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Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 03:36 pm
[i]theljstaff posting in [i]news: May 22 News

Advisory Board Elections
Today, May 22nd, marks the beginning of the Advisory Board Election process. Polls will be open through the 29th. Out of the following list, find the candidate you think is best-suited to provide the kind of input we at LiveJournal can use to better the site:

vichan
twirlandswirl
tango
squeaky19
sollitaire
rm
randomposting
qfemale
primitivepeople
mrflagg
lostcosmonaut
lordandrei
lizyd
legomymalfoy
jmaynard
jj_maccrimmon
jette
jameth
imc
fuzzface00
deathboy
daniidebrabant
cambler

This is for you guys, so cast your vote! The polls are waiting at [info]lj_election_en.

New V-Gifts
Summer's finally here! The season brings warm weather, the spirit of apprecciation, and, naturally, a slew of new v-gifts. If you're looking to celebrate a special friendship, the spirit of theatre or a loved one's graduation, we've got perfect ornaments for the occasion. Take a gander at these fine options and get your celebration on.


L to R: daisy, theatre masks, tiara, diploma, graduation cap

TxtLJ
You can use LiveJournal's TxtLJ service to receive text notifications and make posts to your journal with your mobile phone. Give us some feedback on the experience at [info]feedback. What would make TxtLJ more useful? How can we improve the service for you guys?

LJ Dashboard
We've cooked up a new utility at LJ Labs, where we're developing a whole host of LJ side projects.

Introducing LJ Dashboard, a portal to the most popular communities, journals and entries on LiveJournal. Now there's a mechanism to help you discover new content and keep track of what's happening out there. Login to the Dashboard using your Open ID, which is exampleusername.livejournal.com. After you're asked to grant identity validation to dashboard.livejournal.com, you'll be all set to poke around and play with some of the things we've come up with.

Since we're launching LJ Dashboard for the first time, we encourage you to post some feedback at [info]lj_labs.

We're currently running some house ads on the Dashboard. Soon ads for external businesses will replace them. But right now all users see them because, for the time being, we don't have a way of distinguishing between paid and unpaid users on the Dashboard. Have no fear: soon as we've got that worked out, paid users will be spared. Thanks for your patience!

We're having a lot of fun with some great ideas right now so keep an eye out for new LJ Labs releases!

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 03:10 pm
[i]teefers posting in [i]1fish_2fish: Fasting

My parents have been in town so I've been busy. Had the graduation ceremony for my BFA yesterday, which meant I had to leave the house early in the morning before my tank lights came on. The day ended with a late dinner. When I got home, the tank lights were off. I figured it would be a good day to fast all the fish, not that I had a choice but yeah. This morning, I had to bring my parents to the airport so I left again before the tank lights came on, then I had to handle some real estate biz before I could head home. Just got home at about 2:30pm..

I don't know if anyone remembers, but someone posted a few months back about fasting fish. Everyone who replied pretty much said they fast their fish but I was apprehensive about it because I primarily keep African cichlids. Well, when I got home today, I found them snacking on one of the rainbowfish. NOMNOMNOM. So yeah, that's why I don't fast the cichlids :P

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 02:39 pm
[i]stay_rational posting in [i]atheist: Youtube Review - Thunderf00t

Of all the people who have made videos on Youtube regarding Young Earth Creation, one of the best out there is Thunderf00t. His video series, "Why Do People Laugh at Creationist" doesn't pull many punches in its attack on the Young Earthers. It is hard to find a favorite in the bunch, they all have their appeal. One of the videos that makes me smile is "Part 7" in which he wtfpwns Kent Hovind. If you want to hear a nice musical tribute to Dr. Hovind, check out this musical video.

I would like to recommend Thunderf00t just for his narrative abilities alone, but his science is pretty wicked to boot. Of late he has had a back and forth with the biggest creation Jabronie on the Tubes, VenomfangX. I get giddy when I hear him eviscerate VFX in his latest videos concerning a proposed "debate".

Go check out Thunderf00t, and give him some Youtube love.

~Stay Rational

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 02:24 pm
[i]tupshin posting in [i]lj_releases: Release R30

Salutations,

As you can see the list of changes is rather long. It's mostly because this release contains many changes that were done but not put in the previous one.

