It has been a while since my original attempt at upgrading the firmware on my Seagate hard drives housed in my ReadyNAS NV+. Thanks to scostall for his comment on the original post which pointed me in the right direction. Last week I headed up to Memory Express here in Winnipeg and picked up an […]
As a wanna-be blogger, I’m having trouble doing that part between coming up with a post idea and publishing a nicely written piece. 08:24:26 It still boggles my mind how many tinyurl-ish services there are. 11:48:47 RT @leolaporte “yes i’m that good at etch a sketch [pic] http://ff.im/-1z8cc” 11:49:05 ArsTechnica live blog of the Apple […]
Did a fresh install of of Debian 5.0.0 today. Super easy as expected. http://tinyurl.com/arax4p 23:57:44 The Simpsons goes HD tonight. Here’s the new opening. http://tinyurl.com/btq6aq 13:45:55 Jabra BT2040 == garbage. 12:08:02 <sigh/> Some things give me hope for humanity. But many things don’t. http://tinyurl.com/ava92e 11:50:25 RT @rainnwilson ‘This is one of the best office ‘fan’ […]
If you have ever heard of Seagate (the hard drive manufacturer), then you surely know that last month they had a flurry of hard drive failures in their popular 7200.11 line of hard drives. After a couple of PR snafus, Seagate finally got their act together and issued firmware and update instructions for the affected […]
Obama puts his foot down on greedy bankers. http://tinyurl.com/d5w5mb 16:24:26 Finally got a real response from my original email into Seagate about my drives. Doesn’t tell me anything I hadn’t already figured out. 16:23:26 RT @tuaw: “There are over 60 dedicated “fart apps” in the App Store. Someone open a window.” Ahh… capitalism. 14:34:56 Nothing […]
Monster loses a bunch of user data, including Canadian job hunter data. http://tinyurl.com/cn8n9d 20:37:33 EeePC Tablet looks cool too. http://tinyurl.com/7ae8sd 20:20:54 New Acer 10in Aspire One. http://tinyurl.com/cctcym Looks good, if it has a Linux option. 20:13:06 Now testing my own WordPress plugin that digests my tweets every day on http://whalespine.org. I’m proud to be a […]
Cookie recipe on side of peanut butter jar – “Makes 2 dozen cookies or 24 servings, 1 cookie each.” Duh. 15:24:42 Still got my source at MS. Better luck next time. 15:15:57 Lots of layoffs today in the tech sector. http://tinyurl.com/b7pzm5 – Waiting to see if I still have a source at MS. 09:36:04 Appears […]