http://chromick.com/eric Mostly geek, but then I'm easily distracted Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:04:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Maybe it's just me, but I find it hilarious that the Sidney Daily News has blocked Yahoo's Local page from displaying their content. Click a couple times for full-size so you can read the message. [caption id="attachment_37" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Sidney Daily News blocks Yahoo Local access!"][/caption] http://chromick.com/eric/uncategorized/sidney-daily-news-blocks-yahoo-local-news-access/ This link should take you to the email flier I received: http://cps7.00b.net/498/content_load/865/10_30view_online2.html?BrCs=498&BrCg=16182869&BrRc=1467805211 And, I'll admit I was pretty excited since I just got VMware's ESX 3i Server running on my PowerSpec B610. I would have been thrilled to bump it up to 4 gigs so I could do more stuff ... http://chromick.com/eric/customer-disservice/microcenter-has-a-couple-of-deals-on-corsair-ram-kits-this-week-but/ I finally took the plunge and bought an Acer Aspire One AOA150-1570 - the Windows version. So far, I've done my usual collection of Windows tweaks and have it triple booting into Puppy Linux and Acer's Linpus. I'm working on documenting all my changes, but in the meantime, here's a ... http://chromick.com/eric/linux/acer-aspire-one-resources/ Hmm, I seem to have lost track of time yet again... More info at: www.alumniclass.com/FairmontWestHS. http://chromick.com/eric/misc/kettering-fairmont-west-class-of-1978-30-year-reunion-82908/ I've finally got betta-fish-care.info working. I know, I know, there are plenty of other things I should be doing, but this is fun. Anyway, there's some good info on caring for a betta and keeping them happy & healthy. I'll be covering betta illnesses / diseases like fin rot, bloating, popeye, etc. http://chromick.com/eric/sites/betta-fish-careinfo-site-is-live/ Due to my frustration during a recent spate of client ad/spyware & virus infections, I've updated and re-launched my SpywareKillers.info site. The goal is to have a single place to send family, friends, and clients for the tools they need to remove spyware, viruses, malware, etc., and keep their machines clean. ... http://chromick.com/eric/sites/spywarekillersinfo-re-launched/ Yet another Sony mystery. Undocumented in the included paperwork, as far as I can tell. Oh yeah, if you want a recovery disk, you need to call in the first 30 days after purchase to get one free. After that, it's voicemail hell to get to a live body, before you ... http://chromick.com/eric/wtf/accessing-the-recovery-partition-on-sony-vaio-vgn-nr385e-use-f10/ Hit F2 + F3. Why Sony chose to go with this goofy key combo is beyond me... http://chromick.com/eric/wtf/how-do-i-get-to-the-bios-on-a-sony-vaio-vgn-nr385e/ If you’ve just upgraded to Hardy Heron and found that Virtual Box no longer works it might be because your host's CD is now called something else. Mine became /dev/scd0 after the upgrade. All I had to do was detach it from the virtual machine and reattach it & everything ... http://chromick.com/eric/linux/ubuntu-804-hardy-heron-virtual-box/ If you've just upgraded to Hardy Heron and found that VMware Server no longer works, take a look at Installing VMware 6.0.2 and VMware Server on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04. You'll find an explanation of what needs to be changed and, even better, a patched version of vmware-any-any-update115 that'll make it ... http://chromick.com/eric/linux/ubuntu-804-hardy-heron-vmware-server/