Monthly Archives: October 2009
Just installed Windows 7 on a …
Just installed Windows 7 on a $119 E8400/Gigabyte Mobo combo from Fry’s. Install was very fast and smooth on a 1.5TB drive. It’s for me mum.
The Warning and Brooksley Born on Frontline
The amount of dollars and intangibility of credit default swaps and derivatives make my head swim. This Frontline episode is a compelling story of how Brooksley Born tried to warn about the dangers of unregulated hidden markets back in 1998. Politically, she ultimately lost to the triumvirate of Alan Greenspan, Robert Rubin, and Larry Summers, … Continue reading
iPod 3.1.2 update corrects iTu…
iPod 3.1.2 update corrects iTunes software crash when clicking on Podcasts tab for my 2G iPod Touch which occurred after the 3.0 update.
Mac mini with Snow Leopard Ser…
Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server looks like a nice turnkey solution for $999. http://www.apple.com/macmini/server/
Talked to E about the history …
Talked to E about the history of the 88 mm Flak Cannon after we used to them beat back the Allies in a COH coop skirmish.
200+ for AAPL after hours. Hop…
200+ for AAPL after hours. Hope the Apple tablet leads to more revenue streams.
…known as Balloon Boy the re…
…known as Balloon Boy the rest of his life. That’s not something you want to tell a girl on the first date. http://tinyurl.com/yfc6jle
My parents said a Nobel Prize …
My parents said a Nobel Prize winner attends their senior center. The new issue of the MV voice has his story: http://tinyurl.com/yknk9cj
@LanceUlanoff I’d go with 64-b…
@LanceUlanoff I’d go with 64-bit – then you can open a lot more apps without hitting the 4Gb memory limit with 32-bit.
gdocbackup seems to work as my…
gdocbackup seems to work as my new backup program for Google Docs. GDD was having erros creating the interface. http://tinyurl.com/mu2qqg