Notice anything off? Is that a red oak leaf? No. Web designers like to have fun.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Planned Parenthood email newsletter
Notice anything off? Is that a red oak leaf? No. Web designers like to have fun.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
'acore' process crashes in Android 1.5
On my brand new myTouch 3G, I could not dial my sister's mobile phone.
The problem was directly related to the Contacts app. I could not view any of my sister's information. So I used my laptop to review my sister's data in the Contacts view of Gmail in the Firefox web browser. There, I noticed I had defined a Instant Messenger username with the incorrect type. I corrected it, re-synced my contacts on my phone, and now it works fine.
To confirm that fix, I found another person in my contacts that also had an incorrect type set for a instant messaging username. The acore process crashed for that person as well on my phone. And after I corrected her information in Firefox, and re-synced my phone, then I was able to view the information for that person on my phone; the acore process stopped crashing.
In summary, for Android 1.5, if a person has a instant messenger username set, then the type must also be set and set correctly.
The problem was directly related to the Contacts app. I could not view any of my sister's information. So I used my laptop to review my sister's data in the Contacts view of Gmail in the Firefox web browser. There, I noticed I had defined a Instant Messenger username with the incorrect type. I corrected it, re-synced my contacts on my phone, and now it works fine.
To confirm that fix, I found another person in my contacts that also had an incorrect type set for a instant messaging username. The acore process crashed for that person as well on my phone. And after I corrected her information in Firefox, and re-synced my phone, then I was able to view the information for that person on my phone; the acore process stopped crashing.
In summary, for Android 1.5, if a person has a instant messenger username set, then the type must also be set and set correctly.
USPS insured mail
Today I learned that the USPS puts a big bright blue sticker on insured packages to show that the value is over $200. Brilliant. Way to draw attention to it. So if any USPS employees want to snatch a package, they just have to look for the blue sticker.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Another nightmare
Early this morning I woke up to another nightmare. This one was not at 2 am like usual. Rather, it was much closer to the time I usually wake up to an alarm clock.
It was the basement of a hotel in the mid 1960's. Malcolm X was in bed with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife. They weren't doing the nasty; they were a couple. They were in hostile territory. They had to cover the garden-level windows so outsiders could not tell which room they were in. As they slept, some white guy quietly cut a huge hole in their room door, poked a machine gun in, and murdered them both as they slept. Terribly graphic and bloody. Awful.
It was the basement of a hotel in the mid 1960's. Malcolm X was in bed with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife. They weren't doing the nasty; they were a couple. They were in hostile territory. They had to cover the garden-level windows so outsiders could not tell which room they were in. As they slept, some white guy quietly cut a huge hole in their room door, poked a machine gun in, and murdered them both as they slept. Terribly graphic and bloody. Awful.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Cruiser vs Sport Tourer in Rocky Mountains
Well, I am having a lot of trouble merging NMEA log files with my jpg files. In the mean time, I wanted to mention the difference between riding in the Rocky Mountains on a Honda VTX 1800 and Yamah FJR 1300, with a passenger.
As with any motorcycle, ascents are easier than descents. It was the descent where I noticed the difference. Ascents are easier because the suspension that provides power is compressed and stabilized by the counter forces of the engine. On the Honda cruiser, I had very little confidence in the front suspension. Perhaps the larger rake is to blame. With the Yamaha sport tourer, I as able to descend altitude much faster because the front wheel felt way more stable.
As with any motorcycle, ascents are easier than descents. It was the descent where I noticed the difference. Ascents are easier because the suspension that provides power is compressed and stabilized by the counter forces of the engine. On the Honda cruiser, I had very little confidence in the front suspension. Perhaps the larger rake is to blame. With the Yamaha sport tourer, I as able to descend altitude much faster because the front wheel felt way more stable.
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