technomouse

12:03 am - Tweets for Today

00:20 The big bang theory is a great tv show #

09:58 OH YEAH compiz is working FINALLY #

10:34 i have windows that squidge and wobble and a desktop cube switcher and and and ................ :-) #

09:56 pm - Sleep failure

I have a Mac Book running Mac OS 10.4.11.
Occasionally, it won't wake from sleep - the only way to get it working is to hold down the power button for several seconds, and then re-power it on.
It actually appears that it hasn't gone to sleep properly, as the fans are still running, and the LED on the front that flashes for sleep is dark, rather than flashing. I get the feeling that this happens when I allow the system to put it self to sleep automatically, rather than using the sleep command.
There is nothing in the system logs that appear to explain the cause of the problem.
Has anyone seen this, or is there somewhere else I can look for further information. I've tried searching the apple web site, but the only thing I found was about resetting the SMC (?).

macosx

gigiss

08:32 am - Disc Utility

I ran Disc Utility this morning and found a problem on my boot volume that I would like to fix. I am under the impression, however, that Disc Utility cannot repair a volume that is currently in use as the startup disc (indeed, the "Repair Disc" button was grayed out and unavailable).

I pulled out the rather antiquated Installation CDs that came with my laptop, once upon a time, and they no longer function as Startup CDs. What other possible startup options exist for me to use to boot up this machine so that I can run Disc Utility to repair the volume? Is it possible to download or make a disc image that I can somehow burn to a CD to make a current startup disc?

I have a pair of external hard discs connected to this particular machine, and in the old days of OS 9, I used to install a stripped-down System folder and a folder of disc utilities on such HDs for use as a lifeboat of sorts when problems arose. Is this still a useful tactic with OS X?

Oh: OS 10.4.11 on my venerable PowerBook.

jackal

10:15 am - Sunscreem finally on itunes (and itunes plus)

Finally - all those impossible to get songs (i used to have to import them) are all posted online on iTunes!! woot!

Sunscreem

jackal

09:47 am

jackal

09:20 am - Jackie Warner must die. (cont.)

Jackie Warner has finally gone too far. Not sure if you saw the last episode of Workout but here's what happened. Brian (the only hot guy left on the show) brought in his client to train. Jackie and her office manager were sitting in the office together and they started making fun on Brian's client's breast for being too hard and too perfect and obviously implants.

What Jackie and her office manager didn't know was that the clients boyfriend was standing outside their office and heard the whole thing. He walked into Jackie's office and informs her that his girlfriend is a _breast cancer surviver_.

Jackie in turn has the whole scene edited out for the show, and has her manager take the fall for making the statements.

But the next day, Brian comes into Jackie's office and confronts her with her statements (because according to Brian, whom I believe) it was Jackie who made the statements about this clients' breast being too hard. Jackie refused to talk about it. Brian continued and in turn Jackie fired Brian.

That's it- she's gone too far. She's making fun of a breast cancer surviver. She's 100% in the wrong. And when confronted with this rather than apologizing she _fires Brian_ who was the only hot guy left on the show.

That's it for me and Workout. I hate Jackie Warner. I'm not watching it anymore. They need to give Brian his own show. That would be so much more interesting.

jackal

12:15 am - Twilight

Twilight looks good!

macosx

desert_song

10:43 pm - trouble burning cds...

I'm trying to burn a cd and when I insert the blank cd and click burn it says "disk burner or software not found." I've never had problems burning cds before, can anyone explain to me why this is happening now? I did recently install Leopard, but why would that affect its ability to burn a cd?

Has anybody else experienced this?

macosx

pjammer

07:31 pm - CD/Disk Image

Hi -

I have a macbook air (yay!) and I know I've seen this before but can't for the life of me find it.

There are some programs out there (*cough* games *cough*) that require the CD to be in the tray for the program to launch - obviously, with a Macbook Air, I'm not going to haul around the external DVD-R just to 'prove' I have the CD.

Is there a way to burn the contents of a CD that I legally own to my hard drive and have that 'confirm' that I own the CD to run the programs (games) that require them? THX. :)

Current Mood: curious

macosx

plumosa

05:08 pm - new (to me) powerbook g4

So I just bought a powerbook g4 1.33 off of craigslist and I have a couple of questions:

1) she was a graphic designer and has both CS and CS2. Is there any reason I shouldn't delete the older version?

2) right click. On my imac I was able to set the mouse for right click. there doesn't seem to be an option for this computer. Yes I have googled and I've tried two apps (iscroll and sidetrack) and as far as I can tell, they aren't doing what I want

2a) is there a keyboard command that I can use instead?

