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There was an error joining the AirPort network "foo"

For Google's sake:

New housemate has an old 1st-gen iBook 466mhz (blue!) running OS X 10.2.

Our house is sharing a Qwest DSL line using one of their integrated routers.

It wasn't able to get on our house wireless (since the house used WPA2 and WPA support is for OS X 10.3 and later).

Even after a 10.3 upgrade, even after switching to 40-bit WEP, and even after shutting off encryption entirely, the symptom was the same - it could SEE the wifi network, it could tell a password was requiered (when encryption was on), but would nearly immediately kick out an error of 'There was an error joining the AirPort network "foo"'

Even booting an Ubuntu PowerPC liveCD showed (from the command line) thaat the card would associate with the AP, then disconnect 1-2 seconds later.

Solution: WiFi router was set up to use Wireless 'G' and 'B' both. Disabling 'G' and setting the router back to the older 'B' only caused the Mac to be able to sign on perfectly.

Current Mood: "I hate computers"
OpenMoko vs iPhone

So. Should I get a FreeRunner or an iPhone?

Discuss.

[info]abelits? [info]ceidith?

Current Location: Broomfield Apple Store
facepalm!

One of the better items that showed up in the silly "how do i use condom" thread reddit pointed to...


Current Mood: amused amused
G'bye Gibson

In the "news from 3 years ago" department, I just learned that the school where I went to kindergarten, 5th, 7th, and 8th grades closed down in '05.

I was privileged to experience the best teachers in my years of school there. Wish I still had some of the kindergarten memorabilia.

Apple // labs with OREGON, Logo, Rocky's Boots, Story Machine, and the other Spinnaker titles ... PETs with ... well, hm, BASIC and games. :) good times.

Current Mood: nostalgic nostalgic

hmmm...
Tonight's Midnight film @ Mayan - Jaws

Next Friday and Saturday midnight - Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn

Anyone up for it?

Current Mood: going to need a bigger boat
Firefox 3 Release Party

It looks like there's no preexisting party for the FireFox 3 release for Denver/Boulder ( only one I saw was in Colorado Springs ) - so I figure the Superior Buffalo Wild Wings (which has wifi, unlike the nearby Old Chicago) might be a good place to go drink non-free Beer because I like Free software. :)

If you're bored next Tuesday afternoon, stop by!

Current Mood: silly silly
Current Music: The Free Software Song
Housemate's cat: NOT FAIL

"OHAI, I brought you a fuzzy bunny friend but I eated half already. What's with the plastic bag? Oh, saving it for later? That large squishy yellow organ I left next to it is particularly choice. Hm, you look like you frowed up in your mouf a little."

—Housemate's cat Dulce, who I am currently catsitting for.


UPDATE: The half-a-bunny was followed today with half-a-mouse. Again with a large organ untouched. I think it's a stomach.

Current Mood: hurrrk
Current Music: "Cat. I'm a kitty cat."
read this.

if ( you are into comics ) {

Patronize your local comic shop for the $15 Omnibus of vol 1-3 and the other volumes of Girl Genius. Once caught up, catch up online to the current storyline at http://girlgenius.net
} else {
nevermind, as you were;
hey look it's reality tv();
return 0;
}

Current Mood: (also: hikaru no go v11)

Current Mood: amused amused
Point: Teapot

Personally I was using a soldering iron since the age of 7, and the only permanent condition I got from it was electrical engineering.
[info]abelits, responding to some theory that keyboards damage kids fingers.

Current Mood: amused amused
Voice Post

Grrr! Get off my lawn! )

The best 2-minute Tron fan film you'll see all day

Current Mood: amused amused
woot.

Just snagged a ticket to B.B. King's April 11th concert at the Buell.

And in the Spooky concert department, also gonna go see Voltaire on Apr 9th w/ [info]cgbspender.

Current Location: Home
Current Mood: excited excited
Current Music: Voltaire - The Vampire Club

Tonight:

Les Claypool at the Ogden at 8:00
UPDATE: Show was -awesome-. Great cover of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, the usual tunes touting the fisherman's lifestyle, and amazing xylophone solos.

Upcoming:

Kraftwerk, Roger Waters.

\o/

SIC TRANSIT GLORIA TELEFONICI

welp, meeting the concrete outside the library has killed dead the screen of my phone. :-/ Fortunately, I have a spare, but it means that I have to leave the phone off or risk losing incoming text messages.

IDEA: Cell carrier service that lets you see your texts from the 'net. I'm guessing Europe and Asia have it, and TMobile USA will have it sometime around 2017.

UPDATE: Got the phone list / SIM moved to another T610, so life is OK

Current Mood: hurrrrrrrrrr
<3 Craigslist

http://www.michaelmistretta.com/web/craigslist

Me: I’m selling a pair of Shure e4c headphones for $199.
Buyer: I saw those on Amazon for $170. Will you sell for $125?
Me: I’ll sell them for $150.
Buyer: $140 and I’ll pick them up right now.
...
(Click through to read the conclusion of the bartering)

w00t, my XO-1 arrived today!

Current Mood: bouncy bouncy
The Band's Visit



Nice little film. Kind of poignant, slice of life. 7/10

Rolled out of bed at 5 or 6 something (hooray for being on-call), couldn't get back to sleep, so I hauled my butt down to the gym... did 45min on the Stairmaster, then swam 5 (!) laps with the ankle-floaty-buoy thing before my arms gave out on me (I suck! but it's because I was at the gym doing arm exercises yesterday!), then spent a very, very awesome half hour alternating between the 180° dry sauna, and the 110° steamroom. That, in itself, makes hitting a fitness club worth the $$.

I was thinking of making a "The steamroom is love", but that sounds kinda Turkish Bath which wasn't at all what I wanted to imply
The steam room has a posse

Current Mood: silly silly
Hurrrrrrrrrrrr

So, as I mentioned in a previous post, ctrl+backspace under Windows does word-kill (like ^W on a Unix command line if you have "cooked" mode on.)

Under Ubuntu's GNOME, ctrl+backspace kills the line. So, I figure "hmmm, must be SOME keybinding to get the same effect in the Firefox URL window...."

So... I sit there trying combinations...

Shift+Backspace
Alt+Backspace
Ctrl+Shift+Backspace
Alt+Shift+Backspace
Ctrl+Alt+Backsp☠

☠☠
NO CARRIER

Current Mood: all aboard the failboat
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