Another semi-useless spot on the web…
Posted in Main on Jul 30th, 2009
I’m on my way back from a trip to Kansas City and as I approached security, I saw that the guy checking IDs was private security and not TSA like I’d seen at every airport I’ve been to in awhile. As I walk past the ID checker, I see that every security person was from [...]
Posted in Main on Jul 29th, 2009
On the news the other night, we saw a story about how the stimulus package is providing jobs for some teenagers. The teenagers get paid $10 to work in different office capacities. In order to qualify, the teenagers must come from families that live below the poverty line. I’m not going to argue the merits [...]
Posted in Main on Jul 29th, 2009
Leopard Server’s LDAP implementation allows an administrator to set requirements about user passwords, such as length of password, what characters it must include, how often it must be changed, etc. One major oversight on Apple’s part is a facility to inform users that their passwords will expire. Maybe if users login via AFP or using [...]
Posted in Main on Jul 29th, 2009
Like other geeks, I downloaded the Pre webOS SDK and installed it. While I don’t have time (I’m not sure where all my time goes) to actually write code (I’d have to learn Javascript which shouldn’t be too hard, but lack of time is the problem), I did want to at least kick the tires.
I [...]
Posted in Main on Jul 29th, 2009
This past weekend, I was in Santa Cruz with my family for my in-law’s 40th anniversary. While we were sitting in traffic, I saw the passenger of a car get out (traffic was stopped), goto the trunk, open it, open a cooler and pull out what must have been a beer and then got back [...]
Posted in Main on Jul 20th, 2009
The other day I saw a sign in front of a house advertising the company that was putting the new coating on a house. The sign said “woman owned business”. That kind of sign irks me because I’d hope that a company can compete on the quality of its product, the price, and the service [...]
Posted in Main on Jul 20th, 2009
On Saturday I was driving down interstate 8 and noticed in my rear view mirror, a car that was swerving across all the lanes. As the car was heading back towards the number 1 lane, I saw the logo on the side of the car. It was a CHP officer doing a traffic break.
I expected [...]
Posted in Main on Jul 10th, 2009
I’m at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on my way back to San Diego and watched the Southwest gate agent change the sign at the gate for my flight. She slid part of the sign out of the way to reveal a small keyboard that she used to key in the flight information. The LED [...]
Posted in Main on Jul 10th, 2009
This was my first trip traveling without a dedicated charger for my gadgets! While I’ve known for a long time that I could charge my Motorola RAZR through USB on my Mac (using my MotoCharger program), I didn’t want to use it as I didn’t want to have to remember to launch it (I don’t [...]
Posted in Main on Jul 10th, 2009
Some time ago, I heard that the remote control in a hotel room was one of the dirtiest things one could touch in a hotel. I even saw “sleeves” you could buy to put over the remote so you didn’t have to touch it. Well, I have a cheaper and more convenient solution. Hotel rooms [...]