3) is there a keyboard command for forward delete? I use it pretty frequently on my imac.


4) average battery life with a) wireless on b) wireless off and watching videos?


umm that's it for now!

thanks so much :)

stinkygoat

09:27 pm - Ludwig van Beethoven's ninth symphony stretched to 24 hours, without pitch distortion.

Exactly what it says on the tin.

muse

10:49 am - near the graffiti wall

A photograph of my life would reveal bursts of frenetic energy, rest like death, and too few spaces for nothing more troubling than reading the newest issue of Nylon, checking out the new prints from Missoni, ferreting out the perfect Diane von Furstenberg wrap-dress at the thrift stores, hitting the gym with the old vim and vigour, and learning how to cook the way I always wanted to (no recipes and a pinch here and there of this and that). Time is my enemy, my forbidden lover. I am continually wanting more of it, and scheming to have my way with it. I would not discard time the next morning in a haze of smeared lipstick, whiskey-breath, and rumpled sheets. I’d at least offer it a cottage on my property, a chance to be my mistress. If things worked out, time could be my number one.

“No time, no time, no time,” is the chant I cry when I race through the streets on the way to one job or leaving the next. I hurry through the laundry, dishes, bed-making, and all the other mundanities that keep life balanced. My feet are a fright of pain. On the bedside table is a stack of books that I got at used bookstores that I desperately want to read. My showers consist of running soap across my body as quickly as I can and shaking the water from my hair. I attain no small pleasure in that humid little chamber, not with the knowledge of greeting the day clean or of the warmth on my skin like a lingering hand. This is the busy time, where I pay off the bills of my past and become responsible. It won’t last forever—this being busy all the time—but it will be worth it. I tell myself that every morning when I rise, too exhausted to muster much enthusiasm. I remind myself of this when I am sitting in traffic or riding the bus, surrounded by people with the film of apathy over their eyes. I won’t be one of them. I won’t!

After it all, Shaun tucks me into bed, exhausted, and clawing at my pillow from sheer fatigue. Some days, I manage four to six hours of sleep; other days, I am lucky enough for eight to ten. The lack of a regular schedule keeps me out of balance. Arizona saw me rising with the sun (around five to six in the morning) and taking my sleep once the sun had set (tenish, unless it was a drinking German Riesling and howling at the moon kind of night). I loved connecting to the natural world by nature’s cycles. In the city, no one cares about when the sun rises or moon sets. No one talks about how precious being rained on and walking in it is. In the desert, rain is like a gift from the heavens. You could watch a thunderstorm roll in for miles, hoping it would reach you because the air was turning your skin to dry scales. Sometimes, the storm would swerve and you’d miss it by a few miles. Other days, the magical, lush desert days, the storm would barrel straight into you, and you’d have fifteen minutes of wet glory.

Then, you’d talk about the music the sky makes with your friends, while remembering desert-magic.

That’s not to say the city doesn’t have its own magic. I’ve fallen in love with the old cemeteries with their ancient Irish crosses, the pierogi joints everywhere, the fashionably dressed scenesters strutting their stuff in Rittenhouse Square, the ability to have a drink or food at any time of the day or night, my favourite radio station ever, the growling busses that take me wherever I need to go, my little windowsill garden, and the promise of going to the best farmer’s market on the Eastern Seaboard. I love the chance of discovery, how near everything is, how many people there are to watch, and public transportation. I hate commutes, lack of time, and how I am not creating art every day. I am capable of so much more. Poems are unfurling around my wrists and arms like tattoo vines. I scribble a few notes and remind myself to return, all while longing for the artistic freedom I once had.

So I burn my Caribbean Therapy candle and wrap myself in the scent of bay leaf, lime, vetiver, and amyris, and remind myself that I am doing the right thing. My bills are being paid, I am making a future, and more importantly, I’ve broken free of whatever cage and bonds that once held me. I go to sleep every night and awaken every morning knowing that I have no regrets. Not a one. Even as I sleep deeply and desperately, I am not filled with dream-turmoil about the paths I could have taken. I did everything the way I should have.

Talullah Jewel

P.S. As a way to test myself, every day for the next month, I am going to post something, whether big or small, just to see what it’s like. There’s so much I want to say, like the hilarious, amazing trip to DC and all I’ve been learning, and of course, the ladies that come into Aveda and teach me as I lay my hands on them and heal, soothe, and listen to their fears and hopes. I am damn grateful for the chance to do it all. Tomorrow, I am making a batch of vegan muffins and regular-type brownies to bring into the store as a way of thanking the ladies who come in for being mothers and for having them. The power of creation is the strength upon which the world was built.

drood

10:16 am - Top Chef

There are some reality-TV competition shows on which I’ve given up (The Apprentice, I’m looking at you), and some in which I never really was interested and therefore never watch (hi there, The Biggest Loser and Beauty and the Geek!). Yet there are some that continue to provide a lot of entertainment. Yes, you, Survivor. (A special P.S. to Cirie: you are awesome.)

