Good news at the end of last week about the G5. The problem was indeed a dead power supply that was covered by Apple. The first replacement was DOA which prompted a frantic budget reorganization to figure out how to buy a MacPro while the problem was identified. The lack of any other brokenness showing up lead the tech to …
Dead G5
The G5 we use at Schweitzer for the main video editing workstation gave up the ghost last Thursday. I'd run down from the media suite to the main office Thursday afternoon and when I came back the system was unresponsive, with black screens, and refused to reboot. It's been in the shop since then, but I found out this morning …
Switched to GoDaddy
This is the first post within my new hosting environment at GoDaddy. I finally got tired of the headaches with my dedicated server that required it to be power cycled every so often (I know it has a hard drive issue, and I’m suspecting that one of the dimms has gone bad) – since it’s in Columbia it required bugging …
First Stoker Smoke Underway
I picked up a Stoker from Rock’s BBQ and it was delivered yesterday. I decided there was time this morning for a quick test run. I’ve got a slab of babybacks and a couple of thick pork chops on the WSM right now. Everything went on around 7:20 and last read has the smoker temp at 147.3° and a pork …
Adobe Community Summit 2006
I’m on my way back from the Adobe Community Summit – an event for User Group Managers and Community Experts. It was a phenomenal week of networking, learning more about the Adobe strategy and product lines, and training. After going through two days of Flex training I’ve got to say Flex is absolutely going to rock the RIA world and …
LUX Tableware
Kitchen Contraptions has a blurb about the LUX Tableware available from Unica Home. These look pretty nice for plastic tableware. It includes glasses, flatware, plates, bowls, etc. They’re more expensive than throway plastic dishes, but much more stylish. Not sure how it would be to eat with though. I especially like how the glasses can be held by the plate. …
MAKE – Technology Crafting
I’m a huge fan of MAKE. I very rarely do any of the projects that I read about and I haven’t subscribed to the print magazine (although I’m very tempted). O’Reilly gave out some copies for me to give away at the Macromedia User Group and my wife’s comment was that it was like a craft magazine for guys. I …
MAX 2005 – Anaheim
I’ve been getting ready to leave for a week of learning, networking, and fun at what will probably be the last Macromedia conference. I’ve been going to Macromedia conferences for years (several in San Francisco, New York, Salt Lake City, New Orleans, etc) — actually the only one I’ve missed in a LONG time was the Orlando one after the …
Nokia 6682: Car Blogging
I’ve been needing a new cell phone for quite a while. Partially to switch my number to the Springfield area and partially just because I’m a gadget freak and my Siemens phone was getting old (almost 2 years). My criteria for a phone has been: Cingular, bluetooth, and Flash. Which basically means I needed a Series 60 smartphone. I’ve been …
Bloglines Aggregator
I’ve been searching for an aggregator that fit my style of blog reading for quite some time. I’ve tried a variety of tools and nothing seemed to fit just right. The solution has been just to have blogs I read in bookmark groups that get opened as tabs in Firefox. Over the weekend I migrated all of the sites I …
ODEO
I got an invite to Odeo last night and I have to say it’s pretty slick. As far as tools for finding and subscribing to podcasts it’s the best I’ve seen. Podcasting has always seemed a bit lame to me, perhaps it was just the tools that were available. The audio creation portion still isn’t done yet, this is the …
Radio Kerner (or Wallstreet Squeezebox)
For quite some time now I’ve been pondering two things: 1. What should I do with that old Wallstreet G3 Powerbook? 2. How can I play my digital music on my stereo easily? Until today the answer to item one has been leave it in a bag in the closet until I come up with something better. Item two always …