  1. Inbox's buttons behavior was modified: "Delete all" and "Mark all read" affect items in current folder only

  2. Navigation added to community management pages

  3. Content flagging pages were redesigned to improve usability

  4. The tag limit for non-Basic users was increased to 1200

  5. Fixed bug with authorship of comments in e-mail notifications ("there was reply to YOUR comment")

  6. A couple of e-mail notifications were localized (New VGift, Befriended)

  7. Calendar view of journal was modified - now you see the number of posts you have permission to read

  8. Day navigation in journal ("next day"/"prev day") was modified - now it skips days without entries you can read

  9. You can specify width and height for LJ Embeds now

  10. Fixed bug with OpenID account that could switch to Plus and get a S2 error on friends page

  11. Issue of displaying screened comments in Expressive was resolved

  12. Several new vgift were added

  13. OpenID users must answer ReCAPTCHA challenge before validating e-mail

  14. Charity vGifts can't be paid with intangible coupons now

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 01:45 pm
[i]und1sk0 posting in [i]atheist: Taliban Boudoir

Wow: http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/taliban

Fascinating.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 04:25 am
[i]ximinez_greader: Steamy tell-all memoir by a Disneyland "Jack Sparrow"

Los Angeles Magazine has a tell-all memoir penned by one of the "Jack Sparrows" that play Disneyland -- a steamy tale of resistance and women throwing themselves at you.
I'll be honest: I didn’t follow all the Disney rules. I played Jack like he was real, and if a woman flirted, I would flirt back. Women loved it. But there were also women who would have too many beers at California Adventure or smuggle in alcohol you could smell on their breath, women who were clearly sloshed.

Here’s a napkin someone wrote on for me: “I will give you a blow job on your break, so sexy! Kim—714-XXX-XXXX.” I would also get offers from women in my ear: “Anything you want, just find me.” I had a girl who had turned 18 the day before. She was with a high school group, and she wrote down her room number at the Downtown Disney hotel. I had a lady hump my leg one day in the park.

Link (Thanks, Tim!)

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 04:21 pm
[i]arinoch posting in [i]techsupport: No, no, no, no, fucking no.

As I told you 3 times already, and 4 times 5 minutes ago, no, you cannot have the part dispatched to you next business day. I don't care how many bazillions of dollars a second you're losing because ZOMG you can has no working AC adapter. I meerly push the buttons and flip the switches that tell the trained warehouse monkeys to package you up a new part. I don't care how many supervisors you insist on talking to, they can't help you either. Suck it up, buttercup, and next time save your work on a flash drive.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 03:55 pm
[i]mastergode: No news isn't good news. Good thing I have news, then!

So, I just got back from my cardiologist. This was my follow-up appointment to wearing the Holter monitor for a period of 24 hours. Those of you who read my journal at the time will remember that I've been having palpatations, and so I wore a monitor that was essentially a 24-hour EKG that the doctors could later evaluate.

It of course came back clean, because I wasn't having any palpatations while I was wearing it. Of course.

So I saw the doctor today, and he, surprisingly, had some pretty specific things to say to me about it.

He said that first of all, I wasn't crazy, and that there was something that I was experiencing.

He said that I'm experiencing a condition known as either PAC (Premature Atrial Contraction) or PVC (Premature Ventrical Contraction). What that means is that rather than skipping a beat, my heart is actually experiencing an extra beat, which then cause my heart to lag for a second as it "resets" to its normal rhythm.

This happens primarily as a result of adrenaline being pumped into your body while your heart rate is low, and the adrenaline stimulates the electrical portion of your heart into producing an extra charge, thus, an extra beat. It only happens when your heart rate is low enough to allow an extra beat, thus when adrenaline is pumping during exercise, it wouldn't show up. The primary causes for such a thing are caffeine, alcohol and stress (ie, anxiety).

Most importantly, he said that large-scale studies have been done on PVC and PAC, and the prognosis for someone with PVC or PAC is exactly the same as it is for an equal person without PVC or PAC. Meaning that there is absolutely no link between PVC and PAC and actually dangerous heart problems. Now, if I were experiencing other symptoms that could be indicative of another condition, then this could be symptomatic of something worse. But because my stress echo and my Holter monitor were both as clean as the proverbial whistle, he said that I fall into the portion of people whose condition is entirely non-threatening.

