I tell you what, this little 128 meg USB flash drive that came with my 'pooter is a hoot. I guess mine was free, to make way for those playing mp3s and all the other jazz that I don't need. The size is just right, weighs nothing, and it holds enough to make it worth my while. Another addition to my utility belt... a great way to transfer data quickly!
Really Big Brain is now on two monitors, Big Brain is on the operating table....I'm stealing some of his memory, and devouring any other bone marrow that could be of use. I like having a Frankenstein machine laying around, so that I can test parts and pieces.
I'm having some trouble FTPing with XP... I'm not sure what the story is. Maybe some proxy issues? I tried both the IP address and the DNS still times out. It's a static IP, and I'm just trying to fiddle with my website / Newtcam. I can log in, but that's about it.
The Message I get is -
[update: - ten minutes later] - Fixed the problem by changing to "passive mode". If you're using IE, goto Extra > Internet Options > Advanced, then goto the surfing header and check the box that says something like "use passive FTP-protocol". unfortunately, chillcam isn't liking that too much, despite there being a passive FTP option there, too.
Doing major housecleaning today. Time to make the joint more easily maneuvered, collect all the loose ends and books that I've just let lay around for the last span. After getting at least a little accomplished, I'm going to swap seating spaces between big brain and really big brain. I think that big brain can be kept as a sidebar machine...After cannibalizing it, it still has a DVD reader, decent on-board video (The 7500), and a 40 gig drive. If I trip over a cheapo modem to toss in there (or if I get an Ethernet one for my DSL service), it wouldn't be a bad surf/programming machine to make use of in a pinch. Might not even be bad for being a slave device / server should I decide to set up some head-to-head gaming or a newtcam video broadcast station. In any event, I have to find a place to put the old tower, because it's taking up valuable desk-area real estate now that I have a replacement.
In other news.. it's Christmas Eve, not that you could tell in this part of the neighborhood. No Christmas Lights, warm weather, and the guy I waved to when I took some cardboard boxes out to the dumpster gave me the hairy eyeball. Maybe he wasn't happy to be out on a holiday. (It looks like he's picking up a bunch of trash from out back created when they tore out the innards of the two adjoining apartments. It looks like he's just loading up his rusty white dump truck with all the metal from the old sinks and such. Either the new landlord is going all out and making the place nice, or he had to do it because the mooch wrecked the joint. I wonder if it's some combination of the two.
Ah, speak of the devil... The new landlord, Dennis just swung by. We had a talk, it looks like the place has termites, that they want to tent the place, and put me in the house out front for a few days while that takes place and they tear up my apartment, repaint the bathroom, etc. Not sure when that's going to happen, but I guess it'll give me a chance to pack up everything and rearrange things properly. (He also wants me to break down those boxes I tossed into the dumpster.)What I'd like to do is find another place before that happens, so I only have pack and move once. It'd be a royal hassle if I did it once, and then just had to turn around and do it again a month later. I do have to make sure that I have phone access / Internet from the house, so I can do the ACIM thing, if needed.
Again, synchroniciy... Big Kahuna just called, and offered to take call for the next couple of hours. I'll take that opportunity to do some much needed out of the house chores. Be Back later, dear journal!
Rush Limbaugh blames continued investigation into his substance abuse as a political persecution.
"The Democrats in this country still cannot defeat me in the arena of political ideas, and so now they are trying to do so in the court of public opinion and the legal system. I guess it's payback time."
He also compared his legal situation to the 2000 election recount.
Sheesh, you'd think that prescription drug abuse was some kind of crime or something.
Really Big Brain is now on two monitors, Big Brain is on the operating table....I'm stealing some of his memory, and devouring any other bone marrow that could be of use. I like having a Frankenstein machine laying around, so that I can test parts and pieces.
I'm having some trouble FTPing with XP... I'm not sure what the story is. Maybe some proxy issues? I tried both the IP address and the DNS still times out. It's a static IP, and I'm just trying to fiddle with my website / Newtcam. I can log in, but that's about it.
The Message I get is -
"An Error occurred opening that folder on the FTP Server. -Anyone know of why I'd have weirdness via XP? I'm looking through known issues, now. Any answered would be greatly appreciated from folks that know more about XP pro. I can hit it from the command prompt.
200 Type set to A
200 PORT command successful
425 Can't build data connection: Connection timed out. "
[update: - ten minutes later] - Fixed the problem by changing to "passive mode". If you're using IE, goto Extra > Internet Options > Advanced, then goto the surfing header and check the box that says something like "use passive FTP-protocol". unfortunately, chillcam isn't liking that too much, despite there being a passive FTP option there, too.
In other news.. it's Christmas Eve, not that you could tell in this part of the neighborhood. No Christmas Lights, warm weather, and the guy I waved to when I took some cardboard boxes out to the dumpster gave me the hairy eyeball. Maybe he wasn't happy to be out on a holiday. (It looks like he's picking up a bunch of trash from out back created when they tore out the innards of the two adjoining apartments. It looks like he's just loading up his rusty white dump truck with all the metal from the old sinks and such. Either the new landlord is going all out and making the place nice, or he had to do it because the mooch wrecked the joint. I wonder if it's some combination of the two.
Ah, speak of the devil... The new landlord, Dennis just swung by. We had a talk, it looks like the place has termites, that they want to tent the place, and put me in the house out front for a few days while that takes place and they tear up my apartment, repaint the bathroom, etc. Not sure when that's going to happen, but I guess it'll give me a chance to pack up everything and rearrange things properly. (He also wants me to break down those boxes I tossed into the dumpster.)What I'd like to do is find another place before that happens, so I only have pack and move once. It'd be a royal hassle if I did it once, and then just had to turn around and do it again a month later. I do have to make sure that I have phone access / Internet from the house, so I can do the ACIM thing, if needed.
Again, synchroniciy... Big Kahuna just called, and offered to take call for the next couple of hours. I'll take that opportunity to do some much needed out of the house chores. Be Back later, dear journal!
Rush Limbaugh blames continued investigation into his substance abuse as a political persecution.
"The Democrats in this country still cannot defeat me in the arena of political ideas, and so now they are trying to do so in the court of public opinion and the legal system. I guess it's payback time."
He also compared his legal situation to the 2000 election recount.
Sheesh, you'd think that prescription drug abuse was some kind of crime or something.
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