So my iPod hard drive died, and now our primary computer is refusing to boot.
I'm not really looking for advice, just sympathy.
Home schooling? You know, it's not just for scary religious people anymore.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
Buffistechnology 2: You Made Her So She Growls?
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Dana - Sep 05, 2006 5:30:20 pm PDT #8768 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
meara - Sep 05, 2006 5:35:37 pm PDT #8769 of 10003
Your technology is conspiring against you to make you appreciate it more? Bastards.
I just got a brand-new laptop battery! It's so exciting!!! Previously it was lasting maybe 20 minutes. The new one has been going strong for over an hour, and still has 3/4 of a charge left! Whoot!
Atropa - Sep 05, 2006 6:24:05 pm PDT #8770 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I know the answer is probably "no", but does anyone know how to save a sound file from a website running Flash?
P.M. Marc - Sep 05, 2006 6:38:57 pm PDT #8771 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Jilli, there may be a Firefox plug in to do that...
Atropa - Sep 05, 2006 6:43:04 pm PDT #8772 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hmm. I don't have Firefox installed on the laptop. Now I have to decide if I want that new single badly enough to install Firefox and hunt for the plug in, or if I'm willing to wait for the release of the single ...
Theodosia - Sep 06, 2006 2:47:38 am PDT #8773 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Ooooh, speaking of Firefox, there's a wonderful addin called Foxytunes that will let you control iTunes from a bar on the bottom of your Firefox window. Since otherwise I end up switching back and forth quite a bit, this is so very useful....
Jessica - Sep 06, 2006 5:05:45 am PDT #8774 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I could never get Foxytunes to work properly, at least not in a way that made it more convenient than just opening iTunes.
vw bug - Sep 06, 2006 5:45:23 am PDT #8775 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
Ok...question for a friend.
My friend J, well, actually, you don't need to know the details. She's pretty sure that someone installed spying software on her computer...or some sort of keystroke monitor. She's run spyware, but isn't getting anything on that. Is there other things she can check? How can we figure out what's going on? The person that would have done this is VERY tech savy and could probably get around a lot of things.
Jon B. - Sep 06, 2006 6:07:26 am PDT #8776 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jilli, there may be a Firefox plug in to do that...
If anyone finds one, I'd like to know about it because I'm installing a flash jukebox on my band's website and would like to see if this plug-in defeats the anti-downloading measures I've taken.
Also, Jilli -- did you ever download "On the Amazon" from my server? I sent you a couple of emails about it.
Theodosia - Sep 06, 2006 7:28:23 am PDT #8777 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Val, my low tech solution would be to backup =data only=, then wipe the disk, then reinstall the operating system and all programs one by one.