Red Pill Screensaver settings

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I’m in the middle of re-installing some minor updates to my new MacBook Pro and just got around to the screensavers today.

There’s a old matrix-scrolling-code screensaver called RedPill that the developer (very graciously) had updated for use on 10.6.

After installing the update, I went to OPTIONS…

Red Pill 01

Red Pill 01

…and noticed a setting on the very bottom right to “ENABLE SPOON”.

Red Pill 02

Red Pill 02

Clicking on ENABLE SPOON brought up this dialog…

Red Pill 03

Red Pill 03

And after clicking OK…

Red Pill 04

Red Pill 04

…there is no spoon.

Whoa.

Even though the Matrix came out 11 years ago, I still have this screensaver (or a variant of it) installed on most of my laptops. I figure it’s better than yelling at kids to get off my lawn.

Another chunk of monthly bandwidth lost to system updates

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My new MacBook Pro decided it needed a few updates while I was on the road recently.

New Mac, Mo' updates

New Mac, Mo' updates

That’s about 1 gig out of my monthly 5 gig limit lost to system updates.

Who in their right mind thinks 5 gigabytes is “more than enough” again?

I can save $9,996.40 on paper clips? [PHOTO]

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So there I was at the local Staples when I found the sale to end all sales.

Apparently I can save $9,996.40 on this one item!

Staples Savings (click to enlarge)

Staples Savings (click to enlarge)

Staples Savings 2 (click to enlarge)

Staples Savings 2 (click to enlarge)

Those are some expensive little clips.

Where have I been? Ask the little blue whale!

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There was no Friday posts and no Saturday “News the Mainstream Media Missed” post this week because of this diabolical contraption…

I know what you’re thinking. “Ha! That little thing? It doesn’t look so bad!”

Oooooooo but you’d be wrong there. This little contraption will snatch your whole weekend away, all the while accompanied by little-baby-nephew-and-baby-niece screams of delight.

It also, apparently, has the ability to temporarily regress grown adults back to a single-digit age.

I finally subdued the monster late late late last night. But I have a sneaking suspicion it will be back again this Saturday.

Back to work!

Monday Morning Music : 06/21/10

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Every Monday I like to post some music to start the week off on the right foot.

This week….

Agnes Carlsson – Release Me

Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer

Shakira – Ojos Asi

George Michael – Freedom! ’90

and finally, Jason Mraz – Outdoors on Sesame Street

Some Benadryl Allergy Ultratab and Extra Strength Tylenol Rapid Release Gels recalled

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Uh-oh.

McNeil Consumer Healthcare just announced they are recalling “four product lots of BENADRYL® ALLERGY ULTRATABâ„¢ TABLETS, 100 count, sold in the U.S.; and one product lot of EXTRA STRENGTH TYLENOL® Rapid Release Gels, 50 count sold in the U.S., Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico… This recall is a follow-up to the product recall that McNeil Consumer Healthcare announced on January 15th, 2010 and is being taken because the products were inadvertently omitted from the initial recall action.”

The current recall is for…

Product Name Product Form Lot Number NDC Number UPC Code
BENADRYL Allergy ULTRATAB Tablets 100 count Ultratab Tablet AJA008, ADA194, ABA022, ABA264 50580-226-10 312547170338
EXTRA STRENGTH Tylenol Rapid Release Gels 50 count Rapid Release Gelcap ASA202 50580-488-50 300450488503

The FDA release says… “the January 15th, 2010 recall was initiated as a result of consumer complaints of a musty or moldy odor that has since been linked to the presence of trace amounts of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA). After a thorough investigation, it was determined that the source of TBA was the result of a breakdown of a chemical that is applied to wood used to build wooden pallets that transport and store product packaging materials.”

