Category Archives: Tech

Dealing with Stubborn External USB HDs in OS X

Posted on 07/10/2010 by Michael

If you’ve purchased (or have otherwise come into possession of) an external USB hard drive, and you’re having trouble getting Disk Utility to play nicely with it (i.e. reformat it to HFS+), here’s a trick for you.  Open Terminal and … Continue reading →

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DIY G1 GPS (OMG!)

Posted on 06/23/2010 by Michael

So the GPS on your G1 doesn’t seem to be working.  Here’s what I did to fix mine: Go to Settings -> Security & Location and make sure that Enable GPS satellites is checked.  You can also check “Use wireless … Continue reading →

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WordPress 3.0

Posted on 06/17/2010 by Michael

So, I installed WordPress 3.0 and switched over to their new default template.  So far, so awesome. The new functionality, the surface of which I’ve only barely scratched, is great. I only noticed one bug: using the Digg Digg plugin … Continue reading →

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Missing Podcasts on iPod

Posted on 10/18/2009 by Michael

If you’ve recently purchased a new iPod and have transferred files from your old iPod to the new one, only to find that your podcasts are now “missing,” I may have good news for you. The same happened to me … Continue reading →

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Moji in FireFox 3

Posted on 06/19/2008 by Michael

For those of you who have been using Moji in previous versions of FireFox, but have been disappointed to find that it is unavailable in FF3, here’s a quick solution that worked for me.  The fix lies in the fact … Continue reading →

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Tokyo: Day III (a.m.)

Posted on 05/17/2008 by Michael

Not much to say this morning. Had a bit of a rough time sleeping. Up next: Shower, food, Akihabara, Sensoji. If I can get myself back to Shibuya and Shinjuku, I still have more shopping to accomplish. My travelmates’ feet … Continue reading →

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how the internets work

Posted on 04/30/2008 by Michael

I’m going to shamelessly steal something from Einstein and contort it to serve my own self-aggrandizing purposes.  Since he’s dead, I don’t think he’ll mind.  Even if he weren’t dead… I think I could still kick his ass. You see, … Continue reading →

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