After Dark

Posted on 08/16/2003 by

Before and after satellite photos of the Eastern U.S./Canadian Blackout. The Canadians appear to have fewer generators.

Now playing: Dark End of the Street by Eva Cassidy from “The Other Side”

MovableType 2.64

Posted on 08/10/2003 by

Upgraded to 2.64 by moving appropriate folders/files into MT or MT-STATIC. The instructions say to FTP up to your web server, but since I’m sitting here on the web server, I just dragged the files/folders in the right places, taking extra care to individually copy extlib folders in, since the upgrade contents of extlib are a subset and not replace.

Made exports of all blogs prior to upgrade, just in case.

I wondered if permissions would have to be set on new directories, but apparently not. Perhaps they inherit the parent folder’s permissions.

Re-enable iTunes sharing outside local subnet

Posted on 08/09/2003 by

This tip let our iBook (wireless… different subnet) reach our wired iMac.

Jun 10 ’03 at 09:49AM ?? from: lugal ??

Under iTunes 4.0, a lot of people started using music sharing to access the music on their home computers from work. Sadly, iTunes 4.0.1 removed this feature due to piracy concerns. Fortunately, you can re-enable iTunes sharing across subnets with the freeware Rendezvous Beacon.

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iPhoto Library

Posted on 08/09/2003 by

Article on how to manage iPhoto Libraries using burn-to-DVD strategy.

Combatting Junk Mail

Posted on 08/06/2003 by

[Update: The website www.optoutprescreen.com is easier than the phone number and it is now 5 years, not 2. — 5/14/2011]

I called the number below. There is a 2 year and permanent opt out option:

From Clark Howard Show Notes Tuesday, July 22…

But if it’s junk mail you hate, you can do something about it by contacting the Direct Marketing Association. Send your request for “no more direct mail” to:

DMA

Mail Preference Service

P.O. Box 9008

Farmingdale, NY 11735

If you don’t feel like sending the letter, you can go to the Web site, the-dma.org and pay $5 to request no more mail. You can also call 1-888-5-OPT-OUT to have your name removed from the database for sending out pre-approved credit cards.

Now playing: Sweet Jane (Live) by Cowboy Junkies