I installed a new hard drive in my work computer, and I'm taking this opportunity to do a clean install of OS X. And I'll be documenting that here, both for myself and because my choices may be instructive to some of you.
I have a Mac Pro from 2006 …
One of the most important parts of setting up a new computer (for a geek like me) is getting the Terminal set up right. I spend a lot of time there. I wrote about this in 2006, and I think it's time to update my Terminal setup notes for Lion …
I've been moving many posts from past websites I've had into schof.org, so schof.org will be the unitary place to get my writing on the web.
In going through the old posts, I was shocked to find out how many links I've posted are no longer valid.
I …
I feel like someone's been standing behind me and punching my back and shoulders for a few hours. This is, I think, a pretty common outcome after taking International Tactical Training Seminar's two-day "Handgun 2" course. Day 1, Saturday, is 9 AM to 5 PM. The 2nd day is 2 …
We're all familiar with the survivalist stereotype -- a bearded guy with an underground bunker, with a stockpile of guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition, and enough canned and dehydrated food to last through the apocalypse. This does not appeal to me.
I'm interested in a different kind of survivalism …
One of my clients (a Mac-based computer consulting company here in Los Angeles) had a BASH script they wanted me to look at -- a couple of things weren't working the way the client thought they should be working.
The client's issues are resolved, but I noticed something in the script …
I own two handguns, and am planning to buy one more handgun and a shotgun. Previously I had been using trigger locks on my handguns, but my girlfriend and her daughter recently moved into my house, and I decided I was no longer comfortable with trigger locks as my sole …
I've never met a nicer bunch of freaks than the artists of the Freak Show Deluxe (FSD), a retro-futuristic collection of acts rescued from carnival side shows and the seamy, late-night side of state fairs.
FSD is an entertaining, funny, and often cringe-inducing show -- I saw their act twice before …
My father says my mother hallucinates, but I don't think "hallucinate" is the right word. It's not as if you're with her and she sees people who aren't there. Instead, later she remembers things -- sometimes very vividly -- that never happened. At first these were visits from people she knew -- her …
I've long been interested in the local food movement, slow food, and sustainable agriculture. I was probably started down this road by Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" and "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals" (both highly, highly recommended). I've just finished "Everything I …