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Written by googirama
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Wednesday, 12 October 2005 |
This was the flyer being passed around for Apples "one more thing"
event held this week which as people predicted showed a new video Ipod
along wiith the new G-5 computers.
There is no dearth of info on the video Ipod so I'd post this flyer for prosperity:)
I still remain anti Ipod - I just think those prodcuts are too
overpriced for what they offer but that still takes nothing away from
their design skills.
See a transcript of Steve Job's speech below
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Written by googirama
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Wednesday, 12 October 2005 |
Current Mood - Bitchy
Current Music - Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
My dear old desktop which has run my website for the past three years
just blew a hard drive. I lost my Apache and PHP config files although
(again) keeping ones system and data files on separate drives paid off!
The site is cool which is great because I really didn't want to
regenerate over a hundred photo albums along with all the associated
data.
Since
it's such an old machine I don't know if it's worth even buying a new
hard drive and reloading an OS on it - although it is good to have
access to files at home when needed. I might just go with commercial
hosting for my main site and eventually bring up a home computer with
SSH for remote access and that way my desktop could function as a
backup web server. Certainly the bandwidth would be better
(commercially) and I could have some fun having access to mail
functions such as e-mailable postcards or various event tracking and
forum options - something to explore.
For the time being, I'm
going to slap this HDD into an external enclosure and see if I can dump
it's contents onto my laptop. Anything else (such as recovery utilities
or remote ghosting) doesn't seem worth it right now.
Need to
find hosting that supports Mambo and PHP Gallery with minimum headaches
- in other words, something where I DON'T have to hack my PHP and SQL
too much.
Any suggestions? |
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Written by googirama
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
Current Mood - Thoughful
Current Music - Godzuko - Your Future
In preparation for my new job at Emory - essentially working on some
charts for a clinical study and some minor DB work associated with that
I have to take a few online classes. For the remainder of this week
I'll be taking the basic CITI (courses in the protection of human
research subjects) materials and possibly some others. I'm excited! It
sure beats reading articles on SQL server security holes.
Believe
it or not, this actually pays more than the school system job and it's
a lot closer to home. Maybe I can even snag a MARTA card of them - who
knows.
But here's a funny part from the module I was doing this
morning. I've known for a long time that SEVERAL people I know are NOT
capable of self determination - and this just proves it.
"An
autonomous person is an individual capable of deliberation about
personal goals and of acting under the direction of such deliberation.
To respect autonomy is to give weight to autonomous persons' considered
opinions and choices while refraining from obstructing their actions
unless they are clearly detrimental to others. To show lack of respect
for an autonomous agent is to repudiate that person's considered
judgments, to deny an individual the freedom to act on those considered
judgments, or to withhold information necessary to make a considered
judgment, when there are no compelling reasons to do so.
However,
not every human being is capable of self-determination. The capacity
for self-determination matures during an individual's life, and some
individuals lose this capacity wholly or in part because of illness,
mental disability, or circumstances that severely restrict liberty.
Respect for the immature and the incapacitated may require protecting
them as they mature or while they are incapacitated." |
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Written by googirama
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
I was really sad to learn that we almost lost the original Wallace and Gromit clay models in a fire yesterday!
CORRECTION - Everything except the new models were lost (sad)
OSLO
(Reuters) - A fire that destroyed hundreds of Wallace and Gromit models
will not stop new films being made of the plasticine pals, creator Nick
Park told Reuters on Tuesday. The fire ripped through a warehouse and
destroyed items from Park's Oscar-winning short film series on Monday,
the day after the first feature length film on intrepid inventor
Wallace and his faithful dog Gromit shot to number one at the North
American box office,
"We have to look forward and keep filming
new films and not get stuck in the past," Park said during a visit to
the Norwegian capital to promote the new film 'Wallace and Gromit: The
Curse of the Were-Rabbit'. "I am always thinking up new Wallace and
Gromit ideas and I always want to keep doing them," he said.
The sets from the new film were not damaged as they had been in an exhibition and not in the warehouse, he said.
Park
learnt of the fire when he rang the production house Aardman Animations
to find out how the film had coped it its first week in North America.
