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Okay, maybe not: Recurring Macbook Air Sleep Problems: I had previously posted about how setting a startup disk seemed to prevent a recurring problem with my MacBook Air being unable to wake up from sleep. I didn’t understand why it would work, but it appeared to. Looks like that was premature, as the problem has occurred twice the last two days, and the startup disk is still set. Back to the drawing board.; posted @ Tuesday, January 31, 2012 4:50 PM | Feedback (0)

Guilty Musical Pleasure : Colbie Caillat – Fallin’ for You: I like Colbie Caillat’s music. There I’ve said it. I realize that I’m not her target demographic. I also realize this is somewhat disturbing, if not downright creepy. But dammit, I can’t help it. There is a particular cognitive dissonance when the shuffle play on my Zune pairs this with, say, King Crimson, but what can you do. I've been spending all my..time Just thinking about ya I don't know what to do I think I'm fallin' for you I've been waiting all my.. life...; posted @ Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:47 PM | Feedback (0)

Repost: Fix MacBook Air Sleep Problem: I’ve posted previously about problems that I’ve had with my MacBook Air 13” (2011 edition). An additional one that crept up was its maddeningly random inability to wake from sleep. I typically take it to a client site everyday (or elsewhere when I’m travelling) and put it to sleep for the commute each way, and on too many numerous occasions, it failed to wake up, requiring a full power cycle, and then hope I remembered to save everything before it slept. This post details a fix that, after a week or so, appears to have resolved the...; posted @ Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:27 PM | Feedback (0)

Repost: Comments Commentary: Via John Gruber at DaringFireball, Matt Gemmell has a post that describes the pros and cons of allowing comments on a website. I’ve long been of the view that you really should have (moderated) comments if you want to say that you have a blog. Of course, given that Gruber doesn’t allow comments, I’d then have to figure out what DaringFireball is, if not a blog, and if that’s a difference that makes a difference. In any event, none of the comments in the linked post favors the Rob Conery patented “turn on comments until you start getting...; posted @ Monday, January 09, 2012 11:03 PM | Feedback (0)

Jesus does not influence the outcome of NFL games: After watching yet another miraculous Tim Tebow led comeback, I began to reconsider my stance that Jesus was not interested in the outcome of NFL games. There are two particular aspects about the Tebow phenomenon that I particularly enjoy. One is the obvious religious aspect. Although it isn’t the only factor, by far one of the largest aspects that drives the Tebow-haters, and drives them nuts, is the fact that Tebow is openly Christian, and unapologetic about it. These same people generally wouldn’t mind thuggish behavior in their athletes, or manslaughter convictions, or what have you, but an occasional mention of Jesus...; posted @ Sunday, December 11, 2011 7:45 PM | Feedback (2)

Repost: A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design: This is a very interesting read. I like this line in particular: “Are we really going to accept an Interface Of The Future that is less expressive than a sandwich?” Take a look.; posted @ Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:53 AM | Feedback (0)

A nice Veteran’s Day moment: “Every now and then, a video comes along that can cut through even the iciest, most cynical heart.” Technically, it was the day after Veteran’s Day. Enjoy.; posted @ Monday, November 14, 2011 7:04 PM | Feedback (0)

Comment Spam: Too good not to post: The actual comment spam has been deleted, but I’ve posting the content for obvious reasons: “Wow, what a blog! I mean, you just have so much guts to go ahead and tell it like it is. Youre what blogging needs, an open minded superhero who isnt afraid to tell it like it is.”; posted @ Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:59 AM | Feedback (0)

Comment Spam: I’m not interested in a business loan and neither are any of my readers: Comment spam is a fact of life if you run a blog. It typically takes on a few common aspects. Comment spammers are looking for unmoderated blogs so that they can post a whole bunch of random off-topic comments that contain links to whatever they are spamming about. This blog is moderated, so what happens is I get a bunch of spam comments in-between the few real reader comments. I approve the real reader comments, and then delete the spam comments in a batch whenever my lazy ass gets around to it. Usually, once a particular comment spammer...; posted @ Wednesday, September 21, 2011 6:25 PM | Feedback (0)

Visual Studio 2011 Developer Preview doesn’t always like Visual Studio 2010 Projects: I installed the Visual Studio 2011 Developer Preview on one of my machines, as it is supposedly safe to install side by side with Visual Studio 2010. One of its supposed features is its ability to open Visual Studio 2010 projects/solutions without modifying them, which can then be re-opened in Visual Studio 2010. It turns out this isn’t always the case, though I’m not sure why. I have a solution that is (more or less) a silverlight application, and it simply won’t open the web project that hosts the silverlight app. When the solution is opened, it...; posted @ Saturday, September 17, 2011 11:53 AM | Feedback (1)

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