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Re: OK Tornado Update * All Kids from Elementary School Hit Accounted For - 2 days ago
Just got an email from my wife who is out of town on business. Her friend/coworker's niece was one of the teachers (not sure which of the two schools). From her friend's message: "She was pulled from school. Very injured, but will survive injuries with some permanent. Mental trauma may be the worst, lost most all of her students." Tragic, completely tragic.by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Today's MacResource forum ailment diagnosis - 12 days ago
As others have mentioned, my first gut was shingles as well. I had a small bout years ago and it sounded very similar to what you are describing. A good outcome is very dependent on early treatment.by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Affordable bluetooth headphones? - 13 days ago
Another vote for the Tenqas. I bought that pair for my 10 yo son last year and they've been great. Nice battery life, good sound and a little on the small side which is a bonus for kids. Note that if you get the white ones they do yellow a bit pretty quicklyby Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: [The Limo Fire] Why did it happen? - 16 days ago
Not at all sure about the why and don't want to speculate. This did however really give my wife and I a scare. My wife and I actually rented a 10 person limo that same night in SF for my son's birthday. We escorted he and seven of his friends for a night in the city and at one point in the evening were crossing the Golden Gate bridge alongside a white stretch limo. My son and his friends allby Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Another round of "Name That Plant!" - 19 days ago
Is the flower some sort of vinca or Periwinkle? EDIT Scratch that, vinca looks to have five petals rather than the six shown aboveby Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Thinking of buying an iMac for the wrong reason, impatience - 19 days ago
I have been thrilled with my new 27"iMac. 3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz) with 8MB L3 cache NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX graphics processor with 2GB of GDDR5 memory 24GB memory 1TB Fusion Drive I do a ton of CAD drawings and renderings, as well as lots of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign work. So far nothing has bogged it down and I've had it a few months.by Bo - Tips and Deals
RYF: Data Rescue 3 for Mac $40 - 22 days ago
MacUpdate is selling downloads of Data Rescue 3.2.2 for $39.99 (usually sells for $99)...that is a great deal!by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: When an eddy is no longer an eddy - 29 days ago
Wow...that thing is like a black hole just sucking everything into it. Translate doesn't yield a whole lot of insight: "Maelstrom eat all the ice and the other flying through the surface of the water! Video taken Guntis astic, Dviete municipality, county Ilukstes 18/04/2013. Dviete, Latvia" Very cool video!by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: How do they track fertilizer? - 4 weeks ago
That clip is insane! So damn scary. QuoteSpeedy QuoteCarm Who knows, but there was just an explosion in a Texas Fertilizer plant. Here is a short cell phone video of this fire/explosion taken by a couple from a safe distance. Well worth watching to the end. When will people learn to hold their phones in landscape mode...by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: I need a cheap laptop and am looking for guidance: Used Mac? PC? Chromebook? - 4 weeks ago
Lots of great input here as usual! I would expect nothing less and certainly appreciate it. Though I do like the Chromebook concept and price point, I think I'm tossing that one out on the basis of learning a new OS mid semester as pointed out. I'm going to check in with her tomorrow and see what her preference is given the myriad of choices. She has been sharing a Windows box with her roomby Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: I need a cheap laptop and am looking for guidance: Used Mac? PC? Chromebook? - 4 weeks ago
QuoteWailer I'd look for a used C2D macbook or else a cheap windows machine. You can get a refurb windows 8 i3 Lenovo for under $300 here. Lots of other comparable deals from Asus, etc. If you decide to stay with mac OS, I have this 2.4ghz C2D that needs a new battery but otherwise it's fine. If you're in LA, shoot me a PM. Wow...lots of Lenovos there that could easily work for her. Thanks fby Bo - Tips and Deals
I need a cheap laptop and am looking for guidance: Used Mac? PC? Chromebook? - 4 weeks ago
Stepdaughter needs a quick replacement for college. Looking for any deals/links anyone knows of or what to avoid. Trying to do it super cheap...would love to stay at or under $300 and don't know where to begin as I only know Macs. Requirements are modest: Web browsing/e-mail Facebook access Youtube and Netflix Writing papers Basic spreadsheets Used Macbook: This is what I'd prefer becaby Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Please write a caption for this photo - 5 weeks ago
QuoteKraniac do the assignment. "I'm on a boat, MRFer" (NSFW language)by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: [End of forum life reflections] Time for another "Who's Missing" thread - 5 weeks ago
Rick-o...only a couple of posts in the last ten monthsby Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Back surgery recovery timetable - 6 weeks ago
So was your procedure a microdiscectomy or an open discectomy?by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Can someone running Safari 6.0.3 check something for me? - 6 weeks ago
