It is a fantastic way to find large files you might not know about. For many many months, I’d been holding onto an archive of my computer from when I did an archive & install for Leopard. It was 20g! Deleting that giant chunk of files was like drinking sweet nectar straight from wild flowers. My computer stopped overheating, I haven’t seen a kernal panic since, AND it runs faster.
The X Lab has been pretty helpful with some basic tips on freeing up hard disk space. They recommend that you have at least 5 gigs free on your mac. I am constantly pushing that limit. I regularly see the “Your hard disk is almost full” message, and I am no stranger to the eclipse “error saving message” due to lack of space left on my device.
I’ve taken more steps to permanently solve this problem by buying a Drobo. More on that later.
I found this old clip while cleaning out my hard drive. This toy was extremely amusing to me. I’m not sure where it went. Perhaps one of my coworkers took it when she/he left/was laid off.
Inspired by edrabbit I decided to compose a list of cities I’ve been to in the past year. Photos above link to past trips. Pics or it didn’t happen, right?
* for staying at least 1 night
+ for going more than once
New York*+, NY
Easton*, ME
New Brunswick, Canada
Boston*/Cambridge*+, MA (soooo sad about misplacing all my pics from this trip, especially the Amanda Palmer footage)
Anchorage*, AK
Austin*, TX
Chicago*, IL
Pacifica*, CA
Dallas/Richardson*, TX
Los Angeles*+, CA
Half Moon Bay*, CA (missing photos of the actual wedding. boooo)
Monterey*, CA (missing photos of the aquarium. I see a pattern here…)
What’s your list? What’s your favorite place to visit? Where do you want to go next? I <3 replies.
It’s been pretty cold lately (as in, 40 degrees at night! gasp!) and I’ve been trying all sorts of method to stay warm. I regularly wear several layers of socks, but I can’t bring myself to put on these adorable pink booties.
Even though the above video is not filmed in HD, it is available to watch in “high quality”. To get the higher quality video on youtube, I’ve been encoding my movies with the h.264 codec using ffmpegx (a mac gui for the command line).
When the site detects this codec as the encoding of your video, it can play your video as is, instead of converting it to an flv*. Some codecs cannot be played by the flash player, which is why they are converted and that process decreases the quality of the video.
*more specifically, the files are converted using the on2vp6 codec. There is a big difference between a codec and a format, but for simplicity, h264 videos -> mp4 extension; On2VP6/Sorenson -> flv. Further reading at wikipedia
They’re moving and they need a little help with all the initial expenses. Please help out. They are super close to getting the money they need and every bit counts.
What is Nimby?
A place to create the impossible, the new, the ridiculous, the exiting and most importantly, the never seen before. It is the largest do-it-yourself industrial art space in the Bay Area with over 40 different art groups and craftsmen in the shop.
NIMBY not only offers space to create, but supports its artists with resources, assistance in sourcing re-purposed material, as well as logistical and technical guidance. This supportive culture shared by all members of the NIMBY community is at the root of the amazing art that emerges from its doors. NIMBY is the hub for creativity that boggles the mind and fosters community values that encourage collaboration and innovation.
Please donate if you:
have ever enjoyed any of the fire arts housed at Nimby
attended an event
want to get into some badass industrial art
want to support a collaborative, inspiring art house
like fire
For those of you who missed out on the classic paper turkey in elementary school, here are instructions. If you do remember making this as a wee innocent child, it’s worth doing again. Many of us are in such a hurry to be grown up that we lose our wonderment and delight for simple activities.
Justine made me this adorable video for my birthday. It’s a montage of a bunch of photos and videos of us together. I can’t properly describe how I feel about this. It’s wonderful, amazing, incredibly sweet. It brings back a lot of memories. It’s strange to think that we met on the internet more than 3 years ago. Justine is an incredible source of inspiration for me. See? Internet friends can become real friends.