And then there’s Top Chef. I like Top Chef. “You do?” its detractors cry. “Why? It’s a cooking show. You can’t taste the food!” Yeah, okay, point taken. I don’t really see any of Project Runway’s fans being able to try on the clothing after each episode, and no one crabs about that. But in the same way that those fans know what silk feels like, what colors are appealing, and how the dress looks when it’s completed, I’m pretty sure that with Top Chef I can remember how beef tastes, how an onion complements it, and how flavors might combine in a completed dish prepared right before my eyes, okay?

So I like Top Chef, although this season is grating on my nerves a little more than others. Until now, Top Chef has stuck to a specific casting strategy that’s worked. They threw together a handful of earnest but anonymous faces, one obvious winner (who wins), a bitter rival (who remains bitter), and some tool whose social skills are so lacking that the other contestants are always screaming at him. Like a bouillabaisse, it’s a classic.

This year, although they’ve still cast an obvious winner (who I bet wins) and several anonymous faces, they’ve upped the number of tools. Aw, who’m I kidding. Everyone in that show is a tool this year. I hate Spike, with a pathetic and ragged fringe of hair around his face that looks worse than a beard on one of those magnetic Wooly Willy toys, and I especially hate his never-ending series of douchebag hats. Yeah, Spike. Douchebag hats. I said it. Just because you found free abandoned headwear trampled down in the urine of some truck stop men’s room doesn’t mean you have to wear it on national TV, okay? I hate his compadre in bro-ness, Andrew, with his beady little eyes, his squealed Whaaaaats? and his constant bad-boy swearing. Dude, you're a cook. Sticking out your tongue while making devil-fingers and saying shit doesn’t make you a rock star.

What I think irritates me most this year is that all the contestants have adopted the same mantra. “My personal philosophy is that I believe in fresh food, prepared simply,” one of them will say. Then the camera will move on to someone else. “I think food should be fresh and prepared simply,” the next will say. Later on there will be an interview with the proto-winner, who dismisses the others and says, “You know what I believe in? Fresh food. Prepared simply.” Then he’ll go on to make a plate of three jellied quail’s eggs with a vanilla-wasabi sauce accompanied by a faux caviar of tapioca pearls served atop hand-dried strips of walrus bacon seasoned with Persian sea salt, the whole dish infused with an applewood-Japanese artichoke vapor and an espresso foam.

Simple, my ass. I think that whole pretense was blown in the water last week when the chefs were asked to prepare a meal for a family of four using no more than ten dollars. Chef Andrew, bro of the earth and man of the people, recoiled as if he’d been asked to unzip and provide one of his own mountain oysters for the meal.

Um, yes, I do like Top Chef. Why do you ask?

technomouse

12:38 pm - A path and a thought for the day

Recently a friend announced as an off hand comment "your not a very good Buddhist" he said this because i still follow some of my old pleasure seeking ways. And he in many ways is correct. Importantly though i view things a little differently , yes i still do seek pleasures and i still like material possessions and i still wish to change my outlook even more than i have already done BUT i have changed and i am continuing to change and the more i read and think about things the more i gain an understanding of myself and my flaws from that point of view. I am happy to say i am flawed because it gives me something to aim for.

Buddhism is something that i feel can help me live a better and more thought out life, and it intrigues me but i am still me and i still have things i wish to change and i still will do things without knowing why or even asking sometimes.

But i do not intend to change my entire life without questioning , and i do not intend to accept any doctrine or way of thinking without testing it and seeing if it can or should be applied.

And in many ways i like seeking new knowledge and tools to help me understand why i am here, So no as yet i am not a very good Buddhist perhaps just a new one.

Current Mood: thoughtful

macosx

tzikeh

08:28 pm - Can iTunes find .mp3s on different drives and put them in my Music folder?

I have music spread out over three different hard drives. I want to consolidate all of my music in a brand-new folder on my brand-new 1TB internal drive, and set that as my default iTunes library folder. Is there a way to tell iTunes to find everything that ends in .mp3 (or .m4p or .aac) on all available hard drives and transfer them to a single folder? Once that's done, do I then clear out my current "library" and tell iTunes to import everything from the new folder? Or is there a simpler way to accomplish what I'm trying to do?