Quotemodelamac QuoteZoidberg Trying to access some PDFs at a state-run web site (Louisiana DOTD); when I access the link below via Safari I don't see any PDFs, but when I use Firefox (or Chrome), I see them fine. Can someone confirm? Is it Safari 6.0.3 in general, or is it just me? (As I search my memory, this happened to me with Safari a long time back.) ADDED * I don't need anyone toby Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Can someone running Safari 6.0.3 check something for me? - 6 weeks ago
I do not see the pdfs in Safari Version 6.0.3 (8536.28.10)by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: F/U Silicon Valley tour - 6 weeks ago
QuoteLemon Drop So far in addition to UW he likes Oregon State (engineering), U of Oregon, Santa Clara University, Cal Poly (though they lack in humanities offerings,) UT Austin, and CU Boulder. We will visit the latter 2 next month. Careful...spring in Boulder can be particularly alluring! I decided pretty much immediately upon visiting that CU Boulder was the school for me. One of the bestby Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Anyone here ever sell stuff on Etsy? - 7 weeks ago
I good friend of mine is trying his best to make a living through selling on etsy as well. I know he has been very happy with the system. He does handcrafted chopsticks, hairsticks, knitting needles, spoons and other items. Gotta go for a shameless plug here...he's a great guy, does beautiful work and can use any exposure he gets:by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Pulling drives out of XServe...need some help - 7 weeks ago
Quotesilvarios QuoteSpeedy QuoteBoThe whole thing wound up being super easy. The Apple way. Sad to see the Xserves go away. You didn't read my links or posts? Not really Apple's fault because of the nature of a server, but a RAID or SAS drive wouldn't have been able to migrate, at least not easily. Secondly, both SAS and SATA drives both show up under SCSI when connected with the ADM to theby Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Pulling drives out of XServe...need some help - 7 weeks ago
So it was a success (and an easy one at that)! The Xserve had three caddies with drives in it. I popped them out and they were three identical Hitachi SATA drives. The connector on the caddie was not one I had on my docking station so I popped the drives out of the caddies and tried them one at a time with the docking station. All three mounted as individual drives with a single volume and allby Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Pulling drives out of XServe...need some help - 7 weeks ago
Hmm...this could get prohibitively interesting. I hadn't even considered that they might be SCSI drives. Guess I'll find out shortly. If there is a RAID card I'll assume my only option is to copy files rather than pull usable drives. Thanks for the links. They make it apparent that this isn't a necessarily a straight forward task. Will report back.by Bo - Tips and Deals
Pulling drives out of XServe...need some help - 7 weeks ago
I'm helping a friend who needs to remove a single or possibly multiple drives from an Xserve (I believe Intel vintage) tomorrow as the Xserve is being decommissioned. The goal is simply to have access to the data down the road. Seems easier to pull drives than copy terabytes of data. My questions: 1. Can this/these pulled drive(s) be mounted on an iMac just using an appropriate hard drive dby Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Resource for last-minute hotel deals? - 7 weeks ago
QuoteWailer I did find something called hoteltonight and saw that priceline has an app for same day deals after 11am. Both are App only which is interesting. Anyone have any experience with either of these or something else? We've used hotel tonight a couple of times in the LA area and been very happy. They only work with specific hotels but can save a decent amount of money. If you see a liby Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Receiving hundreds of Delivery Status Notifications in the past few minutes... - 2 months ago
And the several hundred failures notices I received only covered recipients alphabetically from a-pcomle to aajjkt So did I get spoofed? Does the spam that went through likely look like it came from me? Quotehal and those are just the ones that didn't go through...by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Receiving hundreds of Delivery Status Notifications in the past few minutes... - 2 months ago
Looks like they've stopped. First ones started pouring in at 3:31pm and last one at 4:14. Several hundred in all. I guess I'm not gonna sweat it.by Bo - Tips and Deals
Receiving hundreds of Delivery Status Notifications in the past few minutes... - 2 months ago
for e-mails I have not sent. All tied to one of my Comcast addresses. I logged on and changed my password but am not real sure what else to do if anything. Do I need to worry?by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Sad news about Greg - 2 months ago
I too am so sad to hear of Greg's passing. I found myself perusing his FB page and just laughing out loud...some very entertaining stuff! Then of course some poignant images that get the tears to well up. He certainly didn't shy away from addressing his ALS in his postings. He'll definitely be missed.by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Aerial Pictures of the California Coastline - 2 months ago
Quotedavester When that site first went live (about 8 years ago), Barbara Streisand sued the Adelmans for invasion of privacy because they took pictures of her coastal estate. She lost. Thus originating the term the Streisand Effect:by Bo - Tips and Deals
Re: Touring Silicon Valley - 2 days in April - 2 months ago
Agree with Hal but with one twist...do it in a Lamborghini, Ferrari, Lotus, Aston Martin, Porsche and Audi. He is 16 right? Perfect mother son day! In all seriousness though, get out to the trees and coast here. It'll be wildly more satisfying than trekking around the valley...especially if you're from inland anywhere.by Bo - Tips and Deals