This is good news for two reasons. First, obviously, my heart isn't in danger. Second, less obviously, I'M NOT FREAKING CRAZY. Finally I found someone to tell me what the hell is wrong with me! It took freaking long enough, right? Geez.

He said that he could prescribe me medication to make it stop (Beta blockers, for those of you in the know, as they prevent the effects of adrenaline on the heart), but that since I was in no actual danger, he said that I should only take the medication if the symptoms became unbearable, or whatnot.

He also said that he thought I was doing the right thing, to take anti-anxiety medication. He said that it was likely that once I got my anxiety under control, that the PAC or PVC would just go away on its own, since I don't drink caffeine and I don't drink alcohol. I also don't take any amphetemines, which are primarily responsible for most cases of PVC.

So my primarily diagnosis was, indeed, correct... By worrying about my health so much, I'm making it worse. Go me.

Anyway, I'm hoping that by taking these drugs, it'll kill two birds with one stone. My emotional health will improve, which will cause my physical health to improve.

Let's hear it for that!

On that note, I'm going to test my mental state, tonight. I won tickets through DragonCon to see Death Note in the movie theater tonight. Those of you who know Death Note will know why this is going to be a test for me, and I'll let everyone know how I do when I get back, kay?

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 03:21 pm
[i]psylupus posting in [i]1fish_2fish: Needlenose Fish

Hopefully someone can help me clear up this mystery......

Are Needlenose ‘Gars’ --also known as Silver Needlenose Fish or Freshwater Gars (species name: Xenentodon cancila) -- happier in freshwater or in brackish water?


I currently house my needlenose in a completely freshwater aquarium with a Fire Eel and an Angelfish. He seems very happy, eats a rosy red twice a day, and appears to be growing well. All the fish stores around me sell them and advertise them as freshwater gars. I know the gar part is not true, but only recently did I stumble upon the information that the ‘freshwater’ part might also be false!

I have been looking online in hopes of purchasing some more needle nose fish and I was surprised to find them listed often under the “Brackish Water” parts of websites. Research on my part tells me that they are often found in freshwater but have been found in saltier environments. That is all well and good, but which one is actually more appropriate?

For this reason I am putting my question up here in hopes that someone with more experience with these fish and better expertise can help me out.


(Oh, and I also want to add that I do actually have a brackish tank with a pair of breeder mollies and a couple of violent gobies in it that I could move him into if it turns out he would be happier there. I just really adore my needlefish and I would hate to loose him by putting him somewhere that may shock or stress him. I just want to keep him happy.).

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 02:08 pm
[i]my_kritiks posting in [i]babylon5: Did Anyone Catch the Latest Babylon Podcast

Yesterday I was with my family as we received some bad news, but as a result I missed the live feed of the Babylon podcast. I was just wondering if anyone had listened and if anything especially interesting happened. What can I say, I'm just too impatient to wait a week for it to be posted on itunes before I find out what went on.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 06:21 pm
[i]ximinez_twitter: ximinez: Mmmmm.... tea with honey. Soothes the savage sore throat.

ximinez: Mmmmm.... tea with honey. Soothes the savage sore throat.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 03:04 pm
[i]h_postmortemus: If you don't understand Sendmail, feel free to skip this entry

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Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 11:47 am
[i]ink_books_punk posting in [i]polyamory: From an article on California rewriting its marriage forms

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Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 01:56 pm
[i]anivair posting in [i]linux: OT: copywrite

This is OT, but you're all smart. If I put up a website, is what I write and post copywrited, or do I have to do something special? I'll give more details in comments if people want them, but this is Ot, so I'll spare your F-list.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 11:23 am
[i]antieuclid posting in [i]ubuntu_users: Transferring to a new hard drive?

Three weeks after I had to replace pretty much everything but the hard drive because of a power surge, the hard drive is now showing signs of unhappiness. When I got into the office this morning it wouldn't boot and wanted me to do a manual fsck, and then still wouldn't boot even after the fsck. So I went around the corner to the local computer store and bought a replacement, figuring I'd have to start from scratch. But apparently the financial sacrifice to the Computer Gods was enough, because when I was trying to boot to the installation CD it booted up to the previously unbootable hard drive (which I'd set up as a secondary drive in the hopes of getting at least some of the data back) and seems to be working normally. But I don't trust the drive and I was hoping there was an easy way to just transfer the installation over to the new drive. Copying all the files seems too easy to actually work, so I thought I'd check here first.


