How small is Miles? If I put his heel at the base of my palm, his knee doesn’t even come up to my top knuckles, that’s how small.
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Dreams Do Come True: Journaling in HFS+
According to this article at eWEEK, Apple is preparing to release OS X 10.2.2, aka “Elvis” in the next few weeks. Elvis will feature an optional fully journaling filesystem, which can be enabled from the command line. For those of us migrating to OS X from BeOS, this is huge news – Be’s BFS was one of the operating system’s crown jewels (full journaling was only one of BFS’ selling points). Unfortunately, journaling is expected to slow OS X down 10-15%, which was not true of BFS. Prayers are being answered, one at a time…
Deck Chairs
My MacWorld article got noticed in the blogosphere.
The blog referenced is “Deck Chairs on the Titanic,” a title which has a place in my heart because it’s the name of a song friend Roger wrote wrote way back (10 years ago?) when we made the “Underwear of the Gods” tape – recordings of friends and friends of friends playing their own songs – not necessarily all good, but important for sake of posterity. Hmmm… maybe I should MP3 that before the ferrous oxide flakes off…
Your Brain Is Defective
Take a look at this checkerboard and tell me, which of the squares A and B is the lighter, which the darker? If you don’t believe they’re identical, use a color checker like OS X’s Digital Colorimeter to verify.
Saddam
Out of curiosity, why is Saddam Hussein the only world leader who is routinely referred to in the mainstream press by his first name alone, rather than last? Saddam this, Saddam that. Nobody refers to our prez as “George” except when being diminutive. Oh. Just answered my own question.
Big-Ass Spanish Boat
This story in the Seattle Times snagged my attention not just for the incredible journalistic blunder it involves, but because I grew up in Morro Bay.
It read in part: "On Oct. 18, 1857, the first Filipinos landed on the shores of Morro Bay, California, on a Spanish galleon called the Nuestra Senora de Buena Esperanza, which translates to ‘The Big Ass Spanish Boat.’ " The correct translation is “Our Lady of Good Hope.”
Heads will roll.
Forward Command Post
Want to get an early start on your Christmas shopping for all the war-hungry kids on your list? “It’s the “Forward Command Post,” a new toy for kids as young as 5.”
Shrub’s recent speech analyzed point by point – scathing, incisive.
HTML Email Not So Bad?
After living (barely) through some very intense and extended threads on a private mailing list I’m on, I have to confess that my rabid stance against HTML email is beginning to soften. The arguments I make on the page still stand, but you know, there are more important things in life to worry about. When it comes down to it, HTML is a standard, and a decent viewing client can strip the HTML while viewing. Don’t get me wrong – I still think HTML in email is a bad idea. But I’m not so sure I still think of it as one of the evils of the world. At least not that one that matters.
Got the message below today. I’m not sure, but think that the guy is asking for elucidation on HTML email avoidance.
please advise to what is the most important info to keep from these pages incase once again the html appears & then again to switch it back, & or additional info needed ,
thanks,
jb
MacWorld Article Published
The article I wrote for MacWorld a few months ago on setting up OS X for MySQL/PHP web development, “Serve It Up,” was published in the November issue. There are actually two versions of the article – one on Jaguar, which is in print only, and another on 10.1.x, which is the one they ran online. Enough stuff changed between 10.1 and 10.2 that the online version won’t quite work under Jaguar…
The topic is more technical than the typical MacWorld audience, so producing the piece turned out to be a real editing challenge. In fact, I probably did more round-robins with my editor than for anything I’ve ever written… a process that bordered on becoming a genuine pain in the ass but that was worth it in the end, even if some of it doesn’t quite sound like me.
Zap PRAM To No Avail
First day back at work after taking two weeks off to be with Amy and Miles. So strange to leave them this morning, and odd to be back at work. Had to shift gears from google-eyed dad back to multimedia / web dude. Back in the saddle. Everyone at work so full of questions, excited to meet Miles when the time is right.
Discovered on return that my work G4 would not boot – hangs on the startup screen. Zapping PRAM doesn’t help. Can’t start from CD. There was some water leakage before I left on paternity, and it appears to have affected the machine. Off it went to TSW for repair, throwing me back on Windows and Eudora… so another form of gear shifting.