Archive for August, 2005

OSX Pet Peeves

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Well, as some of you know, I’ve a Mac workstation now. It’s a pretty nice system; dual-1.8ghz Power Mac G5, with a nice 20″ Cinema LCD display. I’ve been using Linux on my desktop forever, so this is a pretty drastic change for me.

Tranny is on the way!

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

Well, I was poking around The Samba‘a classifieds, and I found a transmission from a wrecked Ghia for $75, plus two clutches for $20. I called the seller, and he’s going to drop them by on Monday for $5. So $100, and I have nearly everything I need to get my drivetrain in good shape. [...]

This country is going straight to hell

Sunday, August 21st, 2005

Jesus. Remember that Supreme Court decision that ruled that private property could be seized by the government and turned over to a private party? Well, since the residents lost their case, the city is charging them rent retroactively to 2000, when the proceedings started. They are also only paying market rates for the property at [...]

Vegas, part 1

Saturday, August 20th, 2005

What’s been happening in Vegas

KPPP - GPRS over Bluetooth with a Nokia

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

Since I’m heading out for Las Vegas in just under two hours, I decided I’d get my laptop set up to get online through my cellphone with Bluetooth. Here’s a quick how-to.