On an unrelated note, with all the hardware failures I've had, the replacement parts have taken this computer from being a six-year-old giant brick to actually being better than my current main home computer, and I've started wondering if I should just take it back home (it's on loan to the art center I work at) and let the art center have one of the other old boxes I have sitting around. The main tipping point would be whether I could use it for gaming. I know it's possible to run WoW on Ubuntu, but how well does it run? The main reason I'd want to use this computer is that it now has a better graphics card than my old Mac, but if Wine problems are just going to eat up the difference I don't want to bother.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 12:32 pm
[i]kivasfajo posting in [i]con_central: SoonerCon 2008 is almost here!

The SciFi convention will be held June 6-8th at the Biltmore Hotel at I-40 & Meridian in west OKC. With New York Times bestseller John Ringo, Chesley Award winner Tom Kidd, and Yard Dog Press editor Selina Rosen as headliners, plus comics great Gary Friedrich (creator of Ghost Rider) and OKC's own original horror host, Count Gregore.

Plus over 50 other writers, artists and performers, SoonerCon will be three days of fun, featuring workshops, panel discussions, an Art Show, a huge Exhibitors Hall, gaming, costuming, the "Best of BareBones" indie film festival, anime, a live shadowcast of Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the saturday evening adults only dance/party, SinnerCon, there'll be something for everyone.

Tickets are still only $30.00 in advance, at www.soonercon.com, or purchase them at Atomic Comics at SW 59th & Western. $40.00 at the door. Check out the website, or call (405)632-2848 for more information.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 12:08 pm
[i]yanni85 posting in [i]techsupport: You're doing back-ups.... how?

I work for an external IT company and some of our clients have their own IT guy onsite so we just handle things that are out of their realm of experience. We are also heavy into managed services. I have been helping out with monthly reviews of our managed clients and get to one of our customers with an internal IT.
When I come to the bit where we review their backups I start trying to look up how these are being done. I check the usual suspects... no veritas installed, not using our "backup server" solution, no scheduled NT backups. I dig deeper, trying to figure out how they are doing backups. I find an external hard drive and look around at the files...

Are you ready for this? I sure as hell wasn't.

Windows briefcases.

I kid you not, they're using windows briefcases on a USB drive for backups.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 12:32 pm
[i]c_cox1231 posting in [i]1fish_2fish: Hello!

I finally got the money to buy a 15gal tank that I've had my eye on! I've been in the business of rescuing Bettas (not from pet stores, but from fellow student who cannot take care of them). Anyway, I cycled the new tank and presently have an old betta and five guppies (three female two male) in it. My question is what else should I put in the tank? I want some kind of bottom dweller, but I don't like catfish. I was thinking shrimp, maybe? I can get Amano shrimp and Glass shrimp. Would these be compatible? What else would you suggest besides shrimp? I also have a betta alone in a five gallon eclipse tank who seems like he could use a friend.

Both of the tanks are lightly planted but I intend on adding some more plans as soon as my fish store gets some that I like enough to buy. The 15gal has lots of hiding places but the 5gal dosen't. Both are heated also heated nicely and the fish are all doing great! I also don't want to overstock them... so yeah... no one like that, so please tell me if you think it is already too much or just right.

Also, do guppies require aquarium salt? I have researced, and people have said. "Yes, no and maybe" so I don't know. Also, do Bettas need aquarium salt?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 12:43 pm
[i]amaena posting in [i]linux: NIS and automount question

Hey Guys :)

Ok!

So I have a NIS environment running with autofs.

In one of my auto.foo files I have a share:

blah server:/foo

Now I am migrating the data from server:/foo to serverB:/foo
I will change that in my auto.foo file and push the changes out with a make.

Now for automount, a lot of server will have the old mount already mounted, will it automatically switch to the new mount without me manually umounting things? Or will it just try and remount the new share onto where the old share used to be (giving me an error of mount point in use) when someone uses a file in /foo

(I hope that made sense)

Also: If it will cause an error, is there an easier way to manually unmount all the old shares?

