Boot Camp 1.1.2 beta contains several updates and is intended for all new and previous Boot Camp beta users.
I use Boot Camp to do dual boot between XP and OS X on my macbookpro. I'm glad I have some updated drivers. The biggest upgrade in 1.1.2 is the ability to use two finger scrolling in XP. You would believe how useful that is when you don't have a mouse.
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Get Lonely, The Mountain Goats latest album is available on emusic. I wanted to by the CD but it wasn't available in my local record stores. This will tie me over until I can order the CD from amazon. Have I mentioned lately that I love emusic? You just can't beat reasonably priced DRM free downloads.
Today is the day that the default iCal icon shows the correct date. Celebrate the first ever iCal Day.
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Here's video of a cam that was snuck into a Scientology orientation session.
Best line: "you can leave and never mention scientology again, that is your choice, it would be stupid, but it is your choice. You could also choose to jump off a bridge, or blow your brains out..."
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According to a thread on AVS forum, Comcast plans on beta testing their HD DVR with TiVo software next month! This could just be a rumor but it sounds legit since the Comcast TiVo deal has been in the open for quite some time now.
I'm currently using a 60hour Series 2 Tivo that I purchased in 2002 with Dish Network on a low-def TV, but this might be what I need to switch back to Comcast and go high def.
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MacWorlds Jason Snell has posted a video that shows how easily you can get in and upgrade the RAM and SATA hard drive in your new MacBook. It’s amazing. After removing just 3 screws you have access to everything. Just slide the drive out and your ready to upgrade.
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It's always bugged me that Verzion disabled DUN on there highend EVDO phones. Welll, good news, Verizon has finally given in to customer demands. Now you can connect using USB.
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Kevin Rose is going to re-lauch his internet video series 'the broken.' Kevin will also start a new series that will pick up where the old Screen Savers left off before the show was changed by Comcast.
"This show’s content will be very much along the lines of the old TSS. Hardcore tech demos, and HOWTOs. These downloads will be packed full of information, and maybe even feature some old friends from the past.
I’m still hard at work on TSS. I’ll be on M-F delivering new segments, interviews, and content. Know that this is in no way set out to compete against G4 in any way, rather a continuation of a weekend side project I have been working on since the TechTV days." - Kevin Rose
I first heard the news on Leo Leporte's podcast. The podcast was made at Macworld just after Steve Job's keynote. Patrick, Kevin, Prager, Roger Chang, and Leo were all in the podcast. It was a TSS homecomming of sorts.
Lately it seems that I get more and more multimedia content from the web. Tuesday night I watched all of the Macworld Keynote. That was more important to me than anything on TV that night. Last night I got caught up with my Podcasts.
If you want to see Kevin's project as much as I do, you might want to consider making a donation or buying some merchendise.
For More Information:
Leo's Macworld Podcast
Kevin's Blog Post
High res pics of the old Screen Savers crew:
Download tss_0084.jpg
Download tss_0092.jpg
I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Here's a list of the the thinks I'm looking forward to in the first part of 2005:
-Mac World 2005
-Superbike Racing
-Daytona Beach Bike Week
-Jacksonville Suns Baseball
-AFOQT
-the new Mountain Goats Album
-Spending more time with family and friends
I'm pretty optimistic about '05. Should be a great year!
Ride Red
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I have watched the new G4TSS on G4 TechTV for two weeks. I've tried to keep an open mind, but I've come to the sad conclusion that I can no longer watch the show. I've watched and thoroughly enjoyed the San Francisco version of the show for many years. As a software programmer and IT manager, I watched it to get a daily dose of tech news and hacks packaged together in an entertaining format. It was relaxing to turn on 'The Screen Savers' on my TiVo after a long day in the office. I just don't enjoy watching the new version of the show, and it definitely isn't informative anymore.
So I’ve officially deleted TSS off of my season passes screen in TiVo. The demise of one of my favorite shows has left me wondering if I even need to bother with the television medium. With great free content on the internet like the engadget podcast, Leo Laport's Airchecks and exitframe, who needs television?
I just found out the Chili will not be riding with the PSG-1 team in 2005. In fact Chili is currently unsigned.
Rumor has it that Chili wants to ride a Honda Fireblade in '05. I'm a big fan of the Fireblade, and Chili. I hope we are able to see him next year.
Top level Superbike machinery from no less than six different manufacturers were present at the first official Pirelli tire tests of the off-season, scheduled to take place over three days, from 16 to 18 November.
Ducati, Petronas, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha were all in attendance.
