Laid Off in 2009

For a great funny story about being laid off today, read this article by Tammy Scott. http://ezinearticles.com/?id=2468621

MAC Boot Options

Clear all Boot Params:

Option Command R & P

Boot to DVD Drive simply hold down the following keys:

D - Boot to Apple Hardware Test

C - Boot to Disk Install

Boot to shell and check disk:

Command S - Command Prompt

You can then run "fsck -fy" multiple times until all errors are cleared.

Quote to Ponder

"Making the simple complicated is commonplace. Making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity." - Charles Mingus

Mac OS X - Boot into verbose mode all the time.

If you want to boot into your Mac in Verbose mode all the time do the following:

Open Terminal
Type: nvram -p
This will show you if any boot-args are set.

To Turn Verbose mode on.
Type: sudo nvram boot-args="-v"
If you had any boot-args in the previous step you would copy those args as well.

To Turn Verbose mode off.
Type: sudo nvram boot-args=

You will now always see what your MAC is doing during boot up. No more mysteries.

hard reset hx4700 - Google Search

Hard Reset HX4700
"The new method of hard resetting a WM 5 HX 4700 is to press and hold the Contacts and Mail buttons and then doing a soft reset."

Lightning Strike

Quote

"Just because you can, does not mean you should."

Well said Dan!

"As for their offers of a future with only an office but no assignments, it just isn't in me to sit around doing nothing. So I will do the work I love elsewhere, and I look forward to sharing details about that soon."
    - Dan Rather
CNN.com - Harsh words as Rather leaves CBS - Jun 21, 2006

Al-Zarqawi and Picture Frames

Whose job in the Military was it to get the gold picture frame? Most importantly, whose idea was this? Was this a frame from a Saddam Palace? A sale at Target?