http://involution.com Tony Perrie's Weblog Tue, 13 May 2008 03:21:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For the three people in the world building the Rails mysql gem on a PowerPC G5-based OS X Server with the 64-bit MySQL installed getting this crazy error: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _mysql_init The magic ninja gem install command that will cure all your ills goes a little something ... http://involution.com/2008/05/12/malfeasance-in-64-bit-powerpc-mysql-gem-compilation/ The Professor of Magic is the preeminent technological luminary of the new millenium. As an astute observer of the human condition, connoisseur of fine wine and spirits, raconteur, and master of the mythical yellow ball, his knowledge of the universe is beyond all comprehension. After an hour in ... http://involution.com/2008/04/24/word-of-wisdom-from-the-professor-of-magic/ Height: 6000-inches (aproximately two earth years) Nicknames: Ace and Dr. Bathroom Name of Employer: United League of Underwater Nations Position Held: Surgeon General of a Place I Made-up Do you drink alcohol?: YES! If so, how often: Once a day, for 8 hours Where do you usually meet women: In hotels or the street Do you enjoy ... http://involution.com/2008/02/12/eugene-mirmans-application-for-cupid/ Voting and YOU!Uploaded by declareyourself http://involution.com/2008/02/05/all-hail-salyzar/ I decided to rescue a bunch of old data off my old Garmin Forerunner 201 tonight. The only problem is that this is now impossible. Even though 1.5 years worth of GPS data is on the watch, it's quite inaccessible now. Google Earth can only read the ... http://involution.com/2008/02/04/garmin-software-troubles/ Some feverish miscreant has managed to upload all six episodes of Adam Curtis' Pandora's Box documentary to the youtube. It has a similar theme to his later Century of the Self, but it's still worth watching. Episode 1 - The Engineer's Plot Episode 2 - To The Brink of ... http://involution.com/2008/02/01/pandoras-box/ http://involution.com/2008/01/29/space-talk-from-dimension-eugene/ Adam Curtis' interpretation of current events viewed through a historical and political lens is a tour de force in explaining the absurdity and cognitive dissonance of our current reality. I recommend watching all of them, twice. Curtis is picking up where the greats like Kenneth Clark and Jacob ... http://involution.com/2008/01/21/adam-curtis-documentaries-on-google-video/ Who knew that press conferences could be so entertaining? Maybe I should give Fox News another chance. How do you feel right now? I feel like, right now, my haircut is pretty perfect, but altogether I want to redirect back towards haircuts of the '70s. http://involution.com/2008/01/21/the-best-press-conference-ever/ So, my bad consumer urges took over my brain and forced me to buy a 1TB Hitachi external hard drive. The drive works great connected directly to my Macbook Pro running Leopard, however, it barely works at all when plugged into my Airport Extreme base station. The first ... http://involution.com/2007/12/26/airport-extreme-disks-not-working-under-leopard/ http://involution.com/2007/12/18/madonna-medley/ Okaysamurai, Foobarfighter, and I had a big jam session at 199 Fremont Street tonight. Here's the obligatory Youtube embed. http://involution.com/2007/12/14/199-fremont-christmas-jam/