August 2004 – Erik’s… Hmm…

Mac OS X Crashes…

Post author:Erik Weibust
Post published:August 30, 2004
Post category:Technology
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Jeez! My previous post was the "kiss of death". Since that post on Saturday afternoon. I've had to reboot my PowerBook twice. TWICE! The first was Sunday afternoon. I had…

I Love This About The New Powerbook

Post author:Erik Weibust
Post published:August 28, 2004
Post category:Technology
Post comments:3 Comments

Erik-Weibusts-Computer:~ erikw$ uptime 20:30 up 3 days, 21:14, 4 users, load averages: 0.41 0.25 0.21 I got this machine on Tuesday afternoon. I fired it up Tuesday evening. Since then…

No More Craig Kilborn…

Post author:Erik Weibust
Post published:August 28, 2004
Post category:personal
Post comments:2 Comments

What the heck? When did Craig Kilborn decide to call it quits? After Letterman, Kilborn was my favorite late-night show/host. He had real funny bits, and his guests went from…

Iraq War Body Count…

Post author:Erik Weibust
Post published:August 26, 2004
Post category:personal
Post comments:6 Comments

I enjoy reading Anand Sharma's weblog. He has great technology content mixed in with very good political posts. He and I disagree on a number of points but his arguements…

Did I Mention I Got a PowerBook…

Post author:Erik Weibust
Post published:August 26, 2004
Post category:Technology
Post comments:5 Comments

It arrived Tuesday afternoon. Again, it's the 12" 1.33 GHz w/SuperDrive model. It's awesome! I've been bugging people about PowerBooks for almost a year. Yes! I've finally got one.... The…

I’m Sick of John Kerry’s…

Post author:Erik Weibust
Post published:August 23, 2004
Post category:personal
Post comments:2 Comments

...garbage related to his service time during the Vietnam War. It's crap that in the early 1970s he was ashamed of his time and what he and the rest of…

Short Mac OS X for Java Geeks Review…

Post author:Erik Weibust
Post published:August 22, 2004
Post category:java
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Well, I powered through Mac OS X for Java Geeks this weekend in just under 58 hours. I wasn't reading the whole time, that was just my weekend; noon Friday…

Bought the PowerBook…

Post author:Erik Weibust
Post published:August 21, 2004
Post category:Technology
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I am happy to report I bought a PowerBook. I went with the 12" w/ SuperDrive. I passed on AppleCare, but have plenty of time to go back and buy…

Great MT Resource…

Post author:Erik Weibust
Post published:August 20, 2004
Post category:Technology
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I have referenced this site before, but I want to give props to Learning Movable Type. It's an awesome site. Elise, the site's author, posts great tutorials on all kinds…

Finally I can buy a PowerBook…

Post author:Erik Weibust
Post published:August 19, 2004
Post category:Technology
Post comments:3 Comments

The wife has finally given me her blessing. I am torn between the 1.33 GHz 12" PowerBook or saving a couple hundred bucks and getting the 1 GHz 12" iBook.…