Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed
Condi, can I go to the potty?
Boing Boing: Bush asks Condi if he can go to the bathroom This is unreal. The leader of the U.S., the man we should be looking up to for guidance, has to ask if he can go to the bathroom. This could be a fake, but for some reason, I think it’s for real. We’ll … Continue reading
March of the Penguins
Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | The Fix The penguins went marching on: Not only is bird documentary “March of the Penguins” now officially the highest U.S.-grossing French film of all time (taking the spot formerly held by Luc Besson’s “The Fifth Element”), it has also become a darling of conservative cultural commentators. As the New … Continue reading
Cricket Cola
My brother picked up some Cricket Cola at the local Middle Eastern eatery, and it’s a nice, refreshing drink without any chemically taste (like you get with Snapple). The flavor combination of cola with green tea makes a very good mix.
weblogcron
After some troubleshooting with Anita Holmgren of Tenon, it appears it was the weblogcron on the server that was causing the multiple sh processes which were tying up the cpu. I opened the weblogcron, and there was a lot of junk in there. I’m not sure how all the extraneous stuff got into that file, … Continue reading
Updated to OS X 10.4 with Server
I’ve had successful updates of Tiger on a few client machines, and I just performed a successful update on a machine running Apache, MYSQL, and PHP along with a few apps using the AMP trio and nothing seemed to break. I performed this update since some sh processes have recently been tying up the CPU. … Continue reading
Blogger Down
One of the few times I’ve wanted to use Blogger recently, and I get this message: Down for Maintenance Blogger is temporarily unavailable due to planned maintenance. This downtime will last 1 hour from 3pm – 4pm (PST). Blah! I mean, Google has a zillion servers and they own Blogger. I hope the update really … Continue reading
The Schlub is Gone!
FEMA Director Brown pulled off Katrina relief But he still hasn’t been fired.
Fixed squealing brakes on Bianchi Axis
I used some rough sandpaper to take off the glazed surface on the Koolstop brakepads on the front brakes of my Bianchi Axis, and the brakes stopped squealing.
Michael Brown Resume
TIME.com: How Reliable Is Brown’s Resume? Even his meager resume seems questionable now. Hey if you want to give someone a political sinecure, make him the U.S. ambassador to Latveria (for all you Dr. Doom fans) – don’t make him the head of FEMA.
Hurricane Katrina – Our Experiences
Hurricane Katrina – Our Experiences This section brought tears to my eyes: We also suspect the media will have been inundated with “hero” images of the National Guard, the troops and the police struggling to help the “victims” of the Hurricane. What you will not see, but what we witnessed,were the real heroes and sheroes … Continue reading