the cole family blarg

Best voicemail ever

damen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:47:09 +0000

Making your replaced Mac’s hard drive quieter

damen — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:06:05 +0000

I found that my iMac was really loud after I replaced the hard drive with a 1TB Western Digital Black drive (go figure).

I finally found a solution for adjusting the acoustic properties of the drive -

Boot your mac with Ubuntu 9.10 (or whatever LiveCD you like)
Open Terminal
run: sudo hdparm -M 128 /dev/sda (replace /dev/sda as needed)

Your computer will be quieter, and only slightly slower from now on!

Windows 7 Automatic Updates via WSUS - error 0×8007000d

damen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:40:46 +0000

I was encountering a problem trying to publish Windows Updates to our new Windows 7 workstations. The awesome error 0×8007000d is so verbose and helpful that it really helps masquerade the true problem — you need to update to WSUS 3.0 SP2.

If anyone out there finds this helpful, let me know!

Kingston Motion Picture

damen — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:54:41 +0000

DSC_0079

damen — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:05:21 +0000

DSC_0079, originally uploaded by petwalrus2.

Inches deep

damen — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:53:05 +0000

DSC_0080, originally uploaded by petwalrus2.

Pineapples grow like this

damen — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:49:44 +0000

DSC_0030, originally uploaded by petwalrus2.

Tree with painted bark

damen — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:49:11 +0000

DSC_0040, originally uploaded by petwalrus2.

Shave ice with condensed milk

damen — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:48:30 +0000

DSC_0083, originally uploaded by petwalrus2.

Red Flower

damen — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:47:57 +0000

DSC_0095, originally uploaded by petwalrus2.