Blogging from iphone
July 22nd, 2008Here’s a test post using the wordpress app on the iPhone. Seems to work well. I bet this post is lame.
Guest spot on The DVD Marquee
July 22nd, 2008Just a heads up, in case you give a damn. I’ve occasionally been guesting on a podcast named “The DVD Marquee” with Jeff Rosado. Last night we hammered out a scheduled 30-minute-but-really-1.5-hour-broadcast on The Dark Knight.
If inclined to listen to the discussion, you can catch it here. We talk pretty much at length about the production including the script’s themes, the acting and everything else relevant to a film.
Hope you enjoy it!
Java update begs you to install OpenOffice
July 16th, 2008I was just installing the latest Java update on my Windows VM and noticed that it was pushing me to install OpenOffice. Not only did it offer to do this for me, it checked the box by default.
I unchecked it, then while receiving the Java update I was fed an ad on why OpenOffice is good.
The press would be eviscerating Microsoft for doing this in an update - why aren’t we saying anything to Sun? Is it because they’re “not evil” in some respect?
Whatever.
Resolving Parallels barf on XP SP3
July 16th, 2008This may work for Vista SP1 also, but it may not. I just know that it solved my Windows XP SP3 issue.
On my Mac Pro at home, I have a 100gb partition set up for dual-booting Windows XP with Boot Camp. I also have Parallels set up to use this BC partition in a VM.
While in the native Boot Camp install of Parallels, I installed SP3 for Windows XP (after updating to Boot Camp 2.1, this is IMPORTANT as it updates the drivers on your machine). Fortunately, my machine survived just fine, so I moved back into OS X.
In OS X though, I wasn’t so lucky. The machine got into a reboot loop with the error message AUTOCHK NOT FOUND. Suck.
The solution is to open Parallels…
1. Select your Boot Camp VM
2. Edit –> Virtual Machine
3. Go to the hard disk listed in your VM.
4. Click “advanced”
5. Click “Clear” to clear the hard drive information on your BC install.
6. Start your VM.
7. Notice it boots fine. Yay!
8. REINSTALL PARALLELS TOOLS.
9. Reboot again.
10. All should be well!
Hope this helps.
Flash: America too Immature to Deal with a Black President
July 14th, 2008Today I ran across this post on CNN:
McLaughlin takes heat for ‘Oreo’ comment
Add this to the mounting evidence that even America’s own blacks can’t entirely stand the thought of Obama leading this nation; even they get racial (see the Rev. Jesse James’ off-the-cuff remarks when he thought he was muted).
It seems like ever since Mrs. Clinton dropped out of the presidential bid, the racial claws have come out from every corner. It’s like someone turned a spotlight on Obama and shouted, “OH MY GOD HE’S FUCKING BLACK! WHAT DO WE DO NOW!?!?”
Yeah. What do you do now? You ELECT HIM and treat him like a human being, you idiots! Why is his race even being discussed!?
I’ll tell you why. Because we’re still far too immature to accept the idea that someone other than an old white guy wearing a suit and tie can lead this country. Sad. He’s a human being and part of the human race. Who cares what the color of his skin is?
Grow up, you bunch of fucking tards.
Apple App Store is open
July 10th, 2008Don’t Hate Doom III, It Stacked Paper to the Ceiling
July 9th, 2008Don’t Hate Doom III, It Stacked Paper to the Ceiling: “Some people don’t like id Software’s Doom III, saying, yeah, that game just isn’t very good. Company CEO Todd Hollenshead has a message for those people: ‘I get this occasionally — why don’t I think Doom III was successful? We sold over three million units! It’s the most successful game in id’s history.’”
(Via Digg.)
Maybe you could compare this to Windows Vista. Yeah, it’s sold umpteen millions of units, but I don’t know anyone who really, really likes Vista. Nor do I know anyone that kept it if they had a choice. There are those who kept it that do NOT have a choice, but they don’t count in this discussion.
Microsoft on Vista: ‘The time of worry is over.’
July 9th, 2008I can hardly wait to see what comes of this:
Microsoft on Vista: ‘The time of worry is over.’: “Microsoft wants its partners and customers to know that it’s done letting its competitors and critics walk all over Windows Vista.
‘We know our story is very different from what our competitors want us to think,’ Brad Brooks, Corporate Vice President of Windows Consumer Product, told attendees of Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston during a keynote address on July 8. ‘Today we are drawing a line and are going to start telling the real story’ about Vista.”
(Via ActiveWin.com Headlines.)
Bad lingo
July 9th, 2008Here’s a true sign that use of the term “beta” to label software has warped its true meaning:
Because you have to
July 8th, 2008I’m having a really hard time letting go of the dream. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to let go.
you know the dream of which I speak