December 2009
39 posts
Disable Journaling on a Mac OS X Volume
Say you’ve got a Mac OS X disk that you need to mount on a computer that is NOT running Mac OS X…Odds are you’re going to need to disable journaling on the volume in question. (Note, this allows you to dual-boot your PPC or Intel Mac into Linux and share the filesystem between the two also.)In Mac OS X, launch Disk Utility (Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility) Select the...
Has it ever occurred to anybody…
Has it ever occurred to anybody what with the inevitable advent of new invasive scanners and what nots in the airports that some terrorist will simply wear a catheter or other urine collection device and say that it’s for medical reasons and then be allowed to bring a copious amount of harmful liquid on-board with them… Or… perhaps a colostomy bag. Or something that looks very similar to a...
Carl Kasell's Final Newscast
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ROTFLMAO: TSA & Airports bring madness & mayhem...
(Photo: Mike Souza) It may to be here’s a downside to media reports of airport mayhem. In Detroit, destination of the flight on which a failed alleged terrorist attack took place on Christmas Day, passengers expect additional security screening and are showing up early. Too early. Early enough that they’re screwing up the entire flight...
How E-Books Will Change Reading And Writing
I found the following story on the NPR iPhone App: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122026529&sc=17&f=1001How E-Books Will Change Reading And Writing by Lynn Neary NPR - December 30, 2009 Ten years ago, few imagined that by decade’s end, people would be reading novels on cell phones. A lot has changed in the book world. “Over the last couple of years,...
My One New Years' Resolution
Its not 2010 yet and already I’m beginning my one New Year’s Resolution.They say the key to keeping one’s New Year’s Resolution is to keep it small, keep it simple, and keep it manageable. So, for 2010 my one singular New Year’s Resolution is no more soft-drinks. No Coke. No Vanilla Coke. And especially no Mountain Dew. My three singular vices when it comes to...
TSA Subpoenas Travel Blogger over the leakage of...
We had just put the kids in the bathtub when Special Agent Robert Flaherty knocked on my front door with a subpoena. He was very polite, and used “sir” a lot, and he said he just wanted a name: Who sent me the security directive? I invited Flaherty to sit down in the living room and introduced him to my cats, who seemed to take a liking to him. The kids came by to say hello, too. “A...
Untitled
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My notes on getting Webmin installed on virgin...
Getting Webmin Installed on new Servers Webmin is my favorite admin tool for *NIX in general. Not because I don’t know the commands (I’ve been working with *NIX since before 1993) but because it provides the same interface across all flavors. When your brain is a mish-mash of HP/UX, Solaris, AIX, (RPM or Debian) Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBDS, Mac OS X things can get a bit...
This TSA Blog comment pretty much sums things up:
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HYPERSPACE!
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My Contact Info
My Contact InformationI don’t have much of anything to hide so if you’re a friend or family trying to get in contact with me I present this to you for your benefit. Ain’t Google great?! (If you’re a foe or debt-collector then go frak yourself.) Service Notes Email: george@ellenburg.org ENUM: +882 9999 357779 PSTN: +1 678 6811528 ATL...
Want to provide an easy way for your followers to...
Just create a special Twitter “status” URL like so: http://twitter.com/home?status=Put+whatever+you+want+here+and+when+your+users+click+on+this+link+their+twitter+will+auto+populate+a+tweet+ready+to+be+sent. Go ahead, click on it. You’ll see that your Twitter status input box has been pre-populated! (you may need to login first.) If you want to get more fancy, then make sure...
This is why we have leash laws:
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Don't send Command-Tab, etc. in ARD and screen...
This email was sent to you by George Ellenburg at george@ellenburg.org because they thought you might be interested in this article from http://www.macosxhints.com. This is not SPAM and the email addresses involved in this transaction were not saved to a list or stored for later use. George Ellenburg wrote: π...
The NPR Android App: A Bazaar Beginning - Inside...
By Demian Perry Earlier this week, when our Washington office was closed and buried under two feet of snow, we compiled and released our first Android app to the Market, Android’s version of the iTunes app store. Within seconds, the app was live to the world. There was no lengthy approval process, no request that the app more closely conform to the UI...
The "Making Of" that fantastic University One-Take...
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Vitriol & Hatred can't sustain Talk Radio
Citadel Broadcasting files for bankruptcyBy Catherine Tymkiw, producerDecember 20, 2009: 2:15 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Citadel Broadcasting Co., the third-largest radio group in the United States, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday. The company, which has stations in 25 states, listed liabilities of more than $1 billion on assets of between $500 million and $1 billion, according...
Lassiter High School Guidance Counselor Charged...
