test please delete

[BrowneIssue]

Although Merkin online sources like to claim it is Merkin. It just doesn't even sound Merkin.

I'd rather believe it is Strine.

[BrowneIssue]

"Diary of a Madman" is a strange play.

I listened to it on the radio when benched a few years back. Alone. In the middle of the day.

I recommend you do not do the same.

[FiveTimes]

Just got back from kickboxing tournament.

We had 4 fighters, and all did excellent, but alas all four came 2nd

2 of them were newbies to the ring and did better than 2 of our more experienced fighters.

On a happier note I got a great chicken curry and rice for £3

[FiveTimes]

time to do my parenting duties and get DD2 showered and hair washed

[NickFitz]

Like an idiot, I allowed Software Update to install Security Update 2009-001 without doing a backup first

Of course, my MacBook then wouldn't boot.

Much Googling followed. I hooked it up to my PowerMac in Target Disk mode (this allows you to mount the laptop hard drive as a disk on another machine) and tried deleting various cached OS files and a few other dodges, but none of them worked.

Finally, I downloaded the standalone installer for the update, and although it was for an Intel Mac, it ran on the PowerPC PowerMac, noticed that the FireWire disk was a bootable Intel volume, and installed itself onto it (with my permission, of course).

Fixed!

I think I ought to do a backup now

[BrilloPad]

Like an idiot, I allowed Software Update to install Security Update 2009-001 without doing a backup first

Of course, my MacBook then wouldn't boot.

Much Googling followed. I hooked it up to my PowerMac in Target Disk mode (this allows you to mount the laptop hard drive as a disk on another machine) and tried deleting various cached OS files and a few other dodges, but none of them worked.

Finally, I downloaded the standalone installer for the update, and although it was for an Intel Mac, it ran on the PowerPC PowerMac, noticed that the FireWire disk was a bootable Intel volume, and installed itself onto it (with my permission, of course).

Fixed!

I think I ought to do a backup now

Interesting that even the best of us can be caught out occasionally. A lesson for us all there......

[BrilloPad]

I am watching Richard Hammond

[BrilloPad]

BrilloPad 20,720
zeitghost 16,124
cailin maith 12,254
Diver 11,057
DS23 10,002
TheFaQQer 9,628
NickFitz 9,327
BrowneIssue 8,980
voodooflux 8,746
FiveTimes 7,361

[BrilloPad]

Hammonmd is on BBC2

[BrilloPad]

The program is engineering connections.