Archive for May, 2008
Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1
Firefox 3 RC1 has been released, which has been my first look at the new Firefox 3. I haven’t tested any of the other beta versions mainly because there were no compatible versions of Firebug available, which I depend on daily for development. Now that Firebug 1.2.0 beta has been released and is compatible with [...]
XP stuck in Safe Mode
Some guy I work with brought in his home computer for repair that was absolutely taken over by spyware. Normally I don’t mind taking a look at friend and co-worker’s home computer for free, because usually it takes very little effort to clean up things, but this one I wish I wouldn’t have even touched. [...]
Insufficient access privileges
After recovering my Macbook Pro using the OS X Archive and Install. I had to manually restore all my documents and settings by dragging and dropping everything from the Macintosh HD/Previous Systems/Previous System 1/Users/mike to my new user’s directory. Once I got everything in place I was having trouble working with my files on my [...]
New Toy: xBox 360 Premium
I’ve never really been into gaming, years ago I was highly addicted a computer game called Subspace A.K.A Continuum, which was a very simple game similar to the classic game Asteroids. You would battle your 2D spaceship online against people from all around the world, there were teams/squads and even a competitive league. Other than [...]
Macbook Pro Recovery
Last week my Macbook Pro crashed. It would hang on the startup screen with the Apple logo and the spinning gear for about 5-10 minutes then restart it self, and continue to loop. The culprit may have been a recent firmware update from Apple, but I have a hunch it had something to do with [...]
Trick your iPod during software update
This afternoon I decided to restore my iPod Mini back to default factory settings. During the process iTunes suggested that I “Upgrade my iPod to the latest software” so I went ahead and answered yes to the upgrade. After a couple seconds all I seen was a little “plug iPod into the wall charger” icon [...]
Visiting Las Vegas in August
A good friend of mine from Buffalo moved out to Vegas a couple years ago. I was originally suppose to move with him but it didn’t work out for several reasons. Ever since I’ve wanted to go visit him, just been busy with work and other things. On top of my buddy having a house [...]