Also, I'm certain that among all of these various folders of music will be folders with the same names - when I encounter something like "A folder named 'Al Green' already exists at this location, do you want to replace it", the only options available to me are "yes" and "no". Is there any way to integrate the two 'Al Green' folders and deal with the duplicate tracks later?

Thank you all in advance.

keith_london

01:10 am - deja vu

"I think we want to keep this going so that the people of West Virginia's voices are heard and their votes are counted! This is a little bit like deja vous all over again. Some in Washington wanted us to end our campaign, and then I won New Hampshire. Then we had huge victories on Super Tuesday, then we won Ohio and Texas and Pennsylvania, and I was never supposed to win Indiana. Well, I am running to be president of all 50 states, and I want to be sure that we count all 50 states." ---- Hillary Clinton

"Me, I like combat. You know, I think the best training for campaigning is campaigning, so I think that as they have campaigned, the support in our country has grown for our Democratic message. Look at, more than a million Democrats voted in Indiana. That was great, and a big, strong vote in North Carolina of Democrats turning out. So this is all very healthy." ------- Nancy Pelosi

Is this a sign of "girl power" or rather "girl solidarity" at long last? Apart from shining the light of truth onto the Chinese regime in relation to Tibet, this is the only intelligent thing I've ever known Pelosi to say.

It really is another attack of those "she must withdraw" deja vus. Why should Clinton withdraw from the race? If it's a race worth winning, then it's worth fighting for. If the Dems didn't have their silly "so fair that it's unfair" rules, Clinton would have sewn up the nomination by now. She has won all the big states (those with the most electoral votes). Those so-called democrats whining for Clinton to drop out don't seem to understand what democracy is all about. They don't want others to have their say! As this commentator put it, "democracy functions because of an active and engaged public". The fact remains: neither candidate has the required number of pledged delegates. Democratic Party requires that a candidate has 2,025 delegate votes before receiving the nomination of the Party. And besides, why the rush to judgement? - "It's not as if Obama's landslide in North Carolina and Clinton's Indiana squeaker sent a flood of superdelegates to the game-ending, presumptive, and indisputably victorious Obama."

Current Mood: determined

technomouse

12:27 am - UPDATE AND HEP FOR UBUNTU PEEEPS

Java as yet doesnt appear to work in Firefox 3 i psent about an hour hacking and using odd term commands etc..........

AND NOT ONE HELP PAGE ...NOT ON told me i could just go back to Firefox 2 DAM IT

SO you can i did and its all good!

NARF

macosx

owenc

10:35 am - Sudden onset DVD mounting problems

I have a problem mounting DVD's that I've burned, though they mounted minutes before.

My drive was working fine - reading a DVD archive I had burned the day before. I closed the files I was looking at (an AVI being read by VLC). When I went to reinsert the disk an hour later (the computer had not been shut
down in the interim and no changes had been made) it would not mount the disk. I tried other DVD's I have burned and they would not mount either.

I then tried a commercial DVD and it mounted and read just fine. CD-R's read just fine. Apple DVD-R's mount fine- perhaps a bit slower than formerly. Other DVD-R's do not mount (Sony brand - which until today have worked fine on this older drive until an hour ago). That suggests to me that dust is not the problem. I've run ONYX and run all the maintenance scripts. Still nothing. I have not messed around with firmware - ever.

Any suggestions what could be the issue? I'm guessing something is fouled up in the system prefs but I can't guess what it would be. Parameter Ram? Not sure what to try next.

Here's my system/hardware specs. Any guidance would by appreciated. Thanks.

iMac1.25 Ghz Power PC G4 with 512 MB DDR SDRAM running OSX 10.4.8

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D

jackal

10:57 am - message(s) of the day: "perfect bear"?

"Message from: XXXXXXEARMX
Mexico DF, Cuernavaca, Mexico
"Hola!, aqui un teddybear, buen amigo.. fuerte de carácter y claro en mis convicciones, buen conocedor de mi mismo y de lo que quiero. Gusto de los os..(***)

wow!.. the perfect bear DO exists!"

What does it mean to be a "perfect bear"? I'm not sure if I want that title.


--

"Message from: XXXXXXDAWG
, AB, Canada
"Regular, masc, quiet no b/s guy. Like other masc, intelligent guys with direction in their life. Enjoy kicking back with buds, good conversation, dinn..(***)

Man you are one incredibly hot fucking bottom, handsome and big beefy red headed man! Virginia is a damn lucky state! "

I agree with that! Hear that Virginia! I should get a tax credit!

deephouse

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