I bought a mac just the other day, and upgraded immediately to snow leopard. Everything went fine, until I tried to watch a DVD. The “DVD Player” application tried to start, but then died with the following error
There was an initialization error. The current machine or system configuration is not supported [-70013]
I dug around in Google for a while, but couldn’t find anything valuable.
Then I checked apple’s support forums, and there was this post
It worked like a charm! Good luck!
I believe its default is set to 10min (way to long for a professional-use application).
Here’s a great tutorial on how to change the auto-refresh interval. It’s easy and takes about 2 mins.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20081204143710211
Note: The only thing left out, is that you need to quit the notifier, and restart it for the preferences to take effect.
Rock on! Thanks Matt! :)
I just googled myself for the first time in about a year, and I was pretty happy w/ the results! :o)
Nice Matt! :) I still am not on google… maybe next year :)
Rock on! I google myself all the time… lol… Ty even googled me the other day. You can find a lot more on me than you can on him!
Spent a bit of time figuring this one out…
If you’re going to need to dump a very large mysql database, you’ll probably need to use “–single-transaction” to make it work.
mysqldump -u [username] -p --single-transaction [database name] > [your dump file].sql
Nifty, Matt. What’s the –single-transaction option do?
I just set up my account with bluehost. I’m moving from GoDaddy.com mostly due to their sleezy advertising practices. It also helps that I’ll save $40/year right off the bat from bluehost’s free domain privacy registrations.
If you want to check them out, and sign up, do that here.
I wanted to install subversion, so that I could build a website properly (version controlled, easy dev server setup, etc…)
I found a great tutorial for installing subversion on bluehost.com below.
http://legobuff.com/2008/09/07/howto-install-subversion-on-bluehost/
It worked great for me, installing 1.6.4. Hopefully this helps point people in the right direction.
The past couple days I’ve stopped and spoken with Rick on the way in to work. Rick is a smart man, and a good guy; his home is just….nowhere.
I’ve seen Rick for several weeks now, sitting on a bench next to Cherry Creek that runs through Denver. I had been nervous to look at him as I walked by, for fear that he would ask for money (which I never carry).
A few days ago, My beautiful wife had made home-made wheat bread, and packed me a sandwich along with something else for lunch. That morning as I was walking by Rick, I saw that he was examining his feet, which were in poor shape. I didn’t stare — I never stare — but at a glance I could tell.
I walked by, and tried to ignore this feeling that I had to stop and give him my sandwich. I walked a block further, and only thoughts of Christ, and the people he looked after, came to my mind. I got to the steps of my workplace and turned around.
I came up to Rick, and politely asked if he had anything for lunch. He replied that he didn’t. I offered him my sandwich, which he humbly and gratefully accepted (and commented at being excited that it was homemade bread).
We didn’t speak much that day, but since then, I’ve taken some time each morning, and have talked with him. He graduated from a local college, and even had taken graduate-level physics courses. He’s read all ‘the classics’ and can tell you just about anything from them — and is always reading something new. He even programmed when computers were the size of a room. He’s over 60 years old, and has been without a home for 6 years, but doesn’t mind it.
I now look forward to my brief morning meetings with Rick, and the things he has to talk about…
Who knew?
I love you. :) You have taught me more than anyone that there is so much more to people than what you can see.
What a great story- thanks for sharing and being such a great example :)
That is so neat! So proud to have you as a brother. :-) Thank you for sharing (with him and us!)!!! :-)
Matthew your story here touched my heart as I read what it means to be like the Savior come to life in your words. You are a miracle of a man and far better than most on your worst day. Thank you for sharing with me and all those that read the power of Charity in real life, and thanks for sharing with Rick, tell him I will pray for him . I love you Matt, your the best.
Thanks for sharing this Matt, thought-provoking story.
I have been thinking about this post for the past couple weeks… It’s really made me think about how I treat/talk to people that come into the office looking for work. Thanks for writing this!!
So I was doing some research on ‘Internet Memes’ and ran across this…wow, hilarious!
This is what I’m like when I take a migraine pill! LOL :) That’s awesome!
That is quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life! “Why is this happening to me?”
And I can’t spell apparently now…. My bad…
That poor kiddo… it’s funny and heartbreaking at the same time!