Karl Muggeridge and team-mate Chris Vermeulen represented Ten Kate Honda on the 1000RR.
The PSG-1 team has made a swap to Kawasaki power for 2005, and ran their new two-man riding line up of Chris Walker and Mauro Sanchini on their ZX-10 machines. I'm not sure if Chili will ride on the PSG-1 team not not. More to follow on this for sure.
The highly anticipated teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith will make its theatrical debut with Pixar's The Incredibles in the U.S. and Canada on November 5.
My Star Wars DVD's were just delievered to my house. Amazon shipped them at 2:00 am today, and they arrived just 11 hours later. I'm really looking forward to seeing the first trilogy again. It's been a few years since I watched it.
One of my parents neighbors had their Toyota Land Cruiser
crushed by a fallen Oak tree.
Clark and Olivia had the baby!
Benjamin Kenobi Creamer was born during the night, and weighed in at lb. 9 oz. Mother and baby are doing well, and can be reached at St. Vincent's Hospital in Jacksonville.
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Starwars.com is pleased to announce that Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith is the full title of the next Star Wars film, scheduled for release on May 19, 2005.
"The American author Ray Bradbury has demanded that Michael Moore return the title of his classic novel Fahrenheit 451.
Bradbury, whose science-fiction tome Fahrenheit 451 was published in 1953, blasted Moore, whose politically explosive film Fahrenheit 9/11 opened in North America this weekend, for using the title without permission and asked for an apology and for the film's name to be changed. "It's not a nice thing he has done," Bradbury, 83, said. "My book is known all over the world and that title is my title."
Bradbury said he wanted a public apology from director and author, who published a book last year slamming the Administration of President George Bush.
Moore's representatives did not return calls for comment as his movie opens across North America."
- AFP
Yesterday, June 24, my site recieved 1028 visitors, 12,668 hits and transfered 317 MB. On a normal day does about 150 visitors, 2,000 hits and 20 MB of bandwidth. Most of the hits were for my Camino vs Mac Firefox comparision.
Here are sites that linked to mine to draw the most traffic:
- http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php 414
- http://kevinrose.typepad.com/kr/2004/06/gmail_v30.html 384
- http://mozillazine.org/talkback.html 86
- http://sarahlane.typepad.com/sarahword/2004/06/fun_with_firefo_1... 67
- http://www.osnews.com/comment.php 46
- http://www.tweakers.net/meuktracker/6528 46
- http://aldranix.spymac.net/mozilla/mozilla.htm 32
- http://kevinrose.typepad.com/kr/2004/06/firefox_09_rele.html 25
It looks like a few people posted a link to my comparison on many sites across the net.
Ben Goodger has announced that Firefox 0.9.1 will be out soon. This will be a bugfix point release, mostly fixing Extension Manager bugs. Winstripe (the default theme) will also be updated.
Update: Here is a screenshot of the new version of winstripe that will be in Firefox 0.9.1. This the theme is awesome. I'm really looking forward to the official release of Firefox 0.9.1.
Someone on Ebay is using my pictures of dad's Honda ST 1300.
This is kinda like false advertising. The person on Ebay is trying to pass my father's bike off as his own. The pictures I took of the ST 1300, when his bike was BRAND NEW.
Here's a quote from the guy. "This Bike is in like new pristine condition, and is ready to ride as the pictures will indicate."
That's just wrong.
There's finally a museum deticated to the science fiction genre. The museum is located in Seatle, WA. The museum was founded by Microsoft's Paul Allen.
"SFM’s Advisory Board, comprised of renowned science fiction creators including, among many others, Greg Bear, Ray Bradbury, Octavia Butler, James Cameron, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg, has played a key role in the creation of SFM and will continue to guide it into the future."
More information about SFM is available on their website. I might have to take a vacation to Seatle soon.
A crowd of 9,154 was on hand last night to see Birmingham beat us 18 to 2, or maybe they were just there for dollar beer night. At any rate, a good time was had by all. And, for whatever reason, the fans stayed with the Jacksonville Sun right until the final inning.
I had a great time. It was nice to see Clark, Dave, Gabe, Travis, and Willey again.
The next Suns game I plan on going to is on June 2, 1:05 for the Businessperson Special - $12.50 buys a box seat, large hot dog and large beverage of choice. This is a pretty good deal, but I think it would be pretty fun to skip out on work for a ball game.
This game kicks off a nice 4 day weekend.
The 10.3.4 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther" and is recommended for all users.
