December 2006

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We decided we want a Wii. As of yesterday, Amazon was saying:

Wii Available for Purchase 12/29: The Nintendo Wii will again be available for purchase on Amazon.com on 12/29, Friday morning, at some point between 7am and 11am PST. We will be limiting purchases to one per household. We anticipate that we will sell through our inventory very quickly as demand for this product continues to be very high. At this time, we do not have any information on future Nintendo Wii offers, but we will post updates on future availability on this page.

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12/29/2006 by Elliot Lee | No comments

Maybe they should put bungee straps on these things so that if some doof tries to send his flying across the room it will come back and smack him.
peshue on Engadget, referring to Wii Remotes

12/29/2006 by Elliot Lee | No comments

Bluetooth support server

12/28/2006 in Questions, Technical by Elliot Lee | 2 comments

Bluetooth support server has encountered a problem and needs to close.

I’m getting this error about 5-10 minutes after playing the online multiplayer game Albatross18. It doesn’t seem to affect anything, but I haven’t used the Bluetooth functionality on the computer yet. Since it doesn’t bother me (the computer doesn’t show any adverse effects), I’ll ignore it for now. Any idea what it is?

Merry Christmas to all

12/25/2006 in Midnight Messages, Neat Stuff by Elliot Lee | 1 comment

I’m staying up to wrap a few last-minute gifts for my family, send out a few e-cards, and register a domain with Google. That’s right: Google offers domain registration now, so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity when I thought of a cool name: planetsc.com. That’s Planet ‘SC, as in Planet USC, a domain for people associated with the University of Southern California.

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iPod Software Version History?

12/20/2006 in Music, Questions by Elliot Lee | No comments

Today iTunes prompted me to download and install a new iPod software version (1.3). I don’t like downloading updates without knowing what they changed, so I tried looking for a version history. I couldn’t find one. The closest thing was the iTunes version history on Wikipedia, but it doesn’t seem to cover iPod software. Is there an iPod software version history somewhere?

5 or more computers?

12/20/2006 in Geek Stuff, Ideas, Sidenotes by Elliot Lee | No comments

Looks like a number of people on the ThinkPad forums have more than 5 computers. Ah, I love computers, and I could easily use the capabilities of faster ones, and with Synergy, use more than one at a time. But I really only have one working computer, mainly because I’m saving money. I’ve been taught to be very frugal, so I only spend money when it’s really necessary. And thus, I wonder what opportunities I’m missing out on– like installing OS X on a ThinkPad. A dream for me, but as prices come down and my income goes up, hopefully I will afford it.

ThinkPad Keyboard Beeps Fixed

12/20/2006 in Computer Tips, Geek Stuff, Questions by Elliot Lee | 217 comments

I’ve discovered the fix to the elusive keyboard beeps which occurred whenever I pressed certain combinations of three (3) keys. Using experimentation, I came up with this rule:

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I had ordered another ThinkPad and a Dell Latitude when I was getting impatient waiting for my Z61t to ship, just to see what the ship dates would be. When I called Dell first, I got stuck in their automated answering system. It took me to the automated order status checker. So I hung up and tried again.

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12/19/2006 by Elliot Lee | No comments

Lenovo IBM ThinkPad Z61t

12/18/2006 in Computer Tips, Geek Stuff, Neat Stuff, Networking by Elliot Lee | 9 comments

I just received my ThinkPad Z61t and I’m typing on it right now. It’s really sweet. I’ve had only three hiccups so far:

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Looks like USC isn’t the only LA university with a computer security problem. Thankfully, USC’s was much smaller in scope (270,000 names and the hacker plead guilty). UCLA’s will affect a lot more people, and there are multiple unknown hackers which will probably never be caught. A database containing 800,000 individuals and their personal information, including SSNs and contact info, was illegally accessed– probably from off-campus. And it has been compromised since October 2005 (and is just now being discovered, in December 2006). UCLA’s official website on the matter.

12/18/2006 by Elliot Lee | No comments

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