Posts filed under 'The Geek Factor'
So I got a G4 tower given to my by Amy last year when she moved — the HD got toasted, and it was no use to her. I figured that I’d try to recover things off the HD for her at some point. It’s my first Mac, and it’s been sitting here since June.
Fast-forward to today. Searched Craigslist for a firewire HD, e-mailed the dude with my number, and got a call an hour later. Taking taxis to go pick up used stuff probably isn’t the most cost-effective, but it was quick and painless that way, and I got a 120GB Firewire LaCie drive for $60 plus cab fare.
I didn’t get to playing with the Mac right away. My apartment is such that the computers have their own bedroom, and I didn’t summon the will to start moving things around to hook it up until just a little bit ago. Plugged in the HD, a monitor that I had laying around, and… hmm… well, it turns out that I don’t have a single USB keyboard. I guess seeing them everywhere while at work somehow got things confused in my head. So I suppose I’ll have to wait until tomorrow, at least.
Since I also got install media, the plan, I suppose, is to install the OS onto the LaCie and then see if I can access anything on the internal HD to get it back for her… then learn just how all these damned OS X features work. I haven’t regularly used a Mac since System 7, and it’ll probably be quite strange. I don’t expect it to be anything more than a plaything, though perhaps it’ll get me to pay the Jobs tax at some point.
Beyond, that is, the $30 for an Apple keyboard that I’ll probably spend tomorrow.
February 19th, 2007
Well, while reading a restaurant review, I noticed that NYC.com is making their own ads look like the adsense below them. Creative, or stupid… I wonder…
The ads all are pretty well integrated into the design, but I have to wonder about how “confusingly similar” things are there.
January 6th, 2007
I was just toodling around Dice.com tonight, and came across this Ask.com spamfighting position…
How cute…
Summary Description:
This position keeps the Teoma web index database free from spam and other undesirable or offensive content/image.
Analyze web patterns and relationships using specialized tools
Remove spam and undesirable content from the a web /image index.
December 30th, 2006
It’s about time… we’re gonna get a moon base. NASA has announced their intention to build a permanent base on the moon.
It’s been my (probably woefully uninformed) view that by establishing a permanent presence somewhere not only without the gravitational forces of Earth being as strong as they are, but also with a physical place to explore and exploit, is a great thing.
The ISS is a nifty thing for experiments, and for learning about creating long-term vehicular habitation space, but it’s hardly a jumping-off point.
We’ll see how the international community reacts… I wouldn’t be surprised to see outrage from other countries about the audacity we must have to start “colonizing” the moon.
December 5th, 2006
Shandyking wrote up a great step-by-step process to get yourself set up with your own blog on your own domain in about 10 minutes. While I already had the domain, the steps he details are pretty much how I set mine up… and it really is easy.
Why would you want to set up your own blog instead of using a service like Blogger or Wordpress.com? In a word - control. No ads unless *you’re* the one making the money. Be able to customize in all kinds of ways. Have a URL that *you* own, and not someone else.
If you’d like to set up a blog, I highly recommend popping over to Shandyking’s blog setup tutorial.
October 6th, 2006
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