Key enhancements include:
-improved file sharing and directory services for Mac (AFP), UNIX (NFS), PPTP, and wireless networks
-improved OpenGL technology and updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers
-improved disc burning and recording functionality
-iPods connected via USB 2.0 are now recognized by iTunes and iSync
-additional FireWire audio and USB device compatibility
-updated Address Book, Mail, Safari 1.2.2 (v125.7), Stickies, and QuickTime applications
-improved compatibility for third party applications
-previous standalone security updates
Safari is now at version 1.2.2 (v125.7).
For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n25764
Update: My 'article' was listed on slashdot.
I've updated to 10.3.4, and I haven't had any problems at all. Mail and Safari seem much faster on my 1 Ghz 12" Powerbook.
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"Unfortunately a fault was found in the engine concerning the cut off sensor which is used for rider safety in the event of the bike falling (once the bike is laid down the engine must cut of automatically within two seconds). The team tested the relevant engine part at the beginning of the season, when the bike was taken for testing after race two it was found to be faulty. For this reason Chris was disqualified costing him valuable championship points.
Chris is now 5th in the ranking of the World Championship with 83 points and Laconi is leading with 120 points."
I was already pretty bummed out that Pierfrancesco Chili blew two engines in race 1, and then wrecked in race two. This was the most disappointed World SuperBike race I've ever watched. It's like an Italian opera.
"Before the desperate disappointment of a double DNF at the previous Monza round, Ducati privateer Pierfrancesco Chili led the world on his 998R-based Ducati machine. Even after two no scores at Monza, he still sits in third place overall, safe in the knowledge that he had an outstanding second place in race one last year. Looking for payback from lady luck, Chili approaches his 40th birthday in June with as much speed and aggression as riders half his age, ensuring his continued popularity to a global audience." - WorldSBK
I'm looking forward to the races at Oschersleben next week.
Star Trek: Deep Space 9, the best Star Trek spin off is now on Spike TV! Be sure and check it out, even if you're not a big fan of the Star Trek franchise. This show is very different (Different in a good way!) than the other Star Trek spin off past present and future.
"Catch the Star Trek: DS9 marathon coming to Spike TV on April 5 from Noon to 9 p.m. (ET/PT) all week long! Then beginning on April 12, watch Star Trek: DS9 every weeknight at 7 p.m. (ET/PT)."
Leo posts on his website:
"It's true, after 10 years TechTV and I have parted company. I have nothing but fond memories of the channel and its people. I'll miss coming into your living room every night more than you can know. For the complete details read my blog entry. If you're a TV network or producer looking for a talented and knowledgable host with a serious track record of success, check my resume and get in touch. Corporate bookings are also welcome. Have IFB, will travel."
Last Week: Leo will no longer host TSS
I will miss his coverage of the mac platform on Call for Help and the Screen Savers, and the fact that he really reminded me of a co-worker (Steve Molumby).
Viacom and Dish have reached an agreement. Now I can watch Viacom stations (MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, etc) on Dish Network again.
http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html
New in 3.4:
* Client no longer complains of connection to tracker problems when transfers are still working
* Lots of bandwidth savings
* Lots of bug fixes
UPDATE: Current version: 3.4.1, released on 2004-03-11. This is a bug fix and performance release. Everyone running large trackers should upgrade and encourage all of their users to upgrade.
TheBroken.org just released the long awaited episode 3. Here's the description: " We kick it off with Windows password hash extraction and cracking. Also learn the basics of modding the Xbox, PS2 and GameCube. Plus, Ramzi’s back with a mission: impossible self-destructing laptop. And we sit down with Kevin Mitnick to find out what life is like for a hacker in prison."
I used the torrent link Earlier.
Click here for my Calendar I exported my calendar to an ICS file from iCal and used PHP iCalendar to view it online.
Until I graduate FSU.
Click here for my new web forum Why? Because I can.
I moved my website to Ready Set Connect formally known as AlteraHosting. This is the same webhost that thebroken.org uses. I descided to move because I wanted to move to a hosting company that uses linux and has all the perl libraries and and modules I want to use already installed.
Also, readysetconnect gives me access to cpanel a web based management console that gives me the ability to modify every aspect of my domain. This rules! Here's all the details.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers greatest hits album has just been released on iTunes.
Looks like a pretty good mix. There are a several great best of albums out there (REM, Green Day, GBV, Counting Crows, Stone Temple Pilots, and Tori Amos). Guess this means I'm getting old
This is a pretty big week. I'm taking my last final this afternoon. I will be 100 % done with this semester on Wednesday, and I'm really looking forward to it. That will bring me up to 105 credit hours, with only 15 to go! I should be graduated August 2004. That's about 6 1/2 years after I started at UNF in January of 1998. I don't feel too bad about that.
