- @Pistachio Deadish link. And, Clifford games? That’s worse than being RickRoll’d. #
- How cool is it that a distant friend of mine looked on YouTube for iMovie ‘08 help and found my rant? http://youtube.com/watch?v=guGh1GRkgUY #
- Why the heck does YouTube stink at profile pictures? You try to upload them, it fails. You finally upload them, it adds a giant white line. #
- @ronaldlewis I remember the first time I saw that talk. I was changed. So, how are you involved? #
- @chrisbrogan 7/10. I could do better, but I don’t feel too bad. The others quoted other articles and gave my opinion on the topics. #
- You wouldn’t get this from any other guy. http://tinyurl.com/35rxcg #
- Listening to This American Life #353, The Audacity of Government. It’s a good one. Everyone should subscribe to TAL. http://thislife.org/ #
- @ronaldlewis That’s wonderful. I told everyone I knew about that video and thought about it a lot. I wonder if I wrote something about it… #
- @cory_grimes No offense, but a mix between Veronica Belmont and lonelygirl15 isn’t a bad place to be.
# - Just listened to TWiT while writing an essay for Gym. Short, but good. The topics make we worry for our society and information literacy. #
- @cspenn To be fair, The Weimar democracy was really a dictated government set in place by the allies. It didn’t have much of a chance, imho. #
- @cspenn That’s nation-building for ya. #
- @cory_grimes I meant no offense. Sorry about that. I don’t know much about lonelygirl15, but who isn’t a fan of Veronica? #
- VNCing to use Twitter from school is so inefficient. I think it’s time for a VPN server with portable Firefox. New project! #
- @cspenn Blocked faster than you can say, "filters". I could play the anonymous proxy game, but I think I’ll roll my own instead. #
- @cspenn It works. I tried it a few months ago, but I’m not keen on the performance. Apparently, DD-WRT makes it easy to spin a VPN. #
- @geoffmanning Yup, but with some security. I’m thinking of running my own VPN on my router and using Portable Firefox on a usb key. #
- @geoffmanning Thanks for the email! If I can’t get my idea to work, I’ll implement what you sent me. Looks good. #
- Alright, fixed my blog’s problem with k2. Everything is working great now. Seriously, if you aren’t on WordPress 2.5, go for it. #
- Using a link @geoffmanning gave me for a personal proxy solution. Setting up now, testing tomorrow. http://preview.tinyurl.com/2v6qbj #
- @krisbjorkman Skipping out on any meal isn’t a great idea… I personally start dying without lunch. #
- @shultquist How broken am I? Scanned over your tweet, read "rolled" and "rack" (rick) and starting singing Never Gonna Give You Up softly. #
- Why would such a wonderful blogger make it so hard to contact him or her? There’s no contact info anywhere. http://everythinghurts.com/ #
- I’d love a power efficient headless system to run my VPN and VNC server at home. That’d be great when I go to college. Need to set that up. #
- @shultquist I’d suspect AIR and Java apps not respecting Spaces. Microsoft Office doesn’t respect Spaces, either. (For me, that is.) #
- Kernel Panic on shutdown! I’m beginning to hate my installation of Leopard. I’ll investigate. Still hoping for 10.5.3. #
- @shultquist I’d like to reinstall, but restoring from my Time Machine backup would just bring my current problems into my new system. Stuck. #
Monthly Archive for March, 2008
I’ve been accepted to Tufts University.
Haven’t gotten the letter yet, but an email with login credentials to their admissions website is just as good.
Expect a detailed breakdown of my decision letters coming very soon.
