Another semi-useless spot on the web…
Posted in Main on Oct 31st, 2008
Awhile ago I wrote about how insecure Open Directory was on Leopard Server. I was not the first person to have discovered this, but apparently no one has found a real workaround. I did find information on how to secure it, but then you can’t use Directory Utility to properly setup the machine. After much [...]
Posted in Main on Oct 22nd, 2008
My new MacBook Pro arrived today and I had to decide how to set it up. Apple has a great Migration Assistant for transferring information from an old machine. So I could either use that or do things manually. I decided for a mixed approach. I copied all the info from my old machine (via [...]
Posted in Main on Oct 21st, 2008
Following up on my previous post about the local city council election, I’ve decided to post copies of ads I received from both candidates (these ads are only the ones I received today; I receive ads a few times a week from both candidates).
From April Boling, the extremely negative campaigner:
From Marti Emerald, my candidate of [...]
Posted in Main on Oct 20th, 2008
I know I’ve written about this before, but I finally decided to write a letter to the editor about it.
The race for City Council District 7 is heating up with both sides sending numerous printed ads to us, but each side has a different tactic. April Boling has decided that negative campaigning is the only [...]
Posted in Main on Oct 20th, 2008
The other day, I went to install a program on one of my clients systems. I’ve installed the software before on Linux without a problem; the problem started out that this was an Xserve running OS X Server (Leopard). I started by trying to install the PHP extensions needed for this program. I found information [...]
Posted in Main on Oct 19th, 2008
It’s almost winter in San Diego; how can I tell? Well, I had to wear long pants a few times this week and it was too cold to wear my Tevas. Next week will have a few warm days (80-90 degrees), but it’s just the weather trying to trick us. While the winter isn’t bad [...]
Posted in Main on Oct 19th, 2008
UPS now tells me that my computer left Anchorage yesterday.
ANCHORAGE,
AK, US 10/18/2008 2:17 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
10/18/2008 11:54 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
However, UPS hasn’t updated where it is and I can’t think that they’d drive it out of Alaska so it must have arrived somewhere else. Maybe the governor of Alaska or her husband liked my [...]
Posted in Main on Oct 18th, 2008
Today we went to the Apple store so my wife could look at the new MacBooks and compare them to the white MacBook as I told her I was going to get her one to replace his more than 3.5 year old iBook G4 (yes, I know it is ancient). She liked the new one [...]
Posted in Main on Oct 18th, 2008
Yesterday I borrowed my dad’s Ford Explorer to pick up our screen door that was getting repaired and getting a doggie door. I had never driven his vehicle before and boy was I in for a shock. I drive my Toyota Highlander or my wife’s Honda CRV, both of which are considered SUVs. Neither of [...]
Posted in Main on Oct 18th, 2008
Right after the new MacBook Pros got announced last week, I placed my order with a custom configuration (2.8 GHz and 320 GB 7200 RPM drive). I received a notice that it shipped on October 18. Now UPS tells me that my computer missed its flight “THE SCHEDULED FLIGHT WAS CANCELED DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND [...]
