Greek Tragedy

Nov 02 2011

Read an article today about the Greek financial tragedy. It is quite scary! Makes you wonder if the U.S. is going to change course before we go barreling over the same cliff.

Th author makes a good argument for the idea that a Greek default might be an overall good thing. It’s worth a read.

No responses yet

Makes me want to start a radio show…

Oct 25 2011

I don’t have a radio show, or a Podcase, but this cool retro mic almost makes me want to start.  I can just see it now, “Welcome to the Scott Leishman morning show, where I explain why I am funny and smart and you should listen to me!”  Sound great doesn’t it.

No responses yet

Comparing Keyboards

Oct 24 2011

As some of you may know, this past year I embarked on a unique journey (for me) into the world of Apple computing.  Last Christmas my wife received an iPad – so naturally I needed to get a Mac to go with it and to test it out.

It has been a somewhat bumpy road…I am well versed and well raised in the Windows world, and there are some things that Apple and Mac’s do that just don’t make any sense.  However, there are some things that they obviously get high marks on.  People rave about their sleek design, clean look, etc. etc.  And their iPods and iPads have an obviously very intuitive design.  But I think that the absolutely most delightful thing that Apple has produced is their standard Bluetooth keyboard.  This little thing is an absolute delight to type with.  It makes me want to become a novelist, or a constant blogger just so I can type all day.

Either way, that’s my little rant for the day.Tags: ,

No responses yet

Update – Hard Drive Win?

Oct 23 2011

It seems that I have found a solution to my earlier problem with the Mac and Windows hard drive.  At least there is a partial win (I won’t know for sure until I have used it for a bit.)  But, either way – Score for Windows!  Neither Windows or Mac could format the exFAT drive – but Windows could dig in and destroy the partition!  Ha!  (Knowing the tools of the “Evil Empire” sometimes comes in quite handy.)

Either way, I was able to format it back to NTFS on my Windows machine, and am now using a neat little program called NTFS-3G to allow my Mac to read that format.  I will update as necessary.

No responses yet

Hard Drive for Mac and Windows

Oct 23 2011

I am having a heck of a time getting a new hard drive to work for both Windows and Mac.  I read initially, that Mac’s could not handle NTFS drive types – so I started looking for alternatives.  I decided to try out the exFAT type (because I have several files in excess of the 4 gb FAT32 max.)  It has been a disaster!

It seemed like it was working at first – I was able to put files on it from my Windows machine, and then from my Mac machine.  So I loaded a bunch of files on it to test.  Spent a bit of time playing around with it.  Looked good – but as soon as I started passing it between the Windows and the Mac, things started going hey-wire.  First, it started failing to be recognized at all.  Then it started to be recognized once a reboot happened while it was plugged in.  By this point I was thinking, “Man, I can’t use exFAT – Time to reformat.”  Yeah, right!  Now it keeps telling me that I don’t have sufficient permissions to format the drive.

Maybe it’s a physical drive issue.  Either way – it is truly annoying.  Sometimes I simply get frustrated with Apple – would it really have been that hard to add an NTFS driver to the mix – considering the millions upon millions of drives that use NTFS?

No responses yet

Dark Matter

Oct 22 2011

Surprisingly well done, 1 minute physics lesson on dark matter.  I wish all physics teachers had the ability to capture a students attention this well (and to draw this fast:)

No responses yet

How do I convince my boss I need one of these?

Oct 21 2011

I found this one the Cinimassive website when I was looking for monitor mounts.  I like!  I want one!  (Need is another matter altogether, but I am drooling a bit.)

Either way, thought I would share something kind of cool.

No responses yet

Older posts »