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May. 23rd, 2007
First day of vacation. Should've been last round o' shopping/packing day, but we're trying not to think about it. I found someone to transfer the hotel room to, so someone else will know the joy of the Concourse Hotel's Governors' Club level, with the complimentary continental breakfasts and evening cocktails and dessert bar. And the real bar.
Will write. Will make big dent in GIDEON, Chapter 1. Will be a writer, rather than playing one on TV. Because if I don't write, the major justification for attending cons kinda fades away.
Just back from the garage. Kuro has been making A Noise for the past week or so, a rattling sound a few seconds after start-up, that faded after I got him going. Turned out to be a loose heat shield, which sounds all space-shuttley. Just a catalytic converter shield, though, not a reentry shield. An inexpensive fix.
In the Gee, Ya Think? Dept., just ordered replacement panes for the solar lantern. Actually, I just ordered a one-piece plastic insert, which is now the replacement for the four panes of frosted glass. The woman who took the order said that my lamp must have been old, because the inserts have been all plastic for quite a while. The plastic likely won't be as rich-looking, but it will make for a lighter lantern. Then there's the breakage issue. I am guessing that Intermatic was replacing an awful lot of glass
Cloudy. Supposed to be hot--mid 80s to 90ish. Work now.
Will write. Will make big dent in GIDEON, Chapter 1. Will be a writer, rather than playing one on TV. Because if I don't write, the major justification for attending cons kinda fades away.
Just back from the garage. Kuro has been making A Noise for the past week or so, a rattling sound a few seconds after start-up, that faded after I got him going. Turned out to be a loose heat shield, which sounds all space-shuttley. Just a catalytic converter shield, though, not a reentry shield. An inexpensive fix.
In the Gee, Ya Think? Dept., just ordered replacement panes for the solar lantern. Actually, I just ordered a one-piece plastic insert, which is now the replacement for the four panes of frosted glass. The woman who took the order said that my lamp must have been old, because the inserts have been all plastic for quite a while. The plastic likely won't be as rich-looking, but it will make for a lighter lantern. Then there's the breakage issue. I am guessing that Intermatic was replacing an awful lot of glass
Cloudy. Supposed to be hot--mid 80s to 90ish. Work now.
First day of vacation. Should've been last round o' shopping/packing day, but we're trying not to think about it. I found someone to transfer the hotel room to, so someone else will know the joy of the Concourse Hotel's Governors' Club level, with the complimentary continental breakfasts and evening cocktails and dessert bar. And the real bar.
Will write. Will make big dent in GIDEON, Chapter 1. Will be a writer, rather than playing one on TV. Because if I don't write, the major justification for attending cons kinda fades away.
Just back from the garage. Kuro has been making A Noise for the past week or so, a rattling sound a few seconds after start-up, that faded after I got him going. Turned out to be a loose heat shield, which sounds all space-shuttley. Just a catalytic converter shield, though, not a reentry shield. An inexpensive fix.
In the Gee, Ya Think? Dept., just ordered replacement panes for the solar lantern. Actually, I just ordered a one-piece plastic insert, which is now the replacement for the four panes of frosted glass. The woman who took the order said that my lamp must have been old, because the inserts have been all plastic for quite a while. The plastic likely won't be as rich-looking, but it will make for a lighter lantern. Then there's the breakage issue. I am guessing that Intermatic was replacing an awful lot of glass
Cloudy. Supposed to be hot--mid 80s to 90ish. Work now.
Will write. Will make big dent in GIDEON, Chapter 1. Will be a writer, rather than playing one on TV. Because if I don't write, the major justification for attending cons kinda fades away.
Just back from the garage. Kuro has been making A Noise for the past week or so, a rattling sound a few seconds after start-up, that faded after I got him going. Turned out to be a loose heat shield, which sounds all space-shuttley. Just a catalytic converter shield, though, not a reentry shield. An inexpensive fix.
In the Gee, Ya Think? Dept., just ordered replacement panes for the solar lantern. Actually, I just ordered a one-piece plastic insert, which is now the replacement for the four panes of frosted glass. The woman who took the order said that my lamp must have been old, because the inserts have been all plastic for quite a while. The plastic likely won't be as rich-looking, but it will make for a lighter lantern. Then there's the breakage issue. I am guessing that Intermatic was replacing an awful lot of glass
Cloudy. Supposed to be hot--mid 80s to 90ish. Work now.
MacBook question
May. 23rd, 2007 01:52 pmSo, anyone out there have one of the new MacBooks? Ya like it?
I downloaded the latest security update to the iBook, along with the latest Quicktime upgrade. Hit Restart. Got to the blue screen, where the little twirly-twirly did its thing...and did its thing...and did its thing.
