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Airline anti-virus security?

noreply@blogger.com (philip) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:44:00 +0000

iPhones, failed updates, and md5sums

noreply@blogger.com (philip) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:54:00 +0000

Today I got the dreaded

"The iPhone “iPhone” could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (6)."

error message while upgrading my iPhone to 2.0.1. Long story short, the software update was corrupted:

bash-3.2# md5 "/Users/alpha/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates/"*
MD5 (/Users/alpha/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates/iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw) = abc314729d23d9073b64706e9e24335e
bash-3.2# md5 "/Users/lambda/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates/"*
MD5 (/Users/lambda/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates/iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw) = 5c5da46c5e758cfd8a2d830cacf37bd7

I created a new user, lambda, iTunes downloaded the new software again, and the iPhone restore completed succesfully. I copied lambda's copy to my main account, and it restored from backup beautifully.

Black Diamond Ion headlamp replacement batteries

noreply@blogger.com (philip) — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:23:00 +0000

The website wasn't much help, but the e-mail support at Black Diamond is excellent:

Q. Which 6-volt batteries can I use for my Ion or SpaceShot headlamp?

A.
Duracell 28L (lithium)
Duracell 28A (alkaline)
Black Diamond 6-volt replacement (silver oxide)
Radio Shack 2cr 1/3 N (lithium)
Kodak K28L (lithium)

Map of Henry W. Coe State Park, Hunting Hollow and Coyote Creek entrances

noreply@blogger.com (philip) — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:29:00 +0000

There aren't many maps of Henry W. Coe State Park available online for trip planning. The Hunting Hollow entrance has a few photocopies of the area near the southern entrances, and I've scanned in the copy that lived a few days in my pocket:

There's a map of the headquarters region here.

Dunster House, in Google Earth

noreply@blogger.com (philip) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:45:00 +0000

Like the real thing!

Googlewhacking is the new Hapax Legomenon

noreply@blogger.com (philip) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:58:00 +0000

Hapax legomenon: a word or form occurring only once in a document or corpus [m-w]
Googlewhack: a Google search query consisting of two words, that returns a single result

They're the same thing!

Turns out that I'm not the first to think of this: hapax legomenon is referenced on Googlewhack's wikipedia page.

Doesn't this make you nostalgic for Latin literary devices?