Well, I just finished installing my new AirPort Extreme base station. This is the one shaped like a Mac mini. The new software is very nice. They added the client signal strength graph feature, something that used to be there, then wasn't, and is now back again. They've also added link status lights to the ports on the back (although no indication of connection speed).

There were a couple of things that caused a fair amount of difficulty. One was that the new admin software has been renamed. The old one was called "AirPort Admin Utility." Thew new one is "AirPort Utility." I kept trying to upgrade my software before I realized the difference. When I was on the phone with Apple tech support, the agent told me this was a frequent source of confusion.

The other problem I had was that Comcast's cable modem seems to not assign a DHCP address to a new MAC address without being rebooted (this is what initiated the aforementioned support call). The AEBS behaves as if it can't get a DHCP address from Comcast, which is exactly what's wrong. The fix (in my case) is to unplug the cable modem for 30 seconds or so, and plug it back in. (Note: the Apple support agent wanted me to unplug it for 5 minutes, but I told him I'd try 30 seconds first—it worked).

I have yet to hook up a drive, the whole reason for getting it in the first place. I want to find out if they've improved AFP enough to where applications like SuperDuper! can back up over the network without needing to create a disk image first.

Now, to get an MBP with 802.11n networking in it...

D is a very nice programming language by Walter Bright. Carbon is a very nice API for developing Mac OS X applications. I wanted to develop Carbon applications in D, so I created an open source project to let others do the same. Please check out Darbon, and let me know what you think!

This is the best phone ever, and I want one. The Apple iPhone.

I've had a Sandel SN3308 EHSI and a Garmin GNS530 panel mount moving-map GPS in my plane for over 5 years. They've never quite worked right, thanks to the botched installation by Eagle's Nest Aviation in Ukiah, CA. The most recent problem: the Sandel/Garmin wouldn't stay in GPS mode; they would automatically switch back to VLOC.
I spent over $3000 having a different outfit rewire the panel, and it finally seemed to all be done right. However, there was one small, show-stopping issue: if you selected the GPS from the SN3308 (or from the GNS530), after two seconds it would go back to VLOC. It didn't matter if it was tuned to an ILS or not (if it were tuned to an ILS, you wouldn't get it out of VLOC mode at all, presuming the GNS530 was configured to auto-switch to the VLOC if an ILS is tuned in).
After getting Sandel on the phone, we went through some configuration checks. Turned out the GNS530 wasn't properly configured. I wish I could remember specifically what it was, but it's several pages into the configuration (which you get to by holding down the Enter key while powering up).
There's an LOC / GS / ARINC page. On it is a setting that can be something like ARINC 429, or several other things. It should be ARINC 429 Graphics w/Int (or something like that).
If I get a chance to look at the plane again, I'll get more details and update this post.

(Originally published: 2006-05-30 19:57:02; I update this periodically, and I’ve decided to repost it as current each time.)
This is a nearly-complete list of the shows I watch. Some of these are very good, others I’m tring out to see if they’ll last. A couple aren’t yet on here, because I’m freakin’ tired of making this list (Standoff and Smith).
It's incredibly difficult to find out when the new season of a show starts. I don't know why the official sites don't have it in big letters at the top of the main page. After far too much Googling, I found a list that has some info. I've copied the relevant entries here (who the fuck cares about all those shitty reality shows?):
The highlighted shows below I consider to be outstanding.

4400, The, Season 3 ("one hour special presentation")	2006 06 03 2100
Dead Zone, The, Season 5	2006 06 18 2200
Stargate: Atlantis, Season 3	2006 07 14 2100
Stargate: SG-1, Season 10	2006 07 14 2000
Eureka, Season 1	2006 07 18 2100
Prison Break, Season 2	2006 08 21 2000
Bones, Season 2	2006 08 30 2000
Family Guy, Season 5	2006 09 10 2100
House, Season 3	2006 09 12 2100
Heroes, Season 1	2006 09 21 2200
Grey’s Anatomy, Season 3	2006 09 21 2100
Six Degrees, Season 1	2006 09 21 2200
Ghost Whisperer, The, Season 2	2006 09 22 2000
Numb3rs, Season 3	2006 09 22 2200
Veronica Mars, Season 3	2006 10 03 2100
South Park, Season 10	2006 10 04 2200
BattleStar Galactica, Season 3	2006 10 06 2100
Lost, Season 3	2006 10 11 2100 (projected)
O.C., The (only 'cause my friend is in it), Season 3	2006 11 02 2100 (projected)
24, Season 6 ("one hour special presentation")	2007 01
Psych, Season 2 (1.5?)	2007 01
Kyle XY, Season 2	2007