If anyone out there would like to be set up to automatically receive an e-mail of each new update I add to my site, let me know, and I can set it up that way. You won't receive one every time I merely edit an entry, so you'll probably see a few more spelling and grammar mistakes than if you visited the site with your web browser, but if you don't want to check back each day, you can get the latest Seth-News immediately. :)
- posted by Seth @ 1:42 PM    

 
A co-worker directed me to The Chronicles of George. I'm used to seeing those kind of trouble reports from users, but it's pretty sad that someone who was supposed to have a clue about computers would write trouble tickets like that. I think this description of the individual sums it up well:

His grasp on the written word is shakier than a canoe full of epileptics.

- posted by Seth @ 12:33 PM    

 
Brought to you by the "War On Terror", asking questions is now a "security risk" that warrants being removed from an aircraft.

San Francisco International Airport spokesman Ron Wilson said the incident occurred shortly after boarding when the woman asked flight attendants if they had "checked the crew for sobriety." Nowack said the crew decided to take the woman off the aircraft after determining that her remarks constituted a potential security problem.

Okay, now I understand that it's not funny to joke about a bomb being on the plane, but where exactly is the security risk involved in a passenger asking about the sobriety of the flight crew? I'd say it's even a valid question after what happened last week.
- posted by Seth @ 9:35 AM    

 
My new Apple Airport Base Station came last night. I already had one, actually, but it died on me. The left LED on the base station would just stay red when you turned it on, and no amount of resetting it, or reloading the firmware would make it work again. I called Apple's tech support line, who confirmed that my base station was toast, and couldn't be repaired. It also was out of warranty, but somehow the guy wound up adding it to my AppleCare protection plan that covers my iBook, so when he transferred me to the folks who send replacement parts, they just shipped me a replacement model for free. I'm glad I didn't have to pay for a new one, or I would have bought a cheaper model from Netgear or SMC.
- posted by Seth @ 9:11 AM    

 
Wired has an article (thanks Mark) on the availability of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fuel pumps for the home. You'd never have to go to a gas station again! But, the cars typically only have a range of 200 miles on a tank, so it wouldn't be very good for trips, but in a typical 2-car family, it'd make a lot of sense to have a CNG car for day-to-day commuting, and a gas-electric hybrid for taking on trips. I did enjoy this quote from the article:

In order to receive certification from the American Gas Association as a home appliance, Rackman said Fuelmaker had to idiot-proof the device to anticipate any user scenario. "You have to assume people will try and poke it with a stick."

- posted by Seth @ 8:50 AM    

 
We're getting some much-needed rain today, I bet the farmers are happy. I posessed enough foresight to wear my contact lenses today, so I don't have to wipe off my glasses as I move between buildings here at work.
- posted by Seth @ 8:45 AM