The time is coming….

It’s killing my time and is a distraction. Screen Shot 2013-07-18 at 12.58.45 AMI have a bad case of red-pellet syndrome (where you’re constantly seeking the red-pellet of connection)

I will be posting everything I can on PhaseBook.org as it’s content I can control. Facebook is falling apart and I want as little as I can to do with it.

I will be reaching out to my friends and colleagues and maintaining a roll-o-dex

You can still http://CallMeWhenFrustrated.com/

This sucks – Bias no longer operating

Doing a migration from one computer to another I’ve lost my ability to licence a software a really enjoyed. Bias Peak and Bias Sound Soap. Their licensing server has been shut down and I cannot authorize it. I understand there are downsides to dongle licensing, but in this case I think it would have saved my tool.

I say boo to bias being gone, but boo to a bad licensing system.

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Urge to smash

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I recently acquired a new computer and have begun the “Migration” from old to new. I know it’s not a quick process (600+ Gb from machine to machine) but by my math this estimation, using FW800, was WAY OUT. The problem turns out that the computer was going to sleep during this migration!! Why the HELL would it do such a stupid thing? There were no options for sleeping as it’s a fresh install. Shame on Apple.
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After three failed attempts, I had to find a solution to me sitting at two idle computers for 8 hours.

AND HERE IT IS!
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Fanimation

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I needed to be able to leave it also… so in an audio Macgyver moment of desperation I turn to my biggest fan. The cable for the Trackball is moved by an oscillating fan. The headphones are on top of an upside down trackball, this and the duct tape give the trackball some weight to push on the keyboard (for computer 1) the movement also pushes a button on a Magic Trackpad (computer 1)

so far attempt number four is going smoothly (knock on wood)

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Quotes

Technology

“Recording is not what one hears, but what one must make others hear” – George martin

“Tesla built motors in his head and ran them in his head for months to test bearing wear”

“If engineers were capable of faking empathy they’d make great politicians.”

“If elevators were never invented the Penthouse would be the cheapest”

Knowledge:

“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.” ― Horace Walpole

“IF YOU’RE MAKING MISTAKES, IT MEANS YOU’RE OUT THERE DOING SOMETHING.”

 Larry King: ‘I Never Learned Anything While I Was Talking’

“THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS NO UNTIL YOU ASK.”

“Every public action, which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever be done for the first time ” Francis Cornford

Attitude
“THE BEST APOLOGY IS CHANGED BEHAVIOR.”

“Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.” –  Winston Churchill:

“It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you do not care who gets the credit,” –  Harry Truman

“The early bird gets the worm, But the late worm dodges Death”

Too many people think arguments are about finding out who’s right, rather than what’s right.”

“A MAN DOES NOT BUILD HIS REPUTATION ON WHAT HE IS “GOING” TO DO. DON’T JUDGE YOURSELF BY YOUR INTENTIONS BUT BY YOUR ACTIONS.”

“DISCIPLINE IS DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE EVEN IF YOU DON’T WANT TO DO IT”

“BITE LESS; CHEW MORE.”

“SUCKING AT SOMETHING IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS BEING KINDA GOOD AT SOMETHING.”

“YOU BECOME WHO YOU SPEND YOUR TIME WITH.”

“Great moments in human history usually have an opposition that is exactly proportional to their greatness”

research not re-search, why do you need to search for something again?”

“And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.” Confucius

“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get”  W.P. Kinsella

“EXPERIENCE IS A HARD TEACHER BECAUSE SHE GIVES THE TEST FIRST, THE LESSON AFTERWARDS.”

People
DON’T TRY TO UNDERSTAND WOMEN. JUST TRY TO UNDERSTAND ONE WOMAN AT A TIME.”

There’s two types of parent: The “I’m in deep shit, I hope my parents don’t find out!” and the “I’m in deep shit, better call them!”

A fish tank is the opposite of a submarine.

 “A man with one watch knows the time, a man with two is never sure.”

Teach a man to fish he’ll pay you once, sell a man a fish and he’ll pay you for a lifetime

“NORMALITY IS A PAVED ROAD. IT’S COMFORTABLE TO WALK, BUT NO FLOWERS GROW”

Lemons are not a naturally occurring fruit. They were created in SE Asia by crossing a citron with a bitter orange around 4000 years ago. They were spread around the world after found to prevent scurvy. Life didn’t give us lemons.. We made them ourselves.

“why should I buy something for $100 when I can spend 6 weeks of my life making it for $500?”

“crafting is actually two hobbies – doing it, and shopping for it.”

 

“With the All Spark gone, we cannot return life to our planet. And fate has yielded its reward: a new world to call… home. We live among its people now, hiding in plain sight… but watching over them in secret… waiting… protecting. I have witnessed their capacity for courage, and though we are worlds apart, like us, there’s more to them than meets the eye. I am ,Optimus Prime and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars: We are here… we are waiting.” –
Optimus Prime

 

“It’s better to take care of it now than have to think about it later”

“If you want facts read a book – if you want to learn, find a teacher”