Bit by 32 bits

The other day, I went to install a program on one of my clients systems. I've installed the software before on Linux without a problem; the problem started out that this was an Xserve running OS X Server (Leopard). I started by trying to install the PHP extensions needed for this program. I found information on the web to help me and things seemed to work fine, except when it came time to test the extensions; they all failed.

Turns out I missed a very important step; the instructions mentioned "does this for 32 bit machines and do this for 64 bit machines". Up until this time, I had never used a 64 bit machine (my MacBook Pro is a Core Duo based machine which is 32 bit). So I had followed the 32 bit instructions not remembering that the G5 processor in the Xserves was 64 bit. Once I realized my mistake (hours later), the install process went quite smoothly.

Winter in San Diego

It's almost winter in San Diego; how can I tell? Well, I had to wear long pants a few times this week and it was too cold to wear my Tevas. Next week will have a few warm days (80-90 degrees), but it's just the weather trying to trick us. While the winter isn't bad for most people (especially those from other parts of the country), I've lived in San Diego long enough that I almost can't handle it :-) When the temperature dips below 70, it just doesn't feel comfortable. I know, I know, some people would call me a wimp as it dips well below freezing in many parts of the US. I'm OK with people calling me a wimp.

I think I'll start counting down the days until spring (late spring is my favorite time of the year...the weather is perfect for me).

ComputerGate

UPS now tells me that my computer left Anchorage yesterday.

ANCHORAGE,
AK,  US	 10/18/2008	 2:17 P.M.	 DEPARTURE SCAN
10/18/2008	 11:54 A.M.	 ARRIVAL SCAN

However, UPS hasn't updated where it is and I can't think that they'd drive it out of Alaska so it must have arrived somewhere else. Maybe the governor of Alaska or her husband liked my computer so much, that they decided to keep it and say that since it passed through their state, they were entitled to keep it! If that didn't happen, maybe the TSA wanted it.

The wait is killing me!

Geek vs. non-geek

Today we went to the Apple store so my wife could look at the new MacBooks and compare them to the white MacBook as I told her I was going to get her one to replace his more than 3.5 year old iBook G4 (yes, I know it is ancient). She liked the new one and we checked Amazon, but Amazon has them on pre-order, so I went ahead and bought it in the store; that was like 10 hours ago. She still hasn't opened the box! What is wrong with her? If it was me, I would have ripped (OK, gently opened) into it and taken time off from work to set it up.

Oh well, I still love her even though she isn't a geek and as excited about a computer as I am :-)