How To Change the Volume on MacOSX in Small Increments

Author: , July 7th, 2012

To change the volume in smaller increments on MacOSX Snow Leopard, hold down Shift-Option when pressing either the Volume-Up or the Volume-Down keys. You should see the volume indicator show a fractional portion of the normal scale selected:

How To Fix Webmin PAM Errors At Startup

Author: , January 30th, 2011

If you are seeing PAM errors in /var/webmin/miniserv.error, then try the following: # yum install pam-devel # cpan Authen::PAM # vim /etc/pam.d/webmin auth include system-auth # service webmin restart Log will now say: PAM authentication enabled instead of : PAM test failed – maybe /etc/pam.d/webmin does not exist

Desiderata

Author: , January 30th, 2011

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they […]

More Snow Means More Naomi

Author: , January 20th, 2011

Snow is coming tonight. That means that my lovely wife will be working from home tomorrow..that makes me very happy! The client migration is tomorrow night, so I am swamped with last-minute tasks. There are many cool API’s for AWS, including the ability to attach to and detach from a virtual load balancer from the […]

The Stroke of Midnight

Author: , October 15th, 2009

Wow! I have gotten ALOT done today. Best of all, I FINALLY delivered a working git revision control infrastructure to my client, along with documentation. I am very pleased. I did tons of housework, dealt with kittens and trapping stress all day, had a friend over to discuss business and tax strategies and still going […]

Wife Almost Home

Author: , October 8th, 2009

Naomi is almost home. I cannot wait to see her. I think I am very caffeine sensitive. No more for a few weeks to see if that is an issue for me. Also want to try to get thru a day without taking ANYTHING tomorrow. No Lexapro, no Klonopin, no caffeine, etc. Do want to […]

And Going…

Author: , October 6th, 2009

Woke up groggy, but I did feel like I got some sleep last night – took half of a Lexapro before bed last night. Dropped off the A6, found out that Ray is a gardener like me. Took care of all of the errands: bank, getting gas, dry cleaning, laundry, etc. Spent 2-3 hours on […]

Nice to See a Friend Smile Again

Author: , October 3rd, 2009

And many thanks to her for turning me on to the Six Pillars of Self Esteem…

Daily Journal Post

Author: , October 2nd, 2009

I Love My Wife! Naomi is awesome and I am amazed at how well matched we are. Was crazy busy all day and still have so much to do. Have not even had dinner yet, but at least Naomi is finally home.

And Waiting…

Author: , October 1st, 2009

So the leader of industry says about a meeting that included PainMinder: “It went well. My partner likes the product and idea. More to follow.” And waiting…