Minutes passed. Perhaps did the wrong thing, and did a cold restart. Twice. It's still hanging up in the same place.
I'm holding my breath. Ran Disk Utility/First Aid. There were issues. 1 HFS Volume was repaired, but one volume couldn't be fixed. Then I ran Verify Disk, and was told that a volume needed repairing. Tried running Repair Permissions, just in case something got gummed up during the upgrade. At about the 3/4 point, got the message that the Disk Utility quit. Lost contact with the CD?
Tried restarting with the Disk Utility CD. It's not even recognizing the CD anymore.
Just the sort of adventure I want to have on the first day of vacation. Glad I had saved the new proposal to a couple of places before I updated.
There are still a few things I want to try, but my iBook is almost 40 months old. I have a bad feeling about this.
Update: iBook is back. Reinstalled Tiger. Downloaded all the security updates in one massive wodge and installed them, including the one iBook choked on this morning. It's still with me. Now I just need to reinstall MacOffice. As for all the other dink programs that were lost...I'll get to them eventually.
I downloaded the latest security update to the iBook, along with the latest Quicktime upgrade. Hit Restart. Got to the blue screen, where the little twirly-twirly did its thing...and did its thing...and did its thing.
Minutes passed. Perhaps did the wrong thing, and did a cold restart. Twice. It's still hanging up in the same place.
I'm holding my breath. Ran Disk Utility/First Aid. There were issues. 1 HFS Volume was repaired, but one volume couldn't be fixed. Then I ran Verify Disk, and was told that a volume needed repairing. Tried running Repair Permissions, just in case something got gummed up during the upgrade. At about the 3/4 point, got the message that the Disk Utility quit. Lost contact with the CD?
Tried restarting with the Disk Utility CD. It's not even recognizing the CD anymore.
Just the sort of adventure I want to have on the first day of vacation. Glad I had saved the new proposal to a couple of places before I updated.
There are still a few things I want to try, but my iBook is almost 40 months old. I have a bad feeling about this.
Update: iBook is back. Reinstalled Tiger. Downloaded all the security updates in one massive wodge and installed them, including the one iBook choked on this morning. It's still with me. Now I just need to reinstall MacOffice. As for all the other dink programs that were lost...I'll get to them eventually.
MacBook question
May. 23rd, 2007 01:52 pmSo, anyone out there have one of the new MacBooks? Ya like it?
I downloaded the latest security update to the iBook, along with the latest Quicktime upgrade. Hit Restart. Got to the blue screen, where the little twirly-twirly did its thing...and did its thing...and did its thing.
Minutes passed. Perhaps did the wrong thing, and did a cold restart. Twice. It's still hanging up in the same place.
I'm holding my breath. Ran Disk Utility/First Aid. There were issues. 1 HFS Volume was repaired, but one volume couldn't be fixed. Then I ran Verify Disk, and was told that a volume needed repairing. Tried running Repair Permissions, just in case something got gummed up during the upgrade. At about the 3/4 point, got the message that the Disk Utility quit. Lost contact with the CD?
Tried restarting with the Disk Utility CD. It's not even recognizing the CD anymore.
Just the sort of adventure I want to have on the first day of vacation. Glad I had saved the new proposal to a couple of places before I updated.
There are still a few things I want to try, but my iBook is almost 40 months old. I have a bad feeling about this.
Update: iBook is back. Reinstalled Tiger. Downloaded all the security updates in one massive wodge and installed them, including the one iBook choked on this morning. It's still with me. Now I just need to reinstall MacOffice. As for all the other dink programs that were lost...I'll get to them eventually.
I downloaded the latest security update to the iBook, along with the latest Quicktime upgrade. Hit Restart. Got to the blue screen, where the little twirly-twirly did its thing...and did its thing...and did its thing.
Minutes passed. Perhaps did the wrong thing, and did a cold restart. Twice. It's still hanging up in the same place.
I'm holding my breath. Ran Disk Utility/First Aid. There were issues. 1 HFS Volume was repaired, but one volume couldn't be fixed. Then I ran Verify Disk, and was told that a volume needed repairing. Tried running Repair Permissions, just in case something got gummed up during the upgrade. At about the 3/4 point, got the message that the Disk Utility quit. Lost contact with the CD?
Tried restarting with the Disk Utility CD. It's not even recognizing the CD anymore.
Just the sort of adventure I want to have on the first day of vacation. Glad I had saved the new proposal to a couple of places before I updated.
There are still a few things I want to try, but my iBook is almost 40 months old. I have a bad feeling about this.
Update: iBook is back. Reinstalled Tiger. Downloaded all the security updates in one massive wodge and installed them, including the one iBook choked on this morning. It's still with me. Now I just need to reinstall MacOffice. As for all the other dink programs that were lost...I'll get to them eventually.