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iPhone 2.0: Unknown Error Occurred (-9838)
The mad rush is on. I’ve been clicking on the Check for Update button in iTunes since yesterday in anticipation of the official release of the iPhone 2.0 software. This morning, shortly before 8:00 a.m. PST, iTunes finally changed it tune and stopped telling me that I had the latest version installed. Of course, I…
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The Price of a Luxury Home
And luxury homes — properties listed for more than $3.5 million… BusinessWeek just made me laugh. The above quote was from In Silicon Valley, Real Estate Remains Strong. I think a luxury house is one that costs twice as much as the one you currently live in.
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iPhone 3G is Everything That I Wanted…
Last year. If I didn’t already have an iPhone, I would be heading to the Apple store this Friday to grab an iPhone 3G. However, since I already have one, the excitement level isn’t quite there. Of course, that’s what I said last year until I caved in and bought the greatest cell phone ever.…
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Negative File Size
I’ve encountered this problem for the first time today. While using Transmit to upload some files, Transmit reported a read error. Transmit then lists the file that I attempted to upload as having a size of -7,686,868,318,640,340,840, if that is possible. The only recent change I made was upgrading to 10.5.4.
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Cuisinart ICE-20 Ice Cream Maker
Last month, Newsweek ran a piece on Six of the Most Fattening Ice Cream Flavors. Having used the Cuisinart ICE-20 for two weeks now, I don’t think the extra ingredients used to flavor the ice cream matter as much as the basic ingredients in the ice cream itself. Out of the box, the Cuisinart ice…
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30 Days of So-Called Sustainability
In Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock taped his experience of eating 3 meals per day at McDonald’s for one month. 30 Days is a spin-off television show of that concept. Morgan hosts the show, but finds one or two guests to follow through on the 30 day immersion experience. In Off the Grid, Morgan sends…
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Air Quality Forecast
During the past week, the California wildfires have left the air quality a bit lacking. Even though I am not in an area threatened by wildfires, I have seen their toll on my immediate surroundings. I have smelled a smoky odor on and off during the past few days and the skies have been quite…
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Pain Pain Go Away
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that China will be increasing retail gas prices on Friday by 16%. The last time China had increased retail fuel prices was in November. A one day 16% price hike sounds steep; however, consider that prices have been stable for the prior seven months. I last saw $3.99 gas…
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Gasoline Tipping Point
I finally reached the tipping point. Since I biked to work yesterday and stayed up late, I really wanted to drive a car into work today. Kind of like a day off between going to the gym to allow the muscles to relax and recover. However, as I headed out the door, the thought of…