Once You Go Black
Was it Wesley Snipes that uttered that phrase on Passenger 57? In any case, I’ll see if that mantra holds true for beds, specifically the Simmons Beautyrest Black series.
Taken Out by a Preference File
With a pile of old MiniDV tapes, I wanted to extract the video to my Mac using a Canon Vixia HV30 camcorder. Connected via FireWire, the camera showed up in iMovie 11 but refused to import any of the video. The video would playback on the camcorder screen, but iMovie only showed a blue screen during import.
I found one suggestion to change the output of the HV30 since the recorded format was older, non-HDV video. While the camcorder is disconnected, you can change the camcorder’s output, and the recommendation was “DV lock.” Sadly, that didn’t fix the problem.
Then I came across this post with a fix of deleting iMovie’s preference file. The article says to delete:
username/library/preferences/com.apple.imovie8.plist
But I couldn’t find that exact file. I did, however, find com.apple.iMovieApp.plist and com.apple.iMovieApp.plist.lockfile in ~/Library/Preferences. I dragged both out of the folder to my desktop and launched iMovie which generated a new preference file.
Can you believe this worked? The import video in iMovie 11 now behaves as expected. I can control the camcorder over FireWire and during import, I can see the playback on the camcorder screen and in iMovie. Who knew that one corrupt preference file could cause that much trouble?!
A Tribute to Ron Bright
After the last performance of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, the cast (along with special guests) sang a tribute to Ron Bright. This was probably my first play watched at the Ron Bright Theatre at Castle High School, and I could definitely feel the love, respect, and admiration for Mr. Bright from patrons and performers alike.
Sorry, the video is from my iPhone since I didn’t have any other gear with me.
Was I Hacked?
My heart sank when I visited my blog only to see a simple message of “It works!” That wasn’t right. Since WordPress has been under attack recently, I thought I had been hacked.
Doing some quick Google searches didn’t correlate hacks to “It works” but rather a misconfiguration with Apache. Still though, I didn’t make any changes so what was going on?
Fortunately, Dreamhost has their Live Chat tech support (for certain plans anyways) and after a few minutes, the problem was fixed. There was a misconfiguration that the tech took care of. Not sure why this happened in the first place, but I’m glad there was someone to help troubleshoot.
Looking Up the Effects of Vog
I know I’m getting old since I’m looking up the effects of vog. I don’t recall being affected in my younger years, but recently I’ve noticed coincidental throat issues when vog levels are high.
Getting old…
What Does Peanut Butter Crunch Pancakes Look Like?
Looking at the specials menu for Sunday, April 21, what does peanut butter crunch pancakes with a marmalade topping look like?
A short stack looks like this!
The taste was interesting, not my favorite though. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the marmalade topping, instead wanted more peanut butter flavor.
One Team Hat in Grey
At the Iolani Fair, I picked up the last One Team hat in grey. Still had the hat in red or black, but I thought the grey provided the most contrast.
Vote Dwellable for Geekwire’s App of the Year
Dwellable’s mobile app that helps find vacation rentals throughout America has been nominated for Geekwire’s App of the Year. If you’re not familiar with Dwellable or its revamped app, take a minute to read my app review. 🙂
Okay, so I did win an iPad Mini for my winning review but hey, I still endorse Dwellable as App of the Year amongst its competition of Glympse, Haiku Deck, Walk Score, and Zillow Digs. Voting goes on through April, and the winners will be announced on May 9 at GeekWire’s Awards Bash.
As a company, you gotta love Dwellable’s engagement with its fans and users. They’ve sponsored contests, featured their fans, and published interesting perspectives on DwellableTrends.
Good luck to Dwellable and please vote for them!
Sorry, I wish I could embed the voting poll here. You’ll have to head on over to GeekWire to vote.
What’s Not Sold Out at Walmart?
While Jabba’s Palace was sold out at Walmart, these new drinks were very plentiful. Alcoholic drinks in Capri Sun-like bags! I can’t believe it.
Lego Jabba’s Palace
Fortunately (for my wallet), this set was out of stock at Walmart. Although on sale locally, you can still find this popular set online (maybe cheaper).
Making SharePoint Print, Part 2
So adding some javascript to add a Print button to SharePoint was easy enough. But did you notice the print out is in a minuscule 8-point font? The older generation of team mates are complaining about this. Of course, there’s a fix by adding a print.css style sheet.
But then you need to learn about SharePoint Master Pages, editing, and applying new Master Pages in SharePoint Designer. Oh wait, the bigger text font isn’t enough? Need to hide other display elements like headers and buttons? Then you need to further customize the print.css file. You might as well start referencing the W3C Cascading Style Sheet 2.1 specification.
Now how do I get rid of that blank first page that keeps printing out?!?!
SharePoint Hurts
My eyes hurt from looking at my computer screen for so long. My head hurts from having to figure out SharePoint. My wrist hurts from using my trackball and trackpad so much. My arm and elbow hurts from staying in a prolonged position while zipping the cursor between virtual machines. My back hurts from sitting for long periods while investigating SharePoint fixes. My throat hurts from explaining the ribbon interface to person after person.
So yes, SharePoint hurts.