Published 2 years, 10 months ago
in Computers.
I’m not sure if this is something that was fixed in 10.4.3, but Safari (Apple’s built-in web browser) now passes the Acid2 test. What is Acid2, you may ask? Well, to quote from the website, Acid2 is “a test page, written to help browser vendors ensure proper support for web standards in their products.” I do know that Safari did not pass this test in the original 10.4 Tiger release.
Test your browser
If you see a smiley face with the words “Hello World!” above it, then the browser passes the test. I don’t think Internet Explorer passes, and I know that Firefox 1.0.7 doesn’t pass either.
Published 2 years, 10 months ago
in Computers.
Think Secret just announced that Mac OS X 10.4.3 was released, and I am currently updating my laptop now. Apple’s support site says it includes fixes for:
- AFP, SMB/CIFS, NFS and FTP network and file services
- AirPort and Bluetooth wireless access
- Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Image, and RAW camera support
- disc recording when creating and burning media
- .Mac sync services
- Spotlight indexing and searching
- Dashboard widgets: Dictionary, Flight Tracker, Stickies, and Unit Converter
- Address Book, AppleScript, Automator, Dictionary, Font Book, iCal, iSync, Mail, and Safari applications
- Disk Utility, Keychain Access, Migration Assistant, and Software Update
- compatibility with third party applications and devices
- previous standalone security updates
Source: Think Secret - Briefly: Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4.3
More Info: Apple - Support - Downloads - Mac OS X Update 10.4.3
Published 2 years, 10 months ago
in Life.
Quick catch up for you all. I went to Hobbs High School in a small town in New Mexico. Yes, I was a member of the band, etc. Well, when I got to college, I began hanging out with Andrew, Daryl, Allison, Kara, and Rebecca who were all from Hobbs. I used to hang out with Andrew, Daryl, and Kara but I never really hung out with Allison, and didn’t even know Rebecca. 
Well, like I said, in college, we all hung out all the time…and they all became my best friends. People gave us hell because we stuck together…as “The Hobbsans.” As Andrew says in his blog, “James, Rebecca, Allison and I had a killer year our first year of college at NMSU (Killer = great). People probably thought I was a slut because I rarely slepped in my dorm room…I was on the floor next to James (not too close) with a towel for a pillow in Rebecca and Allison’s dorm room in Garcia. We hung out 90% of the time our freshman year.” We had a killer time, indeed. Good times… Anyway, on Tuesday, we met Andrew in Rocky Mount, NC for dinner. After college, Andrew moved to Washington, D.C. and his parents moved from Hobbs, NM to a small town in North Carolina. This was convenient for both of us…we both drove about an hour to meet up on Tuesday… Again, like Andrew says in his blog, “You know you are good friends with someone when you have’nt seen them in a year and when you do its like you have’nt seen them in a week.” It was great seeing you, buddy. See, the rest of you Hobbsans need to move to the east coast too…we can relive the freshman days.
Link: Schwartz speaks up
Published 2 years, 10 months ago
in House.
Today’s the big day. We go sign documents at 1:00pm EST and will have the keys this afternoon!! We have scheduled the movers to bring our stuff tomorrow, just in time for the weekend!
Published 2 years, 10 months ago
in House.
A few months back, before I moved to Raleigh, I was thinking about building another KB Home in the Twin Lakes community of Cary, NC. My realtor told me that it would require a 2-day campout in order to get in on the first phase. Well, I didn’t have the time to wait out for 2 days, much less wait for my house to build in 6-8 months. It seems like it would have been worth it:
Oct 12, 2005 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Martha Stewart will help design new homes in an agreement with builder KB Home that extends the lifestyle expert’s brand well beyond the merchandising of towels and kitchen utensils.
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. and KB Home said on Wednesday the first model homes imprinted with Stewart’s style sense will be completed in 2006.
The first group to go on sale will include 650 houses in Cary, North Carolina, under the name “KB Home Twin Lakes: Homes Created with Martha Stewart,” the companies said.
Talk about building some equity!
Link: ABC News: Martha Stewart to build houses with KB Home
Link: NYT: Builder to Offer Martha Stewart-Style Homes
Link: Boston Globe: House of Stewart
Link: USA Today: Martha Stewart to design houses with KB Home
Published 2 years, 10 months ago
in NetApp.
I have just posted pictures from our department “team building” activity at the NC State Fair. You can find them here, or by selecting photos on the left side…they are under “NetApp.”
Published 2 years, 10 months ago
in NetApp.
Tomorrow, my kind boss will be taking our department of six to the N.C. State Fair. She has at least one interesting event planned for us. As a team building event, we’re supposed to milk a cow. If you’ve seen this picture, you’ll know that milking won’t be that bad for me. I’ve had my hand inside the rumen of a live cow. Anyway, it should be a fun outing… I am anxious to see the Great Pumpkin. Apparently a guy named Wallace Simmons grows enormous pumpkins for the fair. This year, the pumpkin is 854 pounds, which happens to be the 3rd largest! The largest was 860 lbs. Now THAT’S a pumpkin!
Published 2 years, 10 months ago
in House.
The house buying process is going pretty smoothly here, as we’re set to close next Thursday. We’re both ready to get out of the crummy 3rd floor apartment. Here is a picture of the new house, as promised:
More (full-size) pictures from the listing are available in the photo album. Keep in mind this isn’t our stuff in the house.
Update: It’s a 1966 sqft. home located in northwest Raleigh. It was built in 2004 by Centex.
Published 2 years, 10 months ago
in NetApp.
Old News. This is just an interesting fact that I discovered and decided to share with my readers. Yahoo!’s internet infrastucture (including Yahoo! Mail) is stored on NetApp systems.
Network Appliance and Yahoo! in Agreement to Use NetApp® Systems to Support Yahoo!'s Internet Infrastructure
Strategic Relationship Targets High Availability Systems and Optimized Data Protection
Sunnyvale, CA - March 9, 2000 – Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP), a leading provider of network-attached data access and management solutions and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company, today announced a strategic relationship under which Network Appliance will provide Yahoo! with Network Appliance™ filer systems and storage networking technology.
View: Network Appliance and Yahoo! in Agreement to Use NetApp® Systems to Support Yahoo!’s Internet Infrastructure
In the news for today regarding NMSU:
1) NMSU updates website design: www.nmsu.edu It’s about time. We voted on the site design like two years ago. I think UofA also updated their design this semester.
2) NMSU Football lost to Hawai’i, bringing them to 0-7 this year. Ouch!
