About four months ago I mentioned that we were having the Kim’s bathroom remodeled. Here we are 4 months later, and I’m still fixing problems the contractor left after ‘finishing the job’. The amount of time is my fault, but the amount of FAIL is his. Mis-installed light switch – works…sometimes Missing toilet gasket – …
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CS4 Service Manager complaining about JRE
I finally got around to installing Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) this week. Most things seem to have gone smoothly, expect Adobe CS4 is now whining at after the initial boot. Specifically, I’m getting the following error: To open “CS4Service Manager,”, you need a Java SE 6 runtime… Very annoying, especially since I think Adobe’s …
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Project Glass: Looks like I was Wrong
Apparently Google does have actual Project Glass hardware. Some tired-looking, scruffy, old guy 🙂 wore a pair out to a charity event this week. So, I was wrong. But at least one article quotes him saying that they mostly just reboot. Either that or they are projecting everyone’s search history over their heads. Just kidding…(not …
Flashback Trojan targets Macs
Ars Technica is reporting on a new piece of Macintosh malware spreading on the Internet. The Flashback trojan has actually been seen over the past few months, but apparently it’s managed to infect a sizable number of systems. Apple recently released a patch for Java that fixes the vulnerability, but you should also check if …
Google Goggles: Wait, did I miss something?
So today Google officially announced a skunkworks project called Project Glass. Great! Cool! Augmented reality glasses, I’m happy to start conceiving and imagining uses for new technology. But then I see this click-bait* article, and suddenly the facts have changed: It could be a year before Google eyewear reaches stores… Uh, what? Where does anyone …
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Why I DIY
Ok, I admit that I enjoy making things with my hands, but I also suck at finishing DIY projects. Therefore, I usually punt on anything that is time/mission-critical to life, and just pay someone to do the work. At the moment, we have contractors at Kim’s house remodeling the upstairs bathroom. Anyone who’s been in …
New Job
I’ve been keeping quiet on my job search to prevent this blog from unduly affecting the process. But, now that I’ve signed and delivered the contract, I’m comfortable admitting that I’ve accepted a position at Towson University as an Assistant Professor. The position is part of the Computer Science/Information System/Information Technology department, though my position …
Server Migration Complete
Huzzah! I think the server migration is complete. All the services that I knew were being used from knot.org should be running on the new server now. Please test out any functionality you use, and let me know if there are any issues. The old server will be shut off before the end of March, …
MacFusion
FTP has been a large part of the on-going server migration. Â While I used to use Fetch on the mac, for the last 5 years I’ve just been using scp when I needed to transfer files. Unfortunately, the new hosting company doesn’t support ssh, so I’ve been forced to get back into the FTP business. …
More Migration
The migration has proceeded apace, in spite of other commitments. All e-mail accounts and forwards have been migrated. Â Moving the imap accounts was significantly simplified with the use of imapsync. Â Oddly, imapsync is free (as in speech), open-source software, but not gratis. Â The author wants to be paid if you download it from his website, …