- @geoffmanning What WordPress widget are you using for the "Available Feeds" portion of your blog? Or is it just part of your theme? #
- WordPress Widgets are terrible compared to k2’s widgets </opinion>. I’m going to choose k2’s widgets over using the dashboard for now. #
- @geoffmanning Ah, okay. It’s really nice. I’ll see what I can whip up with a php/text widget. Thanks for the answers. #
- @cory_grimes If you ever ask someone what they want and they say, "nothing", get them one of these. http://tinyurl.com/y9cbor #
- I’ve hit a new low. Watching a video of the Legend of Zelda theme redone in Mario Paint. http://tinyurl.com/36evzv #
- @cspenn Rick Astley does actually have some good stuff. His more recent song, Sleeping, is great in my opinion. http://tinyurl.com/248pqy #
- @ronaldlewis @cspenn Just wait until April 1. It will truly be a day of wonderful RickRolling. #
- I officially announce my personality crush on Sarah Vowell. She’s the coolest person ever. http://tinyurl.com/2pet2n #
- @cspenn If it wasn’t so late in the game, I’d totally set out to do that. #
- You can’t enter Time Machine if Finder is hanging, crashing, et cetera. I wish Leopard was slightly more stable for me. Hoping for 10.5.3! #
- Just updated some jailbroken apps on my iPod touch with Installer.app. Firmware 2.0 better bring some good features, or I won’t upgrade. #
- Someone out there thinks you’re great, that’s why they’re sending you this song. http://www.zefrank.com/great.mp3 #
- @cc_chapman Well now we know, if a phone were to ring in the White House at 6:30 am, you’d be the guy for the job. #
- The people who wrote this Wikipedia article can’t paragraph properly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem : Oh, the irony is intended. #
- @Pistachio Corrupt government, pollution, climate change, lack of global respect for culture, and my friends not using twitter. #
- TextEdit. If it didn’t come with the mac, I’d gladly pay twenty dollars for it. How often do you find a use for a simple rich text editor? #
- @Mickeleh With so many people saying, "I won’t vote for the other one." do you think we may have an Obama/Clinton ticket coming? #
- @Mickeleh I have a feeling they’d convince their supporters to tolerate the ticket. I’d tolerate it over time. #
- @chrisbrogan Upgrade goes well, features are great. I say go for it. Only problem I had was a major incompatibility with the theme k2. #
- Adobe *finally* make the Shockwave plugin Universal for the Macintosh. It took two years. That’s just wrong. http://tinyurl.com/35a256 #
- How are you archiving your tweets? Are you? Why or why not? (Please spread this question around. This is a conversation we need to have.) #
- Obama has ten point lead over Clinton, largest lead this year. http://tinyurl.com/355th4 #
- But, McCain takes a general poll lead in front of both of them. I don’t know how that works. I’m nervous, though. http://tinyurl.com/2k9ak2 #
- I don’t think I say this enough. I love gmail. It really is an absolute pleasure to use and I can’t see myself using another service. #
- @Prettyvacant99 It’s my job.
# - @ericskiff Not on my end. #
- @gruber You really posted your last three tweets from three different twitter clients? That’s dedication to testing… or something. #
- Something I haven’t done in far too long: Sitting with the laptop in bed listening to a new album. Friday nights are wonderful! #
- @ericskiff If Google really went down, I’d start to panic. I’d be lost. #
- It’s not April 1st. Come on Diggnation, don’t give me a heart attack! #
- How did I not know that @snoopdogg is on twitter? Oh wait, it’s because I don’t care. But get Coolio on twitter and I’ll be elated. #
- Just put all of the social networks I’m on into a text document. I’m up to fifteen. #
- Facebook’s "People You May Know" feature, I’d assume, has skyrocketed friend requests site-wide in the last week. It has for me. #
- Google Reader needs a better interface for managing tags. Add that and it’s almost perfect. #
- @JasonCalacanis @mahalodaily @Veronica I’m enjoying Mahalo Daily, but it’d be really wonderful in HD. #
- Having a complete geek night. Clearing the starred items on Google Reader, updating software, testing wordpress plugins. It’s the good life. #
- Just started using FeedBurner on my site. Why didn’t I do this earlier? It’s quite amazing, and I don’t even have data yet. #
- I’m not sure if WordPress is automatically 301 redirecting my normal feeds. Ekk. I should have researched this first, eh? #
- 25% of my site hits have been referred from a New York Times blog post about @cspenn’s The Web 2.0 Résumé. Good post to leave a comment on. #
- @cory_grimes I went for surgery less than a month ago, so I shall twitter-commiserate with your predicament. #
- @Pistachio It depends. What software are you using, what format are you ripping to, and how fast is your computer? #
- @cory_grimes I have to do that soon - tooth pain pretty often, but I’m still healing from recent ear surgery. Waiting stinks. Feel better! #
- Forgot that Leopard’s menu bar is translucent by default. I’ve had mine opaque for so long. What’s yours set on? #
- It’s 2am. I should call it quits and go to sleep, but I think I’m going to listen to @grammargirl and have some ice cream instead. Sad? Yes. #