I'm going to work real hard this week, and then I'm going to take it easy for the rest of the year.
Mozillazine.org reports:
"Following two release candidates, the 0.4 release of Mozilla Thunderbird is now available. Thunderbird 0.4 features an updated look to Thunderbird's default theme, including a variety of new icons; better OS integration, cut and paste of images on Windows, and a number of bug fixes and other new features."
In the lower right corner you'll see Rowdy, the dog that terrorized my family for 2 days. This is one of those times where I tried to do somebody a favor, and it bit me in the hand. It only took one hour of living with Steve for Rowdy to become pure evil. Joel won't let me forget it.
I'm glad my life provides countless hours of comic entertainment for Joel.
I read and signed an AFI! I also fixed an ASP page for plans. How much better can my life get? I didn't ride my bike in this morning, because I thought I was going to go in front of a promotion board this morning. Looks like its going to happen on Sunday at 1030.
I'm not sure if I'm going to get this promotion, but it’s nice to have the opportunity to go in front of the board. I became eligible for promotion on 15 September 2003. They could have held this promotion board last month, and I would have missed it. We'll see.
Powerbook update: it just arrived the fed ex ramp in Jacksonville, FL.
The waiting paid off: Apple unveils 15-inch PowerBook, updates 17 and 12. Apple just updated their entire powerbook line with DDR memory, 512K L2 cache, and faster processors. I'm so glad I waited.
Video: Steve Jobs - Apple expo 2003 Keynote
Apple - PowerBook G4 12" Specs
My System:
PBG4 12.1/1GHZ/512/60/CMBO/AP/BT/LL
UPDATE: I just upgraded the IPOD to 20 GB.
This was the view from my hotel room.
I had a great time in Palm Coast. I attended the 3.0 (Logistics) Off Site meeting. Basically the 1st, 2nd and 3rd level supervisors all get together semiannually to discuss management issues off site. This allows the management team to spend a lot of "quality" time together in a setting free of the normal distractions of "the office."
I was ready to go because on Tuesday, I had all the distractions I could take!
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This is a pretty prestigious award, and it’s the second time I’ve received it. This time, I was awarded the Air Force Commendation medal for building an ASP website for the Air National Guard Personnel conference.
It’s really nice to be recognized like this, but at the same time I feel pretty guilty about it. I work with some extremely dedicated people that work a lot harder than I do. I get awards and decorations a lot more frequently than they do. I guess the reason why is that everything I do (like web and database apps) are extremely visible. Another thing I have going for me is that I’m a workaholic. I check my ANG email even when I’m not at work. I connect remotely and work from home often. People notice this stuff.
As for the inspection this weekend, it’s really going great. This is because of the all the hard work of my co-workers out there. I hope they get some serious recognition for this one, because they really transformed the Network Control Center (NCC) into something great. I just hope it stays that way, and continues to improve.
This drill weekend with the Air National Guard has been great. Drill weekends sort of feel like family reunions. These people have seen pretty much ever side of me, and we’re really close. A big part of the monthly drill weekend is catching up everything that’s happened in the past month. We talk about work, motorcycles, football, school, and my future career plans. It’s pretty nice. About all else, it’s the reason why I stay in the guard.
Tomorrow is the last day of the September UTA and the UCI inspection. I plan on riding my bike in and staying pretty low key.
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My TiVo is working overtime today. Right now there is an "American Choppers" and "Start Trek: TNG" marathon in progress. American Choppers is ranked higher, so it is recording the eps I've haven't seen in the past month. Next, TiVo records the TNG eps that don't conflict with American Choppers.
This morning I looked for jobs on Monster.com . Looks like I can make 110k if I move to NY. I don't plan on moving until Spring / Summer of 2004, when I finish school at FSU, but it's nice to see what's out there.
I finally got started with my FALL 2003 course work. Looks like a great semester.
Later on today, I'm going on a ride with my brother Scott, and my Dad. Should be fun. Pictures to follow.
Mac Rumor: MAC OS 10.3 Panther should be out in mid October. I wish this OS would just come out so I can buy my first Mac. I've been waiting for 3 months.
I'm off to Oklahoma City next week for ISI. We'll be planning a brand new project. To mark this momentous occasion, I just bought 2 new Italian suits. What's happening to me?
On Monday, I started back with FSU distance learning. I'm registered for 12 hours (4 classes). After this semester I will have 15 hours (5 classes) to go. Graduation is almost here.
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