When I opened TextMate today, I noticed it was showing this special icon for Halloween.
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My DHL Nightmare is over
My MacBook Pro finally arrived safely, with a new 160G internal drive, along with the old drive, which I put in an external SATA/USB 2.0 case. I’m now partitioning the new drive and restoring my data.
DHL Screwed Up
This doesn’t surprise me and this isn’t the first time it happened. I spent all day today waiting for a package from DHL (unfortunately that was the only way they ship, otherwise I would have chosen another method), tracking it online continuously. All day it showed “with delivery courier” until around 7:30 tonight. Later in the afternoon I waited outside for the truck & it finally showed up at around 4:50 PM. I stopped the driver as she was leaving the condo and asked if she had my package. She said she didn’t have it and it’s probably on a different truck. I continued to track it online and kept running outside looking for the truck. Finally around 7:30 the status changed to “Delivery attempted at 4:45 PM”, which is about the exact time I stopped the driver. When I called, the dispatcher was as puzzled as I am.
A Disgusting Mess
People continue to throw their stuff in the bulk disposal dumpster even though it’s full. The city just picks it up once or twice a month & it’s scheduled for pickup tomorrow.
Back to Cable
A few days ago I switched back to Comcast cable instead of DirecTV. For a while I’ve been having a lot of weather-related problems with my dish. Due to my location and the trees around me, I lose the signal as soon as it starts to rain.
I took advantage of Comcast’s deal for DirecTV owners to switch. I decided to get their full package including HD DVR, which still cost less than I was paying for DirecTV. This is the first time I’ve seen a true HD signal on my TV and the difference is pretty amazing.
Comcast’s DVR is their own proprietary system, not TiVo. The box is a Motorola DCT6412, which has about twice the recording capacity as the DirecTiVo. It also has two tuners and can record two programs at once while viewing a recorded program. The box has Ethernet, Firewire, and USB ports as well as DVI, component and other video outputs. However it lacks some of TiVo’s features, most notably wish lists and suggestions.
Firewire not supported
This is the message my new iPod displays when I connect a FireWire cable.
Zune Zucks
Am I the only one who thinks the Zune looks like a piece of crap?
My 9-11 Story
The Friday before 9-11-2001 the company I was working for at the time, Teaching Network, laid off most of their staff, including me. Tuesday morning I was still thinking about that and planning my next move.
Around 9AM FedEx woke me when they delivered my CodeWarrior upgrade. At that time I turned on the TV and saw what was happening. I was glued to CNN for several hours watching it unfold while calling & IMing all of my friends in and around NYC to make sure they were OK. When I called my mother she said this was just like Pearl Harbor.
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Their last look at Africa
This isn’t my photo, but it’s one of the most powerful I’ve seen on Flickr. For many people, this was their last view of Africa.