Travis Maurer COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A Cobb County high school counselor was arrested after a student reported that she was inappropriately touched. Cobb County Police Spokesperson Joseph Hernandez said that Frank Robinson, 45, of Lithonia Springs was arrested and charges with Sexual Battery. Robinson is employed at Lassiter High School as a counselor. Police said that...
Easily View Hidden Facebook Photo Albums |...
In a previous post, I noted that Facebook had removed access to photo albums for any user not your friend. Soon after Facebook rolled out new privacy controls, some users noticed that they could view anyone’s photo albums marked visible to “everyone,” most notably a few from Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg. Soon after those reports, however, it appeared that the albums were no longer...
Our Universe
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A special note from Wasilla
Dear George, Mavericks don’t write their own bestsellers. So when she’s busy going rogue, who ghostwrites Sarah Palin’s holiday letter? You, that’s who — check out our Sarah Palin holiday letter generator: We’ve made it easy: fill in the parts of speech, and voilà, a letter from Sarah you can send to your friends. And since we’re in the...
Speak up to save the Internet.
Dear Friend, Think you should have the freedom to decide for yourself which websites you can visit or what Internet content you can access? That is the principle behind network neutrality, which is currently under attack by big telecommunications companies who want to be able to control access to the Internet. “Net neutrality” provides a level playing field — good ideas can...
My thoughts on "Caprica"
I’m a huge Battlestar Galactica fan. Had the chance to watch the pilot episode of Caprica last night on Hulu. First impressions: I like it, but hope the religious undertones aren’t too heavy throughout the series or it’s going to get real old on me real fast. Esai Morales looks so much like Edward James Olmos it’s funny. Great, great casting. Eric Stoltz was fantastic...
One of these days this backup will finish…
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Making The High Orbit Holiday Special | Matthew...
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The Truth about Republicans (by George Carlin)
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The Exchange from NPR Listens
The Exchange from NPR Listens | December 2009 Hello, George!You’re reading The Exchange, our quarterly newsletter for NPR Listens panelists. Research updateso What do panelists think of All Things Considered on weekends vs. weekdays? We recently surveyed a group of panelists to find out how they listen to All Things Considered on weekends vs. weekdays. We also wanted to learn how much...
Constitutional Chicanery
Where in the Constitution, sir, do you see it authorized that Congress can be involved with “health care,” or fund “health care”? I am asking here about the Constitution, not any court rulings. Thank you.This was the content, in its entirety, of an email I received last night from John Lofton, editor of TheAmericanView.com, a friend and supporter of Constitutional Party...
Say Your Prayers
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7 Ways to Watch TV Online For Free
7 Ways to Watch TV Online For Free 20 Comments Post by David Pierce. Find me on Twitter. I’m a senior in college, and for the first time since I was about 6, I don’t have cable TV. Who knows why: some combination of cheapness, laziness, and some subconscious desire to actually do productive things sometimes. If you know me, you know that’s a bit of a problem: I have approximately 59...
An important voice in this Health Care Debate...
Health care is already rationed and socialized. We have an unacknowledged disparity between insatiable demand for health care and a capability that cannot meet it. We now find health care rationed on the basis of who will receive care, not on what care will be provided. Rationing does not apply to emergency care. The unemployed laborer severely injured in a car crash or the farmer who collapses...
FIFA World Cup
Hey — I just heard something pretty incredible. As of today, more than 250,000 people have signed the petition supporting our bid to host the FIFA World Cup™ in 2018 or 2022. That’s a quarter million people showing that Americans are just as crazy about soccer as fans anywhere else. And we reached this mark in just three months! But we can’t let up now. A...
Workplace Rules
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Why would any musician sign with a record label...
I got something in the mail last week I’d been wanting for years: a Too Much Joy royalty statement from Warner Brothers that finally included our digital earnings. Though our catalog has been out of print physically since the late-1990s, the three albums we released on Giant/WB have been available digitally for about five years. Yet the royalty statements I received every six months kept...
CLEAR is back up
Amazing, Less than 45 minutes after reporting a tower problem, things have magically started working again. CLEAR Internet, please take note — when your service works, it works great. But, this is 3x now I’ve had problems with this one specific tower in midtown Atlanta (since August). Not too terribly bad, but here’s the frustrating part: When your service goes down (and I work in...
CLEAR Internet's Customer Support leaves a LOT to...
As much as I love CLEAR Internet service, their technical & customer support leaves an awful lot to be desired. Dear CLEAR – if you want to be taken seriously, you need to really reconsider your support options. As a customer, I should not be forced to wait to report a problem with your infrastructure. Also, you seriously need to empower your reps to have the authority and tools to actually...
HOW PUMPKIN PIES ARE MADE
From: Grubbs, Laura G. Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:48 AM To: Ellenburg, George Subject: HOW PUMPKIN PIES ARE MADE How pumpkin pies are made Happy Thanksgiving!! Happy ...