Teehee “Is this foreeeeever???” Hilarious!
Hey everyone, I know it’s last minute, but today I’m going to get my head shaved! Yesterday afternoon a friend at work told me about this event that was going on today. It’s for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a place that donates to foundations to help children’s cancer. There’s not a better thing to be doing on the evening of St. Pat’s Day.
If you can, and would like to donate please feel free:
...and after the shave
I look forward to seeing your cute little bald head :)
just think how much you will save on shampoo!
enjoy it!
OMGoodness!! That’s crazy & great!!! Way to be!! You never know, if your lady likes it, you may stay that way ;-)
oh – and I can’t wait to see the pic AFTER!!! :-)
Matt, you inspire me to think of the level of excellence one can strive to achieve. I am very proud of you for your just and noble cause and am please to be able to call my self your friend. Thank you for your admirable selfless service to your fellow man and children.
You look great bald! :) Love you!!
Here’s the gun we just purchased!
We decided it was time to purchase a handgun before we actually may need it, or this Congress and Administration makes unconstitutional laws regarding them. It really is time to act now.
yay! Even though we didn’t find a good place, it was still fun to drive around all day in beautiful Colorado. :) Love you!
That rocks!!! Hope you find somewhere fun to practice! :-)
Sweet!! We had a SW 40 caliber something – big bullets is all I know & It will give you blisters from firing. Glad to see you didn’t waste your time with a 22 – I got to see some shells from one at the firing range when I went & they are tiny!! Couldn’t stop someone with an ounce of ambition, but they’re cute! What I didn’t know is that w/ the semi-auto (not sure if that’s the right terminology but, the ones that aren’t revolvers!) they’re more prone to misfire. The guy at the store told me that a revolver is THE most reliable – I didn’t like the way it looked (I know, dumb reason), so we got the 40. I may rethink on my next purchase though…I would really like a silver or gold one though ;-)
Great choice in guns,you won’t be sorry. I’ve owned one for a couple of years now and it looks great, feels great and shoots great.
Just bought the 8040 at Academy this week for $399. It felt so much tighter than the competition. After all I read about the unique design, straight blow back, rotating barrel, it had to be better than the sloppy Browning mechanism of my S&W. I was right, it is sooooooooo sweet. Let my daughter, 13 year old grandson and a new friend, (Ex Army infantry) shoot it. Put 100 rounds through it very quickly, just the cheap WWB 180 and 165 .40 S&W. The gun hardly kicks, much like a nine, rather than a .40. We all shot less than 3 inch groups at 10 yard line. The DA pull is a healthy 12 pounds, but very smooth and crisp. My first shot on DA was on 1 inch right and slighly high, the rest of the mag 10 shots peppered around the bull, rapid firing as soon as on target. Gets on target much faster with less muzzle lift than the competition.
As soon as I can afford it, I am going shopping for the 9mm, I hear is only kicks like a .380 and the price is right and cleaning a snap. Mine came with a metal guide rod, so this must be a new update from previous version.
My advice, Buy the 9mm so both you and your bride can enjoy it together!!
This video is very powerful. I don’t know all there is to know about inflation, but this can’t be good….
Gosh, I love Glenn. It’s nice to see a graph that actually shows a “0″ baseline, too – an HONEST scale, LOL. I’ll have to link to this…
Holy cow… That’s freaking scary!!!
It is now time for the revolution that Ben Franklin said we have the right to form when our government abuses power like this! Viva La revolution!
The Declaration of Independence is all about that. Just trying to figure out what kind of revolution, and how to go about that is the real question; because something has to be done.
Ann 2:09 pm on September 17, 2009 Permalink |
I like your new theme, baby :)
Adam Richens 5:45 pm on October 19, 2009 Permalink |
Good trick; sorry I didn’t see this earlier. Another one to keep in mind is Cmd+Opt+O+F during startup. It boots into Open Firmware mode. Then type in reset-nvram then set-defaults and, finally, reset-all to restart the computer.
That procedure will solve just about any hardware-related problem that isn’t caused by an actual physical failure.
mrichmond 10:54 pm on October 19, 2009 Permalink |
Great! Thanks for the handy tip :o)