The film sees Wallace and Gromit use a complex vacuum system to protect
vegetables from a rabbit problem in their village. He also created the
2000 animation film 'Chicken Run'. "There was great news that it had
risen to number one but at the same time the awful news that all the
history, all the archives, sets and models had been lost in the fire,"
Park said.
He has won three Oscars for best animated short film,
'Creature Comforts' in 1990 and the Wallace and Gromit short films 'The
Wrong Trousers' in 1993 and 'A Close Shave' in 1995.
Fire
fighters battled flames 100 feet high (30.5 metres) on Monday morning
at the warehouse storing memorabilia from all three films in Bristol,
south-west England, but could not stop the roof collapsing.
Source: Reuters
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Written by googirama
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Monday, 10 October 2005 |
Current Mood - Worried
Current Music - NPR
--->FYI
For anyone interested in making a donation to local Indo-Pak sources following the earthquake this past weekend.
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Hey guys,
As
we know and propbably are aware from the news that Pakistan was hit
quite badly with the earthquake disaster from this weekend. Many people
have died, families devastated and lives destroyed. A lot od people
that have survived spend days and nights in the the harsh cold weather
without any shelter and basic necessities of life. If any of you need
more information of what is going on visit any of the major news
network websites to catch up yourself. I think it becomes incumbent
upon us to help in whatever way we can whether it is through prayers,
financial/material aid or volunteer work.
I've been able to get
some information regarding ways to provide donations if anyone may be
interested. Below is a link that contains information regarding this.
UBL, if anyone does not know, is a major bank in Pakistan that is
collecting donations for this disaster. Please take time to do
something if you can whether its from your thoughts,
communication/propagation or aid.
http://www.geo.tv/important_events/earthquake05/mkrf/index.html
http://www.ubl.com.pk/services/eq_donation.asp
http://http://www.ifrc.org
Thanks for taking the time to read this and may God bless you for your efforts.
Regards,
Ga State University, Indo-Pak Community |
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Written by googirama
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Wednesday, 28 September 2005 |
Today marks one year in my new house! I never actually thought I would
start living in this neighbourgood but now that I've gotten used to it
- it's great! Your life starts changing once you get a place and in
ways that you just cannot do in an apartment - simple things such as
painting or minor renovation. I guess this means that I am here for a
while. It's a good feeling:)
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Written by googirama
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Sunday, 25 September 2005 |
Since
I've been sitting at home I decided to work through some music. I have
about 15 albums which have come to be by various means that need to be
listened to, perhaps re encoded and eventually backed up on DVD's.
Among my recents:
Arcade Fire: Funeral
Blue October: Consent To Treatment
Higher Intelligence Agency: Colorform
Iris: Disconnect
Johhny Cash: American Vol 3 and 4
Miami Afterhours (2 hr Deep House set by Ivano Bellini)
Snow Patrol: Final Straw
Yoji Biomehanika - Technicolor NRG Show
Should provide good listenting as I chill out on my couch for the rest of the day! |
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Written by googirama
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Wednesday, 21 September 2005 |
Currenet Mood - Sick
Current Music - Pogues - Sunny Side Of The Street
I've got some sort of "bug" and have been taking anti bios for almost a
week - so far they seem to have not made any difference. In fact I
think I've developed insomnia. My body just feels hot and I just lie
awake for hours so my doctor recommended some sleep aids and I said
"hell no." I will not flood my body with anything it doesn't need! On
other health fronts, I've GAINED ten pounds of weight - making me the
HEAVIEST I've ever been and have given up my glasses for contacts. I
can no longer say that I've only gained ten lbs since HS because now
it's freakin 20! My WAIFDOM is in peril and it's distressing. |
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Written by googirama
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Wednesday, 21 September 2005 |
Saw this post on the Register about how a techie in Seattle is using
bums to carry signs branding his website. Sound like a good idea, why
not?
Ben Rogovy, 22, wanted to promote his website for poker fans, but was a
bit short in the wonga department. Inspiration struck, however, when he
was looking at a cardboard sign commonly held by bums hoping for a
hand-out beside the city's freeway exits.
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Saturday, 17 September 2005 |
Underwent a diabetic shock which took about two weeks to recover. Numerous doctors visits later there have been drastic changes in medication and diet which should prevent this from ever happening again. The wonderful thing is that I'm using less medication now and a regular schedule is the best way to keep things under control.
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