Yesterday, I decided I’d install Apple’s newest version of Mac OS X « Tiger » on an external drive for testing. So I boot on the Tiger DVD, and while I’m there, I decide to run « DiskUtility » on the internal drive of the iMac G5. A little preventive maintenance never hurts, right? Apple’s Disk Utiilty found a…
Catégorie : Geekiness
IE Win & WordPress
I’m writing this on a crappy Compaq laptop running Windows 98 (and that is as loud as a hair-dryer). In a typical bit of Web-narcissism, I connected to my site, and then to sknoblog, only to discover that sknoblog is quite broken under MS Internet Explorer 5.5! The header is screwed-up, and the sidebar with…
Recovering from open surgery
As you know if you’ve somehow stumbled onto « sknoblog », I recently got a 20″ iMac. It’s a beautiful machine, with an absolutely stunning display. Unfortunately, so far, I’ve used it mainly to do some software localization work that requires the use of Virtual PC. Needless to say, the CPU has been going full blast and…
Tired
Just back from a week in Los Angeles, California (what a fucked-up place, but that’s a story for later when jet-lag will have worn off a little, or maybe the subject of a few new future songs?). Anyway, even though I’ve shut down commenting on sknoblog due to comment spam (see previous posts on the…
iMac, The Final Chapter
It finally arrived today. I am so happy. 🙂 🙂
iMac Countdown, not Norway
It’s actually in the suburbs of Paris. Yay! Depart Terminal ALFORTVILLE, 94, FR 17 Feb 2005 08:00 Out For Delivery ALFORTVILLE, 94, FR 17 Feb 2005 08:11
iMac Countdown, detour
In yesterday’s episode, the iMac had left Luxembourg, which, for you non-Europeans out there, has borders with France which is the iMac’s final destination. So imagine my distress when this morning, I see that my iMac transited through Holland / The Netherlands, which, for you non-Europeans out there, does NOT have borders with France… Next…
iMac Countdown
Shipment Picked Up SHANGHAI, SH, CN 11 Feb 2005 18:00 Shipment Picked Up (CNSHA02) 12 Feb 2005 08:06 Depart Terminal (CNSHA02) 13 Feb 2005 15:00 Arrive Terminal LUXEMBOURG, LU, LU 15 Feb 2005 11:13 Depart Terminal LUXEMBOURG, LU, LU 15 Feb 2005 12:26
Under attack
The first thing you experience when you bring a weblog online, is that you are literally bombarded by what is known as « comment spam ». Most weblog packages allow readers to comment on posts. Comment spam consists in (automatically) posting dozens, if not hundreds of bogus comments for each article you post on your weblog. The…
Cranky Frog
Don’t feel like writing much these days. Probably on a downer after all the excitement with La pêche à la baleine… Most of all, I’m waiting to receive a brand new 20″ iMac G5. The wait has been excruciatingly long because I’m getting a special deal through connections (don’t ask for details, and no, I…