Blog posts

1. Gravitation

   Snagged a new print for the new office, framed, 41" x 31".

   

   Posted on Blog over 21 years agoon August 16, 2005 - 8:30 PM and archived here at /blog/2005/2005-08-16-gravitation/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/blog/2005/2005-08-16-gravitation/ in the Blog collection in both HTML and markdown.

2. Sitting in a room

   A handful of people that visit have never actually been over (irl), so uh, yeah.

   I’m working on an Automator action that replaces my old screenshot + thumbnail + upload + clipboard copy script. It works great in automator but when you save it as an app the dynamic actions that rename the file based on the date and time seems to get skipped. I’m an Automator newb, still looking into it.

   Posted on Blog over 21 years agoon August 12, 2005 - 5:04 AM and archived here at /blog/2005/2005-08-11-sitting-in-a-room/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/blog/2005/2005-08-11-sitting-in-a-room/ in the Blog collection in both HTML and markdown.

3. RIP

   If you are anything like me, you are always in search of a better live cd in case of emergencies. Try RIP

   Hardware-RAID support: Check
   2.6 kernel: Check
   Shitload of handy utils like chntpw: Check

   Posted on Blog over 21 years agoon August 10, 2005 - 5:54 PM and archived here at /blog/2005/2005-08-10-rip/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/blog/2005/2005-08-10-rip/ in the Blog collection in both HTML and markdown.

4. Powerbook Burnout

   Dear Customer

   We have received your request for a repair. The shipping box and return instructions for your product should arrive within two business days.

   Check your repair status at http://www.apple.com/support/selfservice/status

   Sign In - Appleapple.com (opens in a new tab)

   Apple

   

   I’ve managed to burn out the logic board. I bought it in November 0f 03. It’s been on nearly the entire time since. A few months back my normal 20 day uptimes were reducing to days interrupted by crashes and black screens. After a crash last week it was extremely sluggish. I checked how much ram was detected - 256MB, just the stock stick.

   I immediately assumed the ram had died and had a 1GB stick over nighted to my office. I put it in the bottom slot, the 256 back in the top slot (they are stacked) and booted to find that it didn’t detect the brand new Crucial ram. Even more strange is that the Apple boot chime did not chime. It booted silently. I put the 256 in the bottom and left out the 1GB and booted. BOOP BOOP BOOP < - leave it to Apple to have a pleasant post-error beep, nice and low, not shrill at all. I [researched, googled, and read up on the boops. Three boops indicates a bad memory bank. That sounded right to me considering the testing I’d already done.

   Last night I called Apple support, explained to Josh (one of many I assume) what I’d done to test and isolate the problem. He said something to the effect of “you’ve done everything I would have had you do, lets set up a warranty repair service under your AppleCare Protection Plan.” Good answer. A DHL box should be at my office today or tomorrow, I’ll send it in over the weekend and have it back next week with a new motherboard logicgboard and hopefully have a stable machine once again.

   Oh, and my iPod is broken too. I know rite? :woz:

   

   Posted on Blog over 21 years agoon August 10, 2005 - 3:02 PM and archived here at /blog/2005/2005-08-10-powerbook-burnout/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/blog/2005/2005-08-10-powerbook-burnout/ in the Blog collection in both HTML and markdown.

5. Dense reading

   
   I’m on the homestretch to complete Words and Music: a history of pop in the shape of a city by Paul Morley.

   I’m checking out Words and Music because of the sampled readings in dj food’s Raiding the 20th Century expansion (previously on jb). I just deleted a few lines describing it, started over, and repeated. It is one part history of the 20th century, part Connections for art and music geeks (hope you know your -isms), and part editorial poetry. It is hard to describe.

   I’m making slower progress on House of Leaves consequently. but it is refreshing to read a novel, strange as it is.

   Posted on Blog over 21 years agoon August 08, 2005 - 5:47 AM and archived here at /blog/2005/2005-08-07-dense-reading/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/blog/2005/2005-08-07-dense-reading/ in the Blog collection in both HTML and markdown.

6. Why I no longer argue philosophy

   The Australian Atheist Society vs. Phillip Adams.

   It reminds me of when I was 19 and would try to get theists to concede that God didn’t exist based on my own arbitrary and equally worthless definition of “God” as an all-knowning, omnipotent, loving being. I now side with Adams.

   Some people just need to get called assholes by friends to see that they are assholes.

   Posted on Blog over 21 years agoon August 02, 2005 - 11:21 PM and archived here at /blog/2005/2005-08-02-why-i-no-longer-argue-philosophy/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/blog/2005/2005-08-02-why-i-no-longer-argue-philosophy/ in the Blog collection in both HTML and markdown.

7. Loose Screws

   Via Mind Hacks - Psychology Today: The Loose Screw Awards.

   Posted on Blog over 21 years agoon July 27, 2005 - 11:42 PM and archived here at /blog/2005/2005-07-27-loose-screws/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/blog/2005/2005-07-27-loose-screws/ in the Blog collection in both HTML and markdown.

8. Strange Angel

   Curse you, Amazon one-click used book purchases!

   I just finished the boingboing-recommended Strange Angel. Get in line to borrow my copy or go buy your own - the story of the life of a pioneer in rocket science, devout Alleister Crowely follower, founder of what became the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and victim of L Ron Hubbard’s pre-scientology swindles is nearly beyond words.

   Now on to the next damned Amazon $4 like-new purchase: House of Leaves, this time on a recommendation from some stranger on the Primer forums (go see that movie). Just flipping through, these aren’t Vonnegut drawing * assholes every once in a while wierd, this is blank pages, blocks of 18pt serif in the middle of mirror reverse italic 10pt serif text followed by pages with single words off-center, color frequently used, diagonal sections followed by 30 pages of Courier with no margins. I just hope it’s not all gimmick.

   Posted on Blog over 21 years agoon July 27, 2005 - 3:46 AM and archived here at /blog/2005/2005-07-26-strange-angel/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/blog/2005/2005-07-26-strange-angel/ in the Blog collection in both HTML and markdown.

9. STS-114

   And the shuttle is back in the air, er space. Wikipedia as usual has very good and through coverage. Very good. And thorough.

   It’s been a while.

   Posted on Blog over 21 years agoon July 26, 2005 - 6:17 PM and archived here at /blog/2005/2005-07-26-sts-114/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/blog/2005/2005-07-26-sts-114/ in the Blog collection in both HTML and markdown.

10. Feynman

    I’m 5/6 of the way through the audio-book of Mr. Feynman’s second book, What do you Care what other People Think, which is very touching and I highly recommend you borrow from me. So I was reading up on him and stumbled upon a speech he gave at Caltech where he used to teach. Dig.

    Posted on Blog over 21 years agoon July 22, 2005 - 4:24 AM and archived here at /blog/2005/2005-07-21-feynman/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/blog/2005/2005-07-21-feynman/ in the Blog collection in both HTML and markdown.