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 12:28 pm
[i]fishmonger138 posting in [i]1fish_2fish: red ludwigia

the red ludwigia is rotting away at the base. i just replant it with the tons of roots that grow just above the rot. I use no co2(that is soon to change with this tank) 48 inch ho T5 lighting. weekly water changes. carbon, iron, fertilizer. is this normal.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 12:16 pm
[i]thebitterguy posting in [i]babylon5: JMS in the nooz

So I'm reading the Star's article on the new Eastwood directed/JMS written film.

Interesting how Howell refers to JMS as "former L.A. newspaper reporter J. Michael Straczynski".

I strongly suspect he's done a bit since then. I wonder, was this just sloppy research on Howell's part, selective information from the studios, or just being written to make him more a hardbitten reporter and less TV Sci Fi Guru?

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 12:08 pm
[i]norda: Headaches cannot stop the whirlwind.

I have six days' worth of work to do between today and Saturday morning, so I will be scarce from LiveJournal for a bit. Of course, with all this work, I'm coming down with something that may turn into full-blown ill soon, and I cannot afford to be laid out right now. Timing is everything.

So let me do the following in one swell foop, and catch up with you people either Sat. afternoon or Sunday...

* Birthday wishes to [info]tarqness, [info]sarahluna, and [info]docbrite.

* Greetings to new Gentle Readers [info]daytonward and [info]eblgorton.

* Talk amongst yourseleves at The Haunted Summer Meet-and-Greet, or give yourselves a few days to catch up on Blog Stoker's DRACULA.

==============================

Signing off now. See you on the other side.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 12:12 pm
[i]heartstuesday posting in [i]gainesville: Steam Cleaning?

I need to get my apartment professionally steam cleaned. Has anyone had any experience with the companies around Gainesville and would recommend one? I need it to be as cheap as possible. Thanks!

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 10:01 am
[i]staje posting in [i]celiac: camping food for 15?

I'm going on a camping trip with about 15 people and I need to provide dinner one night. Off the top of my head I've got nothing for 15 that can be cooked over a campfire. Any ideas?

edit: All the highly obvious dishes are taken - hot dogs, burgers, fried chicken and chili.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 10:26 am
[i]chron_job: Toskr Tails

Toskr Tails )

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 10:16 am
[i]melodyharmonius posting in [i]celiac: Nirvana

Cereal with milk. It's such a basic concept. So tell me why I almost cried with tears of joy this morning when I could sit down to a bowl of Rice Chex for breakfast?

My mom saw the newly reformulated box last night at Walmart last night and bought it for me and I just finished my first bowl. It was so good and . . .normal . . .I'm tempted to have another one. It's the first bowl of cereal I've had since I was diagnosed on February 1st.

*smiles in afterglow*

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 09:49 am
[i]unlampi posting in [i]gainesville: optoutprescreen.com

Has anyone heard of this website? apparently it lets you opt out of pre-approved credit cards and loans. I tried to check it  out online, it seemed legit, but I'm not completely convinced. I guess all this identity theft has made me paranoid.

Does anyone know if this site is legit?

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 08:49 am
[i]anivair posting in [i]ubuntu_users: evolution and upgrade

SO, since this morning's upgrade, Evolution is crapping out. When I open it, it starts storing my inbox and other folders. These are huge and it just never ends. It halts in the middle of fetching mail (probably because it's storing the folder) and then starts retreiving all my messages (there's tens of thousands).

Not sure what today's update did, if anything, but I doubt it's a coincidence.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 12:37 pm
[i]bexfiles:

made reservations with United after 30 min phone call of traumatic levels, came to net to find email from Marcus' dad suggesting a different itinerary.

will have to ring United back tonight as I can't face another half hour with them.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 05:13 am
[i]pandorable posting in [i]pandorabullets: Wednesday, May 21st