- @cory_grimes What podcasts do you listen to? A gig of podcasts? Heesh, depending on encoding, that could take a really long time. #
- @cory_grimes We both listen to Diggnation, Mahalo Daily, and TWiT. Have a nice day. #
- Playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles (best game ever) on my hacked iPod touch. Unusable, but totally awesome. #
- I beat the first special stage! That was *very* difficult. #
- I can only imagine how much emulating a sega genesis on my iPod is killing its battery. #
- Uninstalled the iPod touch Genesis emulator. It just isn’t the same without perfect sound and tactile controls. #
- The Google Logo is so badass on a black background. Well, as badass as a company logo can get. Right? Right? #
- Twitter Karma not working across the board? #
- Killer feature for last.fm would be if the client would correctly tag your music when it thinks it’s incorrect. That’d be awesome. #
- @kubecraig I loved Juno, but that’s just me. My (short) review: http://tinyurl.com/39w7jp #
- @geoffmanning Vmware converter is so handy for keeping an old system around. It’s saved me (time) a few times. Good luck. #
- @geoffmanning There’s nothing better than a "weekend project". It’s been a long time since I’ve had one… *looks around*. #
- @geoffmanning Seriously, me too. I loved Juno to death. #
- Woke up hearing Ira Glass teach Sarah Vowell to drive. Fell asleep to my This American Life playlist. That’s my American Life, right there. #
- Let’s update WordPress, shall we? Oh, and Release Candidate 4 of my theme, http://getk2.com, is out? Busy evening coming up. #
- http://richardmondello.com/ upgraded to WordPress 2.5 in 8 minutes flat. Next up, theme updating. #
- Oh crap, fatal error, "Call to undefined function: register_sidebar()". I’ll get working on that. #
- False alarm. Just had to navigate to Design > Theme and reactive my theme after quickly reverting to WordPress Default. #
- Alright, automatic plugin updating is so wonderful. New interface will take some getting used to, but it’s nice. #
- Hey, major theme incompatibilities with WordPress 2.5, nice to meet you. If you’re using k2, watch out! #
- The major problem, I think, stems from k2’s custom sidebar manager. Disabling and enabling it alters the error slightly, but doesn’t solve. #
- Confirmed: k2 RC4’s sidebar manager kills the WordPress 2.5 dashboard. I’m looking for a solution. #
- @cspenn Why are you working on WordPress upgrades for company properties at night? Getting overtime? If not, wait until Monday morning. #
- Until there’s a fix I have to choose between: 1. WordPress Dashboard. 2. k2 Custom Sidebar Modules … One or the other, not both. #
This email address is the key to getting any high-level problems with Apple addressed. It’s worked for me in two instances, and I feel that spreading it only helps people. Of course, if you’re irresponsible and have unrealistic expectations, you may get a humorous reply. I’m now summarizing this article on The Boy Genius Report.
Very recently, one man who was frustrated with Apple Support emailed Steve Jobs with his problem.
Dear Steve Jobs,
I wanted to write and express my concern about some recent problems that I have had with Apple Care. This week, my MacBook Pro unfortunately sustained water damage. I understand this is entirely my fault but it is still something I would like to get fixed. After three or four calls I was finally able to get a straight answer. While I was happy to get a straight answer, I was not at all happy with the answer. It is very worrisome to me that the only way to get my computer fixed is to pay almost $300.00 up front with no guarantee that this will fix the problem. I was horrified to learn that their is no system to assess the problem and bill once all damage is known. I am reluctant to put money into a problem that could easily grow. I have had three Apple computers in a row. I love using them but I am not sure if my replacement will be one. I feel powerless in the situation and the whole experience has turned me off of the Apple company.
Sincerely,
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Of course, Steve Jobs and company owe him nothing. In one of the most impressive and entertaining forms of PR I’ve ever seen, Jobs (or likely an assistant) sent this reply.
Xxxxxxx,
This is what happens when your MacBook Pro sustains water damage.They are pro machines and they don’t like water. It sounds like you’re just looking for someone to get mad at other than yourself.
Steve
That’s called getting “Steved”, and I love it.
I’m now routing my RSS feed through Feedburner. After this site change, I think things will be stable for a while.
Feedburner and WordPress should tell your RSS reader to look to Feedburner for my feed in the future.
If you are reading this post through your RSS reader, you don’t have to do anything.
If for some reason, this redirect didn’t work with your reader, please manually update your feed readers to the new feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/RichardMondello
If you don’t know what any of this means, don’t worry about it. I’ll do a post about getting started with RSS soon.
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