Monday, May 17, 2004
You forgot your Mac OS X password
You forgot your Mac OS X password: "If you forget your password for your computer, insert the Mac OS X CD and restart your computer while holding down the C key on the keyboard. When the Installer appears, choose Reset Password from the Installer menu and follow the onscreen instructions."
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Eric Weisstein's World of Science
About Eric Weisstein's World of Science
Hosted by wolfram, of "new science" fame.
For example - fundamental constants. I wonder if Britannica points to this site.
Eric Weisstein's World of Science contains budding encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics. This resource has been assembled over more than a decade by internet encyclopedist Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from the internet community.
Eric Weisstein's World of Science is written and maintained by the author as a public service for scientific knowledge and education. Although it is often difficult to find explanations for technical subjects that are both clear and accessible, this web site bridges the gap by placing an interlinked framework of mathematical exposition and illustrative examples at the fingertips of every internet user.
Hosted by wolfram, of "new science" fame.
For example - fundamental constants. I wonder if Britannica points to this site.
Jim Heid's Apple Discussion post deleted: Follow-up
Jim Heid's Mac iLife 04 Site: iTunes, iPod, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand
Although I feel that the censorship level on Apple's Discusson board is excessive, I'm obliged to update this blog with a few points in their favor:
1. In an Apple discussion it was pointed out that Jim's post may have had an "active link" to his book, Apple guidelines prohibit that.
2. My posting complaining about this was "locked" but not removed; it contained an active link to this post.
Apple Deleted My Post, So I'm Publishing It Here: Never Use iPhoto's 'Erase after transfer' Option
Yesterday, I posted a reply on Apple's discussion boards. A user had suffered a trauma: he imported some photos into iPhoto, and had checked the 'Erase camera contents after transfer' box. Alas, for some reason, iPhoto didn't import the photos -- but it did erase the camera's contents. Ouch....
....This morning's email brought notification that my post had been deleted because it was inappropriate. Whatever. It's Apple's sandbox, and Apple can and clearly does set and enforce its own rules.
Although I feel that the censorship level on Apple's Discusson board is excessive, I'm obliged to update this blog with a few points in their favor:
1. In an Apple discussion it was pointed out that Jim's post may have had an "active link" to his book, Apple guidelines prohibit that.
2. My posting complaining about this was "locked" but not removed; it contained an active link to this post.
Saturday, May 15, 2004
Blogger links are no longer permanent -- a VERY bad design decision
Blogger: Dashboard
Blogger was redesigned. As part of the redesign each post can have its own archive page. That's great, except Google made a boneheaded, even ludicrous, mistake.
Persistent URLs used to contain a meaningless identifiers, a long number. That's the right way to do things. The used to look like this:
om/2004_05_01_googlefaughnan_archive.html#108467222968450155
But if you enable the new single post/archive page option, persistent URLs look like this:
http://doctorfaughnan.blogspot.com/2004/03/orton-gillingham-approach-to-teaching.html
The title has become the URL.
If you change the title, the URL changes.
So the URLs are only as persistent as the title. They are no longer truly persistent URLs.
That's one of the biggest design errors I've seen in some time. I can't believe no-one caught it.
Blogger was redesigned. As part of the redesign each post can have its own archive page. That's great, except Google made a boneheaded, even ludicrous, mistake.
Persistent URLs used to contain a meaningless identifiers, a long number. That's the right way to do things. The used to look like this:
om/2004_05_01_googlefaughnan_archive.html#108467222968450155
But if you enable the new single post/archive page option, persistent URLs look like this:
http://doctorfaughnan.blogspot.com/2004/03/orton-gillingham-approach-to-teaching.html
The title has become the URL.
If you change the title, the URL changes.
So the URLs are only as persistent as the title. They are no longer truly persistent URLs.
That's one of the biggest design errors I've seen in some time. I can't believe no-one caught it.
Thursday, May 13, 2004
USB HotSync and Charger Cable for CLIE?
USB HotSync and Charger Cable (PEG-T/TJ/SJ/NR/NX/ TH55 Series) - Proporta If this works with the TJ-27 it would go a long way to compensating for the defects of that device. UK company!
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Diversified Systems Group, Inc. - Media & Services - CD-R/DVD-R - Bulk CD-R/DVD-R - Mitsui
Diversified Systems Group, Inc. - Media & Services - CD-R/DVD-R - Bulk CD-R/DVD-R - Mitsui
Sell "gold" and other longer lived Matsui media.
Sell "gold" and other longer lived Matsui media.
Issue 12 - Which Brands of CD-R Discs are Best for Long-Term Data and Photo Storage?
Issue 12 - Which Brands of CD-R Discs are Best for Long-Term Data and Photo Storage?
Last updated in 2001, but little seems to have changed. There's new interest in longer-lived CD-R so maybe we'll learn more.
Ultimately we need Google to go into the off-site backup business.
6. Typically, Japanese made CD-Rs tend have better quality control, IMO.
Once they move production to Taiwan/Mexico, forget em.
Top Quality Name-Brands, in order of preference:
A. Mitsui Gold CD-R & Kodak Gold Ultima - Phthalocyanine dye + Gold.
B. Kodak Gold Silver+Gold - Phthalocyanine dye + Silver & Gold.
C. Mitsui Silver, Ricoh Platinum - Phthalocyanine dye + Silver.
D. Mitsubishi/Verbatim - Azo + Silver.
E. Taiyo Yuden - Cyanine + Silver.
Last updated in 2001, but little seems to have changed. There's new interest in longer-lived CD-R so maybe we'll learn more.
Ultimately we need Google to go into the off-site backup business.
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