owns it.”

Child’s Play

Monday, December 15th, 2003

Electronic
Gaming Monthly
shows the video games of yesteryear to today’s kids.
Choice lines: “What is this? [Picks up and twists the paddle controller]
Am I controlling the volume?” and “I’m sure everyone who made this game
is dead by now.” (via The Mountain of
Worthless Information
)