Monthly Archives: November 2005
1Gb to 3Gb Ram increase for WebStar/Lasso on OS X
I added 2 1Gb sticks to our 1.8 Ghz PowerMac today in order to take care of the memory needs of Lasso since when Lasso was using a lot of memory, only a few megabytes of free RAM were available to the OS. The nice side-effect of this extra RAM is that WebStar and WebStar … Continue reading
Sony Style video made with 3ds max
Simply CG Network :: View topic – Sony Product Transformations *FINAL ANIM ON PAGE 3 Great modeling and animation with 3ds max.
Telling quote about violence in France
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Violence exposes France’s weaknesses There is of course a huge well of fury and resentment among the children of North African and African immigrants in the suburbs of French cities. The suburbs have been woefully ignored for 30 years. Violence there is regular and unexceptionable. Even on a … Continue reading
USB boot for Macintosh
I hope once the Macintosh moves over to the Intel platform that one will be able to boot from a USB drive. USB 2.0 is fast at 480 Mb/Sec, and USB enclosures are usually less expensive and easier to find than Firewire drives. I guess we’ll see what happens in 2006.
Filemaker Server 5.5 auto startup on OS X
A script is needed for Filemaker Server 5.5 auto startup. Although this link gets you there, it starts up FM Server with root as the user so that FM Server config can’t access FM Server: FM Server 5.5 startup script To remedy this situation, in the FMPServer file, replace the code with this: #!/bin/sh . … Continue reading
ABC News: Silicon Insider: Forbes Fumbles the Blogosphere
ABC News: Silicon Insider: Forbes Fumbles the Blogosphere So my question is how big money is going to be made through blogs. I’ve always loved using a computer to keep a personal log back to my Kaypro II days, and I love Blogger and WordPress, but where’s the money going to be coming from? Malone … Continue reading
Schwarzenegger Street
Schwarzenegger Street This is hilarious. Whatever happened to Richard Chavez from Predator and the War of the Worlds TV Series? I mention this since that War of the Worlds series was seriously scary and the 1st season DVD just came out. I mean, dead Martians coming back to life from sealed drums stored throughout the … Continue reading
Bike commuting in the dark
Daylight savings time is over, and it’s dark now when I bike home to work. I was ready to go tonight with my NiteRider light out front, and two blinking red lights in the back. One of the red lights is on my seatbag, and the other one is on my backpack. The reason I … Continue reading
Tinker doing RAAM
Wow, Tinker Juarez training for RAAM. I guess Lance has raced mountain bikes… MTB news and notes: Downhill; the Next Generation; Tinker keeps on tickin’ Tinker hits the road With the disintegration of the Siemens/Cannondale professional mountain bike team at the end of 2005, 44-year old American mountain bike legend David “Tinker” Juarez will continue … Continue reading
iBook memory removal
The iBook had a crash again last night, so I removed the 1 GB SODIMM from it, and it seems to be working fine now on 256 Mb of memory. Since I really don’t stress out the iBook with a lot of apps, I’ll probably leave the memory configuration alone or add 256 Mb at … Continue reading