Saturday, November 11, 2006
Usual oatmeal breakfast plus coffee at home with Patrick. This morning I tried to find something funny I had seen before on the net but could not find again today. It is the GIF or JPG image of a script summary of Star Wars with certain names, locations, et cetera crossed out with the corresponding names, locations, et cetera written in for Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. It's a humorous item which shows how these 3 films have a common plot. I found one image on themovieblog.com posted on October 25, 2006 that was almost exactly the same thing, but it compared only Star Wars and Harry Potter. If you can find the original, please let me know. Installed Quicktime updates. I noticed today that you cannot easily update Quicktime with Apple Software Update without also installing iTunes—in case you needed an additional indicator that Apple was evil and essentially no better than Microsoft in some practices. Updated Mike's hosts file. Updated KeePass. Lots of digital and meatspace housekeeping at home. Installed Firefox 2.0 for OS X at home. I finally found time to browse velcro.com and their new-since-the-last-time-i-saw-it website now has project ideas which my ex, Michael O'Brien, used to do in his apartment such as the no sew roll-up window shade. Got rid of a lot of junk today. The old all-in-one scanner, printer, copier is gone, and so is the old paper shredder. Lunch with Patrick at home: leftover chicken and pumpkin soup. Dinner at home by myself: leftover pasta with sausage and red sauce. Patrick is spending the evening with AJ. Continued troubleshooting "access is denied" error messages with my Iomega REV and Iomega Automatic Backup Pro software. Installing REV system software 4.1.1.39 seemed to resolve the problem. Figured out how to prevent iTunes from appearing in Apple Software Update. Somehow I missed it, but ATI Technologies, Inc. got swallowed up by AMD last month. Wow! Repaired a bathroom water faucet whose spout had gotten clogged with gunk. Continued work on emergency preparedness plans. Prepared to disassemble an old computer.