Mac Won’t Start When iPod Shuffle is Connected
Thursday, April 29th, 2010The Problem: When my iPod Shuffle is attached to my MacBook, the MacBook won’t start. … If I get a better solution I will post it.
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Update your Android G1 to Cupcake without the wait
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009I have been disappointed with T-Mobiles schedule of updates (lots of posts out there say that Cupcake was scheduled for January 2009) and tired of waiting for the Over the Air (OTA) update, so I decided to take the plunge and root my phone so that I could update it with whatever I wanted, whenever. … These two demands are opposing forces in the software development world: a high-quality and bug-free update takes time to build, and then takes lots more time testing for compatibility with millions of users running thousands of different applications in millions of different ways.
Connect your Xbox to the Internet using your Mac
Saturday, April 4th, 2009Problem: Many instructions that I have found to connect your Xbox to the Internet using your Mac (with Airport and Ethernet) did not work for me. I experienced an interesting problem while following these other instructions, and managed to find a solution. Quick Solution: Follow other instructions on the Internet, but make sure that your Mac's ...
T-Mobile G1 (Android) Battery Life
Saturday, February 28th, 2009About Lithium-Ion batteries For consumers and users of these batteries, the important thing to remember is that Li-Ion batteries do not have a ” memory ” like some types of batteries do. … Continuing the Story Even though the “memory” effect is not supposed to be a factor, I did find that after a few charge cycles (over a week or so), my battery seemed to last longer.
Android Features: The Good and the Wanted
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Problem: The Android operating system for mobile phones has a great deal of potential. However, a lot of this potential has not yet been tapped. This post identifies my wantings with regard to Android. I will keep updating this post as I find new items to address. A screen shot from the Android emulator ...
Android is slow when loading Home screen, SMS, and other Apps
Saturday, February 28th, 2009Problem: after a few days, my Android phone transitions to the Home screen very slowly (sometimes taking >10 seconds). Other apps also seem to be slower. Quick Answer: Try clearing some of the system memory. The Whole Story That is pretty much it. I have a moderate amount of Apps installed, and each of the 3 home screen ...
Moving a Parallels Desktop for Mac Virtual Machine to Boot Camp to be used by Parallels
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Problem: I need to move my Windows XP Virtual machine to a Boot Camp installation so that I can boot straight into Windows. Quick Answer: Still working on it... The Whole Story I have been using Parallels Desktop for Mac version 3.x, but recently upgraded to Parallels Desktop for Mac version 4.x. Apparantly one of the features as ...
Macintosh iWork ’08 Numbers is a Real Pain
Friday, May 23rd, 2008Usually I post articles that describe how to get around a problem that I had, but this is just about how frustrated I am with Apple's Numbers, part of the iWork '08 suite. Background I use a Mac because it is much more stable than Windows. Also, the open source community is well plugged into working with ...
An ssh problem when trying to log in
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Problem: I have a computer running Ubunutu (Linux) and I needed to ssh into it for some MySQL management. I set up the ssh server, and was able to enter my username and password, but would be denied because of a wrong username/password combination. Quick Solution: Even if your username includes a mix of capital and ...
Keeping Track of Elapsed Time in Python
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008This article shows how to put a few lines of python code into your python script so you can tell how long the script has been running, or how long a certain part of the task took to run. The Quick Answer: For the most accurrate time elapsed, use the time module and make 2 time.time() ...