I’m pretty much done with ripping my audio CD collection to my computer — I just have a couple of stragglers (lost, then later found in long-disused CD carrying cases) left to deal with. The final count wound up being approximately 900 CDs, with 16 cases where I couldn’t get a clean read of an …
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Disassembling Jewel Cases Quickly and Painlessly
I mentioned earlier that I was ripping my entire audio CD collection to my computer for ease of use. Initially, I was getting the back covers out by sticking my fingertips underneath the edge of the “tray area” (the part with the eponymous jewel), and then wiggling the tray to the side to dislodge one …
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Called It
Sam Vincent is the new head coach of the Arsenal.
Installers. Again.
This time, though, my gripe isn’t with InstallShield, but rather with whoever put together an installer I used recently. As part of my recent hard drive purge, I had to use a partition manager program to reset a drive to NTFS (from extfs) so I could overwrite it with the tools I had at hand. …
New Arsenal Coach
The Anaheim Arsenal announced a press conference next Tuesday to introduce their new head coach. In a separate e-mail were some hints about who it is: “The coach that we got was a former head coach in the NBA last year and has won two (2) NBA Development League championships before.” I did a little …
Getting Rid of Hard Drives (Safely)
In an effort to reduce clutter at home, we’re trying to get rid of things that we no longer need, or don’t want anymore. For many types of things, this isn’t a problem — box it up and fire it off to Goodwill, the library, e-waste, or other charities. However, certain types of junk require …
Recycling: Too Dangerous for O.C.
Cities, locals oppose recycling centers: In Huntington Beach, plans for a recycling center at a Ralphs grocery store on Brookhurst Street and Adams Avenue have drawn strong opposition from city officials and residents, who say it would be unsightly, attract transients and generate noise. … Opponents say they already recycle through curbside trash programs and …
“Get the facts!”
Whenever someone says, "Get the facts!," I read it as, "Please don’t look too closely at what we’re saying." Today was the grand opening of a new Fresh and Easy store nearby. Fresh and Easy is UK supermarket giant Tesco‘s foray into the US, consisting of smaller grocery stores, generally stocked with pre-made foods and …
Diamond Hoo-Ha Man
Last night we went to see Supergrass in concert, which was a decent show. Standing near us was a guy wearing a promo T-shirt for a game — I had the same shirt, from an E3 several years ago. The game was "Seed," and was apparently shut down a few months after its release. As …
Quick Progress
I noticed that, at some point last night, my ISP’s DNS servers went down. Sure enough, I tested today for the DNS vulnerability that has set the Internet abuzz, and it appears to be patched now. Now Parallels just needs to get their act together, and I’ll be all set. This whole thing is starting …