Adam C. Engst

posted 11 messages on Twitter

“RT @macartisan Wrist video cam on street side arm? http://www.goprocamera.com/ind...”

12 hours ago - Link

“@Moltz Never mess with Clouseau!”

12 hours ago - Link

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posted two entries on TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us

Take Control News: 50% Off Sale Ending Tuesday!

15 hours ago - Link

DealBITS Drawing: Win a Copy of PDFpen 4

15 hours ago - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Brief power and cable interruption - just enough to remind me that one older UPS desperately needs new batteries.”

15 hours ago - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Tristan is playing his cello at a madness-inducing speed - feels like he's redlining it and is about to throw a rod.”

17 hours ago - Link

posted six messages on Twitter

“@Ihnatko Cool that you can get out on the bike again!”

18 hours ago - Link

“Came home after all that and collapsed - luckily @tonyaengst was able to make dinner but we still headed for bed before 9 PM.”

18 hours ago - Link

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posted a message on Twitter

“@sethdill ThermoTabs by Numark Laboratories: http://xrl.us/othc5”

Saturday at 8:00 pm - Link

posted five messages on Twitter

“@sethdill My sister :-) Pre-kids, she did triathlons, and last time I was visiting, she gave me a bottle. I could look up the brand.”

Saturday at 6:32 pm - Link

“So I cook in part to impress cute redheads (dinner wouldn't do it, but I'm boiling down a tomato sauce/soup base for canning now)”

Saturday at 5:41 pm - Link

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posted four messages on Twitter

“Then I dragged my sorry ass a quarter mile home, drank water and ate salt tablets, drank milk, showered, and went to bed for 3 hours. OK now”

Saturday at 3:22 pm - Link

“Caught two falling leaves on the run (excellent luck), and saw a Virgin Mary in an upended bathtub: Our Lady of the Blessed Bathub!”

Saturday at 3:20 pm - Link

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posted two messages on Twitter

“@TheLaughingImp That's the tricky part, since too much tooth action ruins the seasoning on the cast iron.”

Friday at 3:28 pm - Link

“Off to make dinner - potato galette cooked in cast iron, I believe, with potatoes from my parents' garden.”

Friday at 3:26 pm - Link

posted seven messages on Twitter

“@wildeep Bad DIMM slot?”

Friday at 10:39 am - Link

“@mahboud Wow, who knew. Seems like a slim straw to grasp though for avoiding a mortgage payment.”

Friday at 10:23 am - Link

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posted two messages on Twitter

“Heading out to Oneonta to present at the MUGONE meeting... Need a break from the server!”

October 8 at 12:09 pm - Link

“@jimgaynor Integrity? Time Machine backups? :-)”

October 8 at 12:09 pm - Link

posted six messages on Twitter

“@samerfarha I'm leaning toward using Carbon Copy Cloner (which is rsync) to clone the drive nightly instead of TIme Machine”

October 8 at 10:23 am - Link

“@samerfarha Glenn tells me that MySQL doesn't keep files open except when they're being written. And still: 4 backups over 70 days? Bah!”

October 8 at 9:39 am - Link

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posted a message on Twitter

“@Prof_Homunculus I so need some BBQ today to make up for yesterday's server debacle!”

October 8 at 6:53 am - Link

posted three messages on Twitter

“Only had to put 3 articles back in from our Subversion repository - separate systems can be a good thing!”

October 7 at 5:48 pm - Link

“CrashPlan threw tons of errors and failed to restore lots of files, but it did back up the most important ones from today. Partial FAIL.”

October 7 at 5:47 pm - Link

“OK, I think we're live again. Time Machine claimed backups from today, but important files were last fixed 30-Sep. FAILFAILFAILFAILFAILFAIL!”

October 7 at 5:46 pm - Link

posted 12 messages on Twitter

“@geoffduncan After today, it damn well better run or I'll replace it with a Performa 6400 and WebSTAR.”

October 7 at 4:29 pm - Link

“The Xserve is running again - now just trying to get it serving Web pages”

October 7 at 4:15 pm - Link

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added a product to the Amazon wish list Wishlist

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

October 7 at 3:41 pm - Link

posted an entry on TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us

Tales of Customer Service in the PDF World

October 7 at 7:56 am - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Spaghetti carbonara for dinner - veg and dessert provided by @tonyaengst's squash pie. Yum...”

October 6 at 6:32 pm - Link

dugg a story on Digg

Peering Inside a Mobile Phone Network

October 6 at 3:02 pm - Link

posted four messages on Twitter

“@mymac You mean, aside from Ars? :-)”

October 6 at 2:21 pm - Link

“@ccoc Wait, I thought greed was supposed to be good when it came to financial markets? ;-) What will the proletariat aspire to otherwise?”

October 6 at 2:05 pm - Link

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posted 14 messages on Twitter

“@BarryP13 Once we finish Take Control of Procrastinating on the Mac (credit to @marshallclow) :-)”

October 6 at 11:39 am - Link

“@jamesthomson There's a win! Of course, we'd have to lay off redundant staff, who would immediately go start competing sites. :)”

October 6 at 11:38 am - Link

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posted an entry on TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us

Take Control News: 50%-Off Sale to Celebrate 5th Anniversary

October 6 at 8:42 am - Link

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posted a message on Twitter

“@reppep I always find it amusing when there's an assumption made that penguins want to fly. We never hear about the eagle who wanted to swim”

October 6 at 6:38 am - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“2nd XC race of the season: 5.7K in 21:18, good for 18th overall and 2nd masters overall. Alas, no masters team this week.”

October 4 at 1:19 pm - Link

posted an entry on TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us

Older Mac Pros Toxic or Just Smelly?

October 3 at 3:48 pm - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“@uliwitness That's a good trick, but will it work when you're entirely offline because of being on a plane? Or will Safari error out?”

October 3 at 6:47 am - Link

posted five messages on Twitter

“Time to brave Chicago traffic with Jim Buckner - back online in Ithaca late today.”

October 2 at 5:50 am - Link

“Why do I suspect this is yet another unique Eudora feature (YAUEF)?”

October 2 at 5:49 am - Link

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posted two messages on Twitter

“Hmm, regain Internet connectivity and productivity plunges. Must pull... the... plug... (gave up on Wi-Fi for Ethernet).”

October 1 at 2:36 pm - Link

“@BarryP13 The Train? BBQ in Chicago? I'll put it on the list for next time.”

October 1 at 2:32 pm - Link

posted three messages on Twitter

“Nicely productive day so far catching up on email and writing - much as it's carbon-evil, flying is a nice way to focus.”

October 1 at 1:36 pm - Link

“Fabulous lunch of BBQ at Smoke Daddy in Chicago with Jim Buckner - great food, great company.”

October 1 at 1:33 pm - Link

“Finally got some Wi-Fi at the Apple Store across the street from my hotel - couldn't get their WiFi to route outside”

October 1 at 1:32 pm - Link

posted an entry on TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us

Font Puns Galore in Extensis's Bravefont Trailer

September 30 at 10:59 am - Link

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