  • Work
    • Taught a great Excel class. I get all tingly when I actually can feel people learning
    • Getting antsy about being gone two weeks, therefore bugging my boss A LOT
    • Assistant is feeling overwhelmed with summer courses so she's going to cut back on her hours. Best for all I think.
    • Other trainer, D, is out these next two weeks as well. Trying to find things for assistant to do while we're gone.
    • Moved my schedule around Tuesday to squeeze someone in this afternoon, and she cancelled last minute. Pushed my work day till after 6pm.
  • Food
    • Sushi tasted funny at lunch, ended up giving it to my boss, he loved it.
    • Picked up Chinese food on the way home, mmm beef on a stick.
  • Stopped by post office.
    • Mailed my sister a graduation card.
    • Stamp machine is gone, all postage sold through the "mail a package" machine.
    • Checked PO Box. Personal letter from Neko's vet, saying how sorry he was to hear Neko had passed away.
    • Picked up shoes from Zappos, they're too small, will have to send them back.
  • [info]xan4now called twice today, I didn't have the energy (or phone battery) to call her back. Will try today or tomorrow, before I leave town.
  • Didn't do any cleaning last night
  • Gym
    • K, the trainer, was at the gym tonight. Think he still hates me.
    • Went to gym earlier than I intended. Slowly walked an extra lap to see the last ten minutes of Justice League unlimited.

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 04:10 am
[i]anyee posting in [i]polyamory: While we're on the topic of poly and comics...

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Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 04:37 am
[i]deaddoloreshaze posting in [i]techsupport: technicians don't have any fun

people call me all day long
"my laptop will not play a song"
"my wireless, it will connect
but i can't browse the internet"
"my laptop, it just will not run"
technicians don't have any fun

they cannot play their dvds
in "computer", there's no drive E
and once inside the registry
what i describe, they do not see
"the software folder? there is none?"
technicians don't have any fun

"i hate Vista, it's not worthwhile"
"why is Office just a trial?"
"you mean, i'm out of warranty?
why can't you troubleshoot for free"
i wish my fucking shift was done
technicians don't have any fun

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 10:33 pm
[i]sezjasaneh posting in [i]polyamory: Another beautiful moment!

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Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 11:07 am
[i]abhay2101 posting in [i]ubuntu_users:

Hi all
any body tried connecting gprs through nokia bluetooth in ubuntu .

can i have the recepie plz

thanx in advance.

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 10:00 pm
[i]shesalady66 posting in [i]1fish_2fish: Hmmm, what to do?

Hi all!

I've got an 18 gallon tank that I just rescued from my sister, after she had killed a ton of angelfish (she is pet retarded...). When I found out about this, I forbade her anymore fish. And took the tank.

So! Now, I've got an empty 18 gallon tank, and I don't know what to do with it. I'm a goldfish girl, but obviously 18 is too small for goldfish...

Any suggestions? I've done tropical fish in the past, which consisted of two types of barbs and neons...I learned that I don't really like barbs too much (there was a ton of trouble with the barbs beating the shit out of each other), but I did like the pretty, peaceful little neons. I hope that helps in ideas with what I might get.

So I'd love some suggestions. I'll obviously do my research and see what's out there, but I figured here would be a good starting point.


Thanks!

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 08:43 pm
[i]reboot_kid posting in [i]linux: Tethering

Trying to tether my Treo 650 to my Ubuntu 7.10 box.

Found a USBModem app for the Treo (http://www.mobile-stream.com/usbmodem.html)

Really stuck on how to setup the ppp stuff.
I tried following the directions, but it just told me the script I was calling (ppp-scripts-treo) did not exist.

Any thoughts? Has anyone else done tethering to their cell phone and can provide guidance?

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 09:51 pm
[i]bitchtude posting in [i]techsupport: Ow. The Pain.

I need a stupid shield or something. This call happens about 7:30 this evening. I am at home. MgrX is at a location 30 minutes south of me.

MgrX: OMGZ!!11! Did you get my message or the message from $CoWorker?? I can't print anything on the printer. It comes out all black!

Me: Yes, yes I did get the message. You need a new printer. I'll be down tomorrow afternoon some time with the replacement. $Boss is going to get it in the morning because I do not have company credit card.

MgrX: But I can't print out my closing paperwork!!

Me: I know, but I'm pretty sure it can all be reprinted tomorrow for you. I don't have a printer for you and have no way to get one tonight. I have to be at $Location1 at 8am tomorrow and $Location2 when I am done there. After that I will drive back up, get the printer that $Boss will purchase in the morning and then come back down see you.

MgrX: But how am I going to print out my paperwork??!?11?

Me: Appropriate people know that you do not have a printer and that you will not be able to print. Proceed with closing as normal minus printing. We will work on printing everything tomorrow.

MgrX: But... but... what about my reports? Should I write everything down?

