complain about nothing of relevance

What we got here? Nothing but no thing to do. I’m thinking that the time around us just moves. We bob up and down. Weave through the orange cones. Move around. Dance or sit. Pick at scabs and dab at blood.

Think about things that we know or think we know. There’s a sense there’s something right to do or think or say or believe. There’s nothing about the life we “know” to be true or real or right. Waxing philosophical while we wane in our desire to figure anything out. We don’t realize that there’s not a lot heck of a lot to figure out but we strive to do it

What the hell? I’m just rambling. Thinking that I’m writing something profound and I’m eschewing the use of my delete key. Or highlighting and typing over. Just the spacebar. The spacebar. Highlight. Space. Highlight space.

Space. Space. Space.

3 spaces in the open field. A field of grass. Hay, dirt and leaves. Looking without seeing. Hearing withhout listening. Eating without tasting. Thinking without thinking.

“Acting without doing” or “doing without acting”?

Rambling.

Highlight. Space.

Installing a custom firmware on a Japanese PSP.

I was half-way around the world, but I had the internet at my fingertips. It seemed a daunting task, trying to separate the crap from the useful information. Any time you search for something that may be a little outside of what’s “allowed”, you get a lot of noise. A search for something like “encoding DVDs” on google will get you countless “tools” designed to help with the task - for a price. It’s really quite ridiculous. The problem’s magnified when you search for a Windows OS-based issue. Something like “free anti-virus program” will result in almost all of the hits either being a paid anti-virus program ¹ or a CNet review of an anti-virus program.

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I may have posted about this before but I can’t quite remember. If I have, you probably haven’t read it (you, of course, being the mythical “you” reading. Kinda like the mythical “they” we all know about.) so there’s no harm in my posting it again. Mostly because I think I’ve found a fantastic solution for really using a Mac to run your home theater.

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I’m just trying out the blogging bundle that comes with Textmate just to see how well it works. I’m also using Markdown to simplify my life even further. I know that I can just use one of my many other software tools to do this, but I’m a software whore and I like to know what I can do with all this fun stuff.

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Or not. I got an iPhone 3 weeks ago and today, I uncovered the most disconcerting drawback yet - no numeric paging!

Some may ask, “why even bother with numeric paging?” (you like that set up for the rest of my post? I learned that strawman argument from watching good ol’ GW)

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I had trouble connecting to my new favorite coffee shop’s WEP encrypted network, though the iPhone didn’t tell me there was any sort of a problem with my connection or password. I did some research and it turns out I needed to make a change to the way the iPhone was taking my password.

Clicking on the “lock” icon next to the name of the network took me to a screen that allowed me to change the type of password it is. I changed it to “Hex or ASCII” and entered in the plain text password, et voila!, it worked!

I found this tip on MacRumors.com. Hope this helps someone. Remember to support your local coffee shops! Keep independent roasters alive.

I got my iPhone on launch day. It’s been great. I love it more than any other piece of kit I’ve got. But I’ve got one ongoing problem with it: the recessed headphone port.
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Think the iPhone is too pricey and you’re getting screwed by AT&T for being required to agree to a contract just for the privilege of owning one? If you’re not a current AT&T customer, you may be in luck! Just don’t run out and get the iPhone just yet.

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NATIONAL JOURNAL: Internal Affairs (03/15/07): ” May 16, 2007 DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE Internal Affairs Aborted DOJ Probe Probably Would Have Targeted Gonzales By Murray Waas, National Journal © National Journal Group Inc. Thursday, March 15, 2007 Shortly before Attorney General Alberto Gonzales advised President Bush last year on whether to shut down a Justice Department inquiry regarding the administration’s warrantless domestic eavesdropping program, Gonzales learned that his own conduct would likely be a focus of the investigation, according to government reco”

Spread This Number. Again.: “09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0.” I don’t know what this is but it looks interesting. Like a couple MAC addresses or something.

(Via digg.)