Teh Blarg http://raybdbomb.com Incessant babble and otherwise blarg Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:25:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha en hourly 1 New Job: Technical Consultant http://raybdbomb.com/p/new-job-technical-consultant.html http://raybdbomb.com/p/new-job-technical-consultant.html#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:14:24 +0000 Raybdbomb http://raybdbomb.com/?p=2207 I have accepted a position as a Technical Consultant at Appirio. This ends a 2 month, 2 day unemployment streak that I was on, the longest I’ve been out of a job since 9th grade! I do feel blessed, there are some others I know in the same situation that have not been able to locate a new permanent position.

I’m really excited about this opportunity for my career! I have to believe that some high power had a hand in forcing me out the door from my previous position, because I’d still be there otherwise. This job has better pay, more interesting work, and with a better company (of course the last two are my opinion, any former co-workers of mine).

]]> http://raybdbomb.com/p/new-job-technical-consultant.html/feed 2 Boxee at CES http://raybdbomb.com/p/boxee-at-ces.html http://raybdbomb.com/p/boxee-at-ces.html#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:24:13 +0000 Raybdbomb http://raybdbomb.com/?p=2204 I’m a huge fan of Boxee, I use it for my home theater PC’s front-end. I was excited to see news from the Consumer Electronics Show about Boxee, as covered by Hak5, I show which I support.

The Boxee Box — an Apple-TV like embedded set-top-ish device. Under $200? Amazing. I am buying one asap.

The coolest thing out of the Boxee booth was the keyboard/remote combo. Assuming it’s reasonably cheap, I’m getting this for sure.

]]> http://raybdbomb.com/p/boxee-at-ces.html/feed 0 Drowned Ipod http://raybdbomb.com/p/drowned-ipod.html http://raybdbomb.com/p/drowned-ipod.html#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:15:55 +0000 Raybdbomb http://raybdbomb.com/?p=2202 I just dropped my new Ipod into the sink, and it now appears to be broken. The unit still functions for the most part, but I can’t get any audio output to work. I’m going to leave it off for awhile and see if it resolves itself, fingers crossed. I purchased a replacement digitizer for this Ipod, and never got around to installing it. Dang!

]]> http://raybdbomb.com/p/drowned-ipod.html/feed 0 2009 FTL http://raybdbomb.com/p/2009-ftl.html http://raybdbomb.com/p/2009-ftl.html#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:09:17 +0000 Raybdbomb http://raybdbomb.com/p/2009-ftl.html 2009 was a trying year for me. For the most part, I’m glad it’s over.

Job, wife, best friend, family, faith, relationships. These are the things I lost in 2009. Some I can never get back. Some I’ve already found again, and the others are in progress. Maybe it’s the sign of the times, many others seem to be hard hit as well.

A friend lost her life this past week, and it’s made me think a lot about the impermanence of life and relationships. It’s time to let 2009 go, and start afresh with 2010. Here’s to new beginnings, in almost every aspect of my life.

RIP Marlana, March 1984-December 2009. I barely knew you, but it’s hard to see you go.

]]> http://raybdbomb.com/p/2009-ftl.html/feed 0 How to install Telnet for Windows 7 http://raybdbomb.com/p/how-to-install-telnet-for-windows-7.html http://raybdbomb.com/p/how-to-install-telnet-for-windows-7.html#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:06:28 +0000 Raybdbomb http://raybdbomb.com/?p=2195
  • Open Control Panel
  • Click Programs
  • Under Programs and Features there should be an option that says “Turn Windows features on or off”, click this.
  • On the list that appears simply choose: Telnet Client

    • Simple as that, and the telnet client is included again. I don’t know why they don’t install it by default, it’s < 1 MB and incredibly useful.

    ]]>     http://raybdbomb.com/p/how-to-install-telnet-for-windows-7.html/feed 2     Spotting a Fake USB Drive from eBay http://raybdbomb.com/p/spotting-a-fake-usb-drive-from-ebay.html http://raybdbomb.com/p/spotting-a-fake-usb-drive-from-ebay.html#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:13:36 +0000 Raybdbomb http://raybdbomb.com/?p=2193 So I bought a “64GB USB FLASH DRIVE USB 2.0 PEN STICK MEMORY 64GB” from eBay for $23 shipped from China a few weeks ago, and it just came today. I was skeptical, because I’ve had experience with getting incorrectly sized flash memory from those Chinese eBay scammers.

    I found this guide, which says

    It’s one thing to be sold the wrong size drive, but these “hacked” drives which appear on your computer to be the right size, actually corrupt your valuable data to make it look like it fits on a much smaller capacity memory chip.

    I followed their guide, and sure enough, my 64GB drive is closer to 20GB, or 21,850,329,088 bytes. The first file after this amount looks like this:

    So I filed a claim on eBay, hoping to get this refunded. Turns out the seller’s account “no longer exists”. Meh. Moral of the story (which I should have already known): if it looks to good to be true, it probably is.

    Edit: Ebay gave me a full refund. Hoorah.

    ]]>     http://raybdbomb.com/p/spotting-a-fake-usb-drive-from-ebay.html/feed 0     Bought iPod Touch 2nd gen 8GB http://raybdbomb.com/p/bought-ipod-touch-2nd-gen-8gb.html http://raybdbomb.com/p/bought-ipod-touch-2nd-gen-8gb.html#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:55:10 +0000 Raybdbomb http://raybdbomb.com/?p=2186 I’ve been thinking of doing some iPod/iPhone app store development, and the only two things that have kept me back are 1) no test unit and 2) no development machine. That, combined with the fact that my old ipod recently died, I figured it’s time to upgrade.

    So I’ve been looking out for deals on iPod Touches. Found a 2nd generation 8 GB iPod touch with a cosmetic crack on the screen (digitizer, not LCD) for $80 with a load of accessories. Picked it up as well as a replacement digitizer (and tool to open the front) from eBay for $14. I am happy with this deal so far. As far as I’m concerned, the iPod touch is all of the good things about the iPhone and none of the bad.

    ]]>     http://raybdbomb.com/p/bought-ipod-touch-2nd-gen-8gb.html/feed 4     Obvious post is obvious http://raybdbomb.com/p/obvious-post-is-obvious.html http://raybdbomb.com/p/obvious-post-is-obvious.html#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:36:06 +0000 Raybdbomb http://raybdbomb.com/?p=2182 I was sitting in a college statistics class with about 20 students a few years ago, and our professor wagered to the students $20 that no two people in the room had the same birth date. One student instantly took that bet; his twin was sitting right next to him. The professor paid the $20 and went on with this lesson.

    ]]>     http://raybdbomb.com/p/obvious-post-is-obvious.html/feed 4     24 hours fatness http://raybdbomb.com/p/24-hours-fatness.html http://raybdbomb.com/p/24-hours-fatness.html#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:31:46 +0000 Raybdbomb http://raybdbomb.com/p/24-hours-fatness.html I joined 24 hour fitness yesterday, in it for 1 year. Let’s see if I can’t get buff.

    ]]>     http://raybdbomb.com/p/24-hours-fatness.html/feed 0     1221 days http://raybdbomb.com/p/1221-days.html http://raybdbomb.com/p/1221-days.html#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:39:53 +0000 Raybdbomb http://raybdbomb.com/?p=2176 From 5/21/2006 (m/d/y)
    to 9/23/2009 (m/d/y)
    is:
    1221 days, or
    174 weeks and 3 days

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