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Month: May 2007

Whiskers Put To Sleep

Whiskers Put To Sleep

Today after feeding Whiskers, I returned to the laundry room to find him laying on his side and panting in short breaths.   I called to my wife and she took one look a the cat and said that we had to get him to the Critical Care unit right away.  We took the cat to this facility and they took a look at the cat quite quickly as I called to let them know we were coming and tried to…

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Macintosh Firewire hard drive for open microphone use.

Macintosh Firewire hard drive for open microphone use.

I had to create five edit bays, a few years back, for a Broadcast Journalism program that allegedly got kicked out of a college lab facility for political reasons. Each new edit room was a closet sized room, close to being square in shape which was bad for standing waves. The small size was a problem as each edit bay would have a microphone available for voice overs to video and the close in walls would throw any ambiant sound…

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Utilities for the Mac, Alsoft DiskWarrior.

Utilities for the Mac, Alsoft DiskWarrior.

I put together a small lab of computer work stations to edit short video and audio for the Broadcast Journalism and RTVF in a college. I chose to buy Glyph hard drives as they had a reputation of running quiet for open microphone use. I could hot swap the drives out to keep the edit bays functional, another neat feature. I called their technical support and had a wonderful conversation with a gentleman about how best to keep the dives…

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Speed up Mac 15″ laptop by manipulating Virex.

Speed up Mac 15″ laptop by manipulating Virex.

I had been noticing that my Mac laptop had been running slow ever since I installed VirusScan (McAfee).   The real pain came when I found out that I had to use Firefox when using my blogging software WordPress.   My favorite web browser, Safari, would not work correctly with WordPress.  But here is the pain. Firefox would take forever to load, I mean at least three minutes or longer.   I decided to go into Virex and play with…

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Macintosh computer Keychain problem

Macintosh computer Keychain problem

I had not run Disk Warrior (Alsoft)  for some time and my computer was getting buggy. The computer would not shut down properly. I decided to run that utility and it came up with a whole lot of directory errors. After the utility repaired the directories I had another problem.  My .Mac synchronization would not work. When I went into the Control Panel and clicked on the .Mac icon I got a keychain error and the splash screen looped so…

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Whiskers surgery – Peg tube problem 5-15-07

Whiskers surgery – Peg tube problem 5-15-07

This morning I could not get solids through the PEG tube.  I tied at least six times over two hours.  Out of frustration, I called the Critical Care facility and they suggested that I bring the cat in.   Once I arrived they took all the vital signs and found that the cat had lost one pound. They were concerned and gave me 8 cans of Eukanuba Veterinary Diet Maximum – Calorie food.  I was instructed to give 1 and…

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Whiskers – High respiration problem. 5-16-07

Whiskers – High respiration problem. 5-16-07

We gave Whiskers his normal feeding and medicine using the PEG tube. The cat vomited a small amount about a few minutes into the feeding. I had decided to administer the food over a 10 minute time instead of 5 minutes to minimize this problem. Whiskers took all the medications and food. We moved him into the laundry room with everything he would need for 10 minutes while I went to shower and shave. After dressing for my workout I…

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Retirement party at university.

Retirement party at university.

Sent by the university president’s office by e-mail: Good Morning, Could you please let me know if you plan to attend the retirement dinner on Thursday, May 24? Whether you plan to attend or not please RSVP by responding to this email as we are trying to finalize our count. Thank you and Congratulations on your retirement! Office of the President My reply: A faculty member friend came to me and suggested that I retire before the university moved our…

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Mother’s Day at Cedar Creek in Brea, California

Mother’s Day at Cedar Creek in Brea, California

May 13, 2007, Mother’s Day Brunch at Cedar Creek, Brea California. 20 Pointe Dr. Brea, Calif. 92821 Phone: 714.255.5600 This restaurant is definitely up scale and one of my favorites because it is just comfortable to dine here. It is located in a quiet area of Brea, spacious surroundings, parking is easy, and access is easy. I called late and was amazed at getting in for this very important day of the year. My wife, naturally, daughter and I attended…

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Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon

Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon

Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon is a nation wide chain of restaurants. 1222E. Irvine Blvd. Tustin, California 92780 Phone: 714-508-9280 We had dinner here May 10, 2007. My wife and I shared a split. A split is where two or more people at the table cut up what they order and share pieces of their meal with other members of the party. This is a great way to not get stuck with a bad dish if one turns out to…

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