Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Woke up early and couldn't sleep, so I got up and did stretches and weight training: superslow leg lift, superslow concentration curl, plank, leg lift, crunch. Computer maintenance for Cindy, Lucia, Joel, my computers, and one other computer. More project list work. Installed BurnAgain FS even though it's beta just to see if it works. My expectations are very low (see April 9, 2008). Troubleshot no shared folders in VMware Fusion 1.1.2. Here's how I resolved a corrupted recycle bin in Windows XP SP2: Log in as admin. Set Windows Explorer so that you can see system files. Go to C:\ and find the file called Recycler. Rename Recycler to Recycler2. Delete any file you don't need. A new folder called Recycler should appear in Windows Explorer. Delete Recycler 2. Restart. Early lunch: small salad and half sandwich from the cafeteria. BurnAgain FS did indeed seem to work except all my modification and creation timestamps were set to either today (modification) or some date in 1903. It was also very difficult to use because I would select the Open button on the BurnAgain FS window and nothing would happen except a warning chime would beep saying I did something wrong. It took me several frustrating minutes to realize that I was supposed to click once on the disc icon and name before selecting Open before I could continue. I saw the disc icon and name in the window and presumed that was the thing I was supposed to open, so I clicked Open and nothing happened. Also, since there's only one item, it's not clear what an unselected item looks like—if 2 items appeared in the list it probably would have been more obvious. BurnAgain FS could be improved by having it automatically select the one item in the list so that when one selects Open something happens. Management activities. Archived backup data to DVD. BurnAgain FS seems to work, but the process is still not as simple as in Windows where disc burning software is copy/paste or drag-and-drop directly into Windows Explorer windows. With BurnAgain FS I feel like I'm always opening or closing windows that I would not have needed to open or close in Windows XP to do the exact same thing, but I'm not sure if this is a limitation of BurnAgain FS or of OS X. Fixed a dead mouse for Eric V. Added a shared calendar for Chris. Computer maintenance for Scott, Eric V, Carol. Dinner at home with Patrick: grilled chicken boobs, wild rice, corn on the cob, dinner roll, Smart Balance Light. Finished watching Castle in the Sky on Netflix replacement DVD. Dessert: chocolate sorbet for me, chocolate and coconut sorbets for Patrick. Stretches.