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Okay, not sure what is going on. I have a 6k running the stock Sharp ROM. I have a 1 gig SD and CF cards installed. Most of my non-critical apps boot from the CF card. I have not installed any new program nor changed any settings. The Z usually sits on my desk or in my purse in its case. I tried to turn the Z on today, and the power button...

For all the other ladies out there who use Unix or Linux on a daily basis (you know who you are!): Linux Chix Related Images:

Online game where you earn XP for completing chores called, of course, Chore Wars. Earn XP for completing chores around the house. Sign up the household and see who levels first… http://www.chorewars.com/help.php#2 Cute idea. If Mom had used this when we were little, my sisters and I probably would have been more enthusiastic about completing chores. Related Images:

You know how a word processor will break a long word at the end of a line? Well you can tell HTML to do the same thing. It won’t automatically break words, but you can use a soft hyphen ­ to define where a word should break. I’ve often wondered how to do that. Jukka Korpela has a good discussion of soft hyphenation in the different HTML specs. Related Images:

In light of the question about when/if to share an email, I put together a brief FAQ on copyright, netiquette, and fair use. I thought it might be useful to include here, in case other people wanted to use it. Please feel free to use this FAQ, so long as it is attributed to Ceffyl. Brief FAQ on Etiquette for Forwarding Emails Is it wrong to forward email from one mailing list to...

I used to be an AT&T Wireless customer, prior to the buyout of AT&T Wireless by Cingular (or the merging of the two companies, whichever way it actually happened). Any way, my plan with AT&T was much better than any Cingular offered. The AT&T Wireless experience was okay: helpful salesperson, excited about offering me a reasonable deal. In July last year, I received a letter from Cingular stating that they were going to...

Mariner Software, the publishers of MacJournal, have a great reputation. Many people love MacJournal. It’s highly recommended as desktop journaling and blogging software. A friend of my tried it and love it, so I bought it. According to the reviews I had read, MJ works with popular blogging software including WordPress. Sounded like a great way to have a local backup of the posts and be able to write drafts offline. I have...

I installed WordPress 2.2 on June 12. Added some new posts. Everything seemed to be going well. Until last night. I had some issues around the house (yay toilet leaks) and blogged about it. While I was in the middle of writing the post, the SQL database got corrupted. WordPress threw an error message that prompted me to install. Everything I tried — restoring the database from backup and upgrading from 2.1.2 to...

On a good side, there is a rumor that the Sci Fi channel will air season 3 of Doctor Who in July. On a spit-nails-or-cry, The Sun has an article claiminng that Doctor Who would be axed after season 4 due to a mass exodus of the executive producer and writer, Russell T. Davies, and other senior staff. This article has since been disputed by an article on The Guardian (registration required), summarized...

Fascinating interview with Steve J. and Bill G. on stage from the D conference. These guys have history — and deep respect for each ohter. Interesting to read the blow-by-blow description of the interviews. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates: Historic Discussion Related Images: