To anticipate and prevent
Strangest thing ever, I downloaded and tried to install an OpenType Font (.otf) and when I double clicked to preview the font I got the message “The requested file XXX.otf was not a valid font file”. When I tried to install it, I got “Unable to install the XXX (OpenType) font. The font file may…
It was a long time coming, and I knew it would happen sooner or later… The cops stopped me on my evening walk. Why was I expecting this? Well, my “evening” walks take place between 10pm and 2am (depending on how I’m feeling). I’m also generally dressed in fatigues of some kind (ACU’s, full black,…
I needed to talk to AT&T today about getting a phone number moved from one account to another. Now calling the telecom’s is never “fun” but generally AT&T is good to me since I’m dealing with business accounts. Today, was hilarious. I just spent 45 minutes on the phone, which seems counter-intuitive to the “hilarious”…
So I just went to the local supermarket (Grocery store) to pick up a few supplies to last me through the holidays. I don’t recommend it, baddddddddddd idea. Anyways, as I drove into the parking lot, I noticed there was a group of people dressed up in front of one of the other stores, all…
So I caught a message on twitter about someone setting up a “lifestream” using a piece of software called Sweetcron. I thought it was a cool idea, so I figured I’d give it a try. If you are wondering what a lifestream is, it basically is the gathering of your “life” across the internet, congregated…
As I’ve mentioned a few times before, I’ve been using Mozilla Weave. It is a really cool idea, and really critical in this day and age of most tech savvy users having at least 2 computers (if not more). Weave, for those that don’t know, basically takes everything in your browser and backs it up…