Category: technology

12 Aug

Tunnelblick 3.0b14 Flapping “event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4)”

Tunnelblick 3.0b14 kept flapping (connecting and disconnecting repeatedly).  The relevant bit from the details window was:
2009-08-12 20:34:23 event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4)
2009-08-12 20:34:23 TCP/UDP: Closing socket
2009-08-12 20:34:23 /Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/client.down.osx.sh tun0 1500 1544 10.7.0.94 10.7.0.93 restart
2009-08-12 20:34:23  process restarting
After digging into logs, google, and openvpn settings I thought about what could differ between my install and [...]

19 Jul

No command-tab shortcut to move focus to next application in Mac OS X Screen Sharing

The shortcut I miss most when logging into a host via Apple OS X’s “Screen Sharing” is the ability to cycle through open applications with the click of two buttons (Command Tab).  Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t pass that or similar command-key combos onto the remote host.  What to do; especially once you’ve found that “Move focus [...]

16 Apr

art and science have a baby

a baby bot
this definitely falls in the category of random acts of spreading joyfulness

27 Dec

Gay Marriage is a non-issue

First, the title of this post is a lie born of my confusion: what’s so hard about this issue?
Hey, you: the ones threatened and appalled by gay marriage (I’m pointing my ring finger at you Huckabee.)  The debate around gay marriage revolves around the “M” word, and is one of semantics.  So I suggest it [...]

20 Jun

Borg Taxidermy

Lisa Black

merges a lovely sci-fi, steampunk, surreal feel in her sculpture.

17 Jun

yes no occasionally

yes I do twitter
whale descending gracefully
occasionally

20 Feb

Implicit Association Test

Do I really oppose Hillary because I fear a Bush/Clinton/Clinton/Bush/Bush/Clinton dynasty?  Or, am I measuring her more harshly because she’s a woman.  I took Harvard’s  Implicit Association Test about the candidates and apparently, I implicitly favor in the following order good -> bad - Clinton, Obama, McCain, and Huckabee.  Apparently I favor Women, Minorities and [...]

31 Jan

majikleen

Nu teknolojee makes ur monoter kleenz!

07 Jun

msft demos a great concept product.

I’ve badmouthed msft many times, but this is an amazing innovative concept. I’m inspired and curious and hopeful for the creative future of technology that we get a glimpse of here.
photosynth video

msft labs photosynth demo
(alas, I cannot play as I’m a mac/*nix devote)

08 May

Meta-reminder

Objectpark Software
through Menu Calendar Clock
tells me to, “download.”