I used this guide, but got this error: W 01:00:02 Failed to Write Sectors 264320 – 264351 – Reason: Cannot Format Medium – Incompatible Medium Still, the 96% of the burning process worked, so I’ll give the disk a try. Hopefully it works :)
I picked up a few coupons for ASmallOrange: 5special – $5 off order 15discount – 15% off order 15% of $33.34 is $5.001 (the cutoff), so if your order is $33.34 or higher, use 15discount. If it’s $33.33 or less, use 5special.
I’m reading Ender’s Shadow, generously lent to me by Tiffany L. One amazing part of the book reminded me that evil is not a product of deprivation. I think I’ve blogged about this idea before, so if you find it, link me to it :) Some people have the idea that people are mean to…Continue Reading…
I’m looking for a new hosting account for my dad’s websites, and I don’t like the fact that DreamHost, while good, promises unrealistically high disk space and bandwidth. The service becomes unbearably slow and unstable long before all of my space is used. So there are two providers I’m trying to decide between right now….Continue Reading…
Here’s a very interesting section from one of Paul Graham’s essays. What really stands out to me: Fear of elitism causes lost opportunities. If all universities are roughly equal in quality, then none are especially good. The best professors are spread out, making them less productive. And no one university will be good enough to…Continue Reading…
WordPress: Export Emails Of All Commenters
I managed to export the email addresses of all commenters on a WordPress blog so that I could check if they’re using Twitter. This is fairly straightforward to do: 1. Using phpMyAdmin, export to CSV. 2. Using Excel, clean up the list: 2a. Import and set semicolon as the delimeter. 2b. Take the email addresses…Continue Reading…