Me: If you wish, go right ahead.

MgrX: It'd really be a lot easier if I could just print everything.

Me: *sigh* Yes, I know. See you tomorrow.


So I am apparently not only supposed to be able to pull company credit cards out of my ass but printers as well because people just don't understand "I do not have a printer for you". Oh and for reference, Loc1 is 1/2 hour - 45 mins south from where MgrX is, Loc2 is 15-20 min further south from Loc1. The place where the printer will be is 20 minutes NORTH of MgrX. It's going to be fun driving day in FL summer rain.

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 09:31 pm
[i]amessp posting in [i]gainesville: be careful

Please be careful and don't run alone....This woman was raped and beaten at 630am this morning in Haile. Some people I work with know her and said he broke her both her legs, hips, jaw and she will probably never walk again.

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080521/NEWS/745957631/1002/NEWS&title=Update__Deputies_canvas_Haile_in_rape_probe

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 09:07 pm
[i]shlafe posting in [i]gainesville: House PSA

For those who missed House last week:  Cox Cable is going to rebroadcast it on Monday, May 26 at 7pm.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled LiveJournal.

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 08:41 pm
[i]anivair posting in [i]ubuntu_users: wiki suggestions

So I want ot set up a local wiki (as I mentioned before) for recipes. I've got Twiki set up and running, but I'm not sure I like it. it seems a little hard to navigate and not particularly intuitive.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a simple wiki to run locally that I can customize to hell and back easily?

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 08:41 pm
[i]anivair posting in [i]linux: wiki suggestions

So I want ot set up a local wiki (as I mentioned before) for recipes. I've got Twiki set up and running, but I'm not sure I like it. it seems a little hard to navigate and not particularly intuitive.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a simple wiki to run locally that I can customize to hell and back easily?

Thu, May. 22nd, 2008, 01:16 am
[i]nunnehi: ¡Feliz cumpleaños!

Happy birthday to [info]paisleychick!

Here's hoping your day is more than moderately awesome. :-)

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 07:53 pm
[i]raynedanser posting in [i]ubuntu_users: Syncing Palm Devices?

I have a Palm Tungsten E2 and... Apparently it can be synced... But how?

Can someone tell me in very basic terms? I'm trying to go through Gnome-pilot settings, but when I was prompted to sync, I got the following error:

Failed to connect using device Chip on port /dev/pilot/'. Check your configuration, as you requested old-style USB serial "ttyUSB" syncing, but do not have the USBserial 'visor kernel enabled. You may need to select a USB device."

What does this mean and what do I do?

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 07:53 pm
[i]paulgix posting in [i]linux:

anyone know if the Blackberry Curve is linux-able, and if it is, just what extent is it linux-able to? and what kind of cool stuff can be done with linux on it?

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 07:25 pm
[i]mastergode: Saturday

Hey, does anyone on my friends' list from Atlanta want to go with me on Saturday to TimeGate con? It's a convention specifically for Doctor Who and Stargate stuff, with everything else encouraged, but tertiary to the main two.

Megan's going to be busy helping her friend [info]emiko shop for wedding dresses, so I'm flying solo for the day.

Anyone interested enough to come keep me company? I've been less anxious lately, I promise! =D

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 01:03 pm
[i]missdark posting in [i]celiac: Cookies!

OMG you guys! My little health food store just got "Enjoy Life" cookies! They're totally safe for me. They use a dedicated bakery for making cookies that don't contain the top 8 allergens. Woohoo!

I bought the chocolate brownie cookies, but there were gingerbread, lemon ones, and chocolate chip as well. AND there was another gluten-free cookie brand called something Aztec and they had chocolate chip and coconut. There's the brand that they've always had, but I wanted to try these "Enjoy Life" ones.

They're little, but they're so dense you don't need but one or 2. I just had 1 and it was Soooo good I had to run upstairs and share the love!

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 06:44 pm
[i]sylvar: graffito in a non-Latin alphabet, Enterprise rental office, ATL airport


graffito in a non-Latin alphabet, Enterprise rental office, ATL airport

Wed, May. 21st, 2008, 06:43 pm
[i]sylvar: graffito in a non-Latin alphabet, Enterprise rental office, ATL airport


graffito in a non-Latin alphabet, Enterprise rental office, ATL airport

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