This Slashdot posting has a link to a cube house someone built at their work for the holidays.

The comments on Slashdot are pretty funny.

Slashdot | Cube House

These two errors are hitting every two minute on Yoda and Gandalf, filling up the Event Application Log:

Source: PCAnywhere

The description for Event ID ( 2001 ) in Source ( pcAnywhere ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following information is part of the event: The event log file is corrupt..

Source: PerfLib

The Open Procedure for service “pcAnywhere” in DLL “D:\Program Files\Symantec\pcAnywhere\PcaPerfCtrs.dll” failed. Performance data for this service will not be available. Status code returned is data DWORD 0.

Suggestion to turn off Perf

http://www.netadmintools.com/art308.html

Document from Symantec

After doing that, new warnings came up as described here:

267831 – Event ID 2003 Warning Message Logged When Loading Performance Counters

Tip about restarting Apache on OS X….

About the Apache Web Server

Needed to have http.config changes become effective.

Do this:

[mac:~] root# apachectl stop

/usr/sbin/apachectl stop: httpd stopped

[mac:~] root# apachectl start

Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users

Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/Cashel.conf

Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/mcc.conf

Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/ted.conf

/usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd started

[mac:~] root#

The iPod is more popular than ever with the release of Windows iTunes. This announcement from Toshiba is amazing: “Additionally, Toshiba said it is also considering production of 1-inch drives. Such drives are small enough to be encased in a CompactFlash card form factor.”

I was thinking about cell phones, palm pilots, GPS, and wallets (credit cards, money, photos, i.d.s) Surely it will all converge into a single thing and that thing could be an iPod. Apple has built a method of keeping large data files easily updated on your “thing”. That includes music and photos. (People carry photos in their wallets.)

They’ve got address and calendar info updating via iSync like a Palm. How hard can it be to stick a phone and some GPS in there?

None of this bodes well for checks, but my Apple stock should go up.

Random Image Rotation: A List Apart

Create a folder full of images and include the php script above in the folder and you get random rotating images. (Hit the refresh button and the picture below will change.) Now if I can figure out how to make them links that pop up larger versions of the images…

I chose a bunch of photos and exported them with iPhoto using a constraint of 300 x 300 max. In that way all random photos are the same size by either width or height.

Amazon has announced a new search capability… inside books! The results of my search for “snowdens of yesteryear”…

This tip explains how to get rid of the Image Toolbar that pops up over graphics in IE 6 by default. This can be a confusing feature when a customer sees a toolbar float over a product image.

Disabling the Image Toolbar in IE 6 for Your Site (thesitewizard.com)

Use mac-oriented ditto instead of cp.

ditto = copy files and directories

ls = list directory

cd = change directory

store shell scripts in ~/bin

set a script to be executable with +x

chmod +x ~/bin/backup.sh

Merlin is an IBM Netfinity 3000 Type 8476-31U SN 23FK107.

Two SCSI Drives (0) and (1) are in the back bays 5 and 6.

Target bay 2 for third drive.

IBM 10/100 Ethernet PCI Adapter 100Base-TX, 10 Base T.

Used Ctrl A at boot up to access Adaptec SCSI Select Utility.

Available IDs: 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15.

7 is taken by AHA-2940 Ultra/Ultra W controller.

8 – 15 are external SCSI.

IBM 9.1GB Wide Ultra SCSI HDD

Jumper settings

1 spare (50 pin) ID BIT 3 (for wide) – open

2 id for bit 2 – open

3 id for bit 1 – closed (to set SCSI 2)

4 id bit for 0 – open

5 enable auto spin – closed

6 SCSI Term on – open (not at end of chain)

7 Disable Unit Attn – open

8 TI Sync Negro – Open

9 Auto Start Delay – open

10 Delay Start 6/12 – open

11 Disable Parity – open

12 LED out – open

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