The original recall list is a touch longer…

PRODUCTS NDC Number
TYLENOL® INFANTS’ DROPS
CONCENTRATED TYLENOL® INFANTS’ DROPS 1 OZ. GRAPE FLAVOR 50580-144-01
CONCENTRATED TYLENOL® INFANTS’ DROPS 0.5 OZ. GRAPE FLAVOR* 50580-144-15
CONCENTRATED TYLENOL® INFANTS’ DROPS 1 OZ. CHERRY DYE FREE 50580-167-01
CONCENTRATED TYLENOL® INFANTS’ DROPS 0.5 OZ. CHERRY FLAVOR 50580-143-15
CONCENTRATED TYLENOL® INFANTS’ DROPS 1 OZ. CHERRY FLAVOR 50580-143-30
CONCENTRATED TYLENOL® INFANTS’ DROPS 0.5 OZ. GRAPE – HOSPITAL 50580-144-18
CONCENTRATED TYLENOL® INFANTS’ DROPS 0.25 OZ. GRAPE – SAMPLE 50580-144-40
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® SUSPENSIONS
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® SUSPENSION 2 OZ. CHERRY BLAST FLAVOR 50580-123-02
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® SUSPENSION 4 OZ. CHERRY BLAST FLAVOR 50580-123-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® DYE-FREE SUSPENSION 4 OZ. CHERRY FLAVOR 50580-166-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® SUSPENSION 4 OZ. GRAPE SPLASH 50580-296-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® SUSPENSION 4 OZ. BUBBLEGUM FLAVOR 50580-407-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® SUSPENSION 4 OZ. VERY BERRY STRAWBERRY FLAVOR 50580-493-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® SUSPENSION 1 OZ. CHERRY BLAST FLAVOR – SAMPLE 50580-123-01
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® SUSPENSION 4 OZ. CHERRY BLAST FLAVOR – HOSPITAL 50580-123-03
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® PLUS SUSPENSIONS
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® PLUS SUSPENSION 4 OZ. COUGH & SORE THROAT CHERRY FLAVOR 50580-247-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® PLUS SUSPENSION 4 OZ. COUGH & RUNNY NOSE CHERRY FLAVOR 50580-249-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® PLUS DYE-FREE SUSPENSION 4 OZ. COLD & STUFFY NOSE GRAPE FLAVOR 50580-253-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® PLUS DYE-FREE SUSPENSION 4 OZ. COLD & COUGH GRAPE FLAVOR 50580-254-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® PLUS DYE-FREE SUSPENSION 4 OZ. MULTI-SYMPTOM COLD GRAPE FLAVOR 50580-255-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® PLUS SUSPENSION 4 OZ. FLU BUBBLEGUM FLAVOR 50580-386-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® PLUS SUSPENSION 4 OZ. COLD GRAPE FLAVOR 50580-387-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® PLUS SUSPENSION 4 OZ. COLD & ALLERGY BUBBLEGUM FLAVOR 50580-390-04
CHILDREN’S TYLENOL® PLUS SUSPENSION 4 OZ. MULTI-SYMPTOM COLD GRAPE FLAVOR 50580-391-04
MOTRIN® INFANTS’ DROPS
CONCENTRATED MOTRIN® INFANTS’ DROPS 1 OZ. BERRY DYE FREE 50580-198-01
CONCENTRATED MOTRIN® INFANTS’ DROPS 0.5 OZ. BERRY DYE FREE 50580-198-15
CONCENTRATED MOTRIN® INFANTS’ DROPS 0.5 OZ. BERRY FLAVOR* 50580-100-15
CHILDREN’S MOTRIN® SUSPENSIONS
CHILDREN’S MOTRIN® SUSPENSION 4 OZ. BERRY DYE FREE 50580-184-04
CHILDREN’S MOTRIN® SUSPENSION 2 OZ. BERRY FLAVOR 50580-601-02
CHILDREN’S MOTRIN® SUSPENSION 4 OZ. BERRY FLAVOR 50580-601-04
CHILDREN’S MOTRIN® SUSPENSION 4 OZ. TROPICAL PUNCH FLAVOR 50580-215-04
CHILDREN’S MOTRIN® SUSPENSION 4 OZ. GRAPE FLAVOR 50580-603-04
CHILDREN’S MOTRIN® SUSPENSION 4 OZ. BUBBLEGUM FLAVOR 50580-604-04
CHILDREN’S MOTRIN® SUSPENSION 1 OZ. GRAPE SAMPLE 50580-603-01
CHILDREN’S MOTRIN® SUSPENSION 1 OZ. BUBBLEGUM SAMPLE 50580-604-01
CHILDREN’S MOTRIN® SUSPENSION 1 OZ. BERRY SAMPLE 50580-601-01
CHILDREN’S MOTRIN® SUSPENSION 4 OZ. BERRY HOSPITAL 50580-601-50
CHILDREN’S MOTRIN® SUSPENSION 4 OZ. COLD BERRY FLAVOR 50580-902-04
CHILDREN’S ZYRTEC®  LIQUIDS IN BOTTLES
CHILDREN’S ZYRTEC®  4 OZ. BUBBLEGUM SYRUP 50580-721-04
CHILDREN’S ZYRTEC® DYE FREE 4 OZ. GRAPE SYRUP 50580-730-04
CHILDREN’S ZYRTEC® SUGAR-FREE DYE-FREE 0.5 OZ. GRAPE 50580-730-15
CHILDREN’S ZYRTEC® SUGAR-FREE DYE-FREE 0.5 OZ. BUBBLEGUM 50580-721-15
CHILDREN’S ZYRTEC® SUGAR-FREE DYE-FREE 2 X 4 OZ. BUBBLEGUM LIQUID 50580-721-08
CHILDREN’S BENADRYL® ALLERGY LIQUIDS IN BOTTLES
CHILDREN’S BENADRYL® ALLERGY 4 OZ. BUBBLEGUM FLAVORED LIQUID 50580-535-04

* CONCENTRATED TYLENOL® INFANTS’ DROPS 0.5 OZ. GRAPE FLAVOR is also included in JOHNSON’S ® Baby Relief Kit.

*CONCENTRATED MOTRIN® INFANTS’ DROPS 0.5 OZ. BERRY FLAVOR is also included in JOHNSON’S ® Baby Relief Kit

Damn. This is pretty serious.

Here’s the link to the current recall notice from the FDA.

Here’s the link to the original recall notice from the FDA.

Here’s the link to the company’s recall website mcneilproductrecall.com.

Who ships a slightly customized laptop faster – Apple or Dell?

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I ordered a laptop from Dell back on the 8th of June. It’s a standard 14″ Dell Studio 1458 with 6 gigs of memory and a 500 gig hard drive. I upgraded the ram, the hard drive, added Office and upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate, but left everything else “stock” from the factory. It cost around $2k when I was done with it.

On June 10th, I ordered a Mac Book Pro with a 13.3″ screen, 8 gigs of memory, and a 500 gig hard drive. I upgraded the ram and the hard drive, but left everything else “stock” from the factory. It also cost around $2k when I was done with it.

Both laptops were set to ship two-day express once they were built and ready.

The Mac arrived today, June 16th, direct from SHANGHAI, CN (according to FedEx).

The Dell is still “in production” with a delivery estimate of “June 24th”.

That’s still about a week and a day from now.

Dude. Where’s my Dell?

Jon Stewart shows president Obama hasn’t changed any of former president Bush’s policies

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Can it be?!? A major mainstream media outlet has caught on that President Obama hasn’t changed a damn thing?!? That Obama has actually continued Bush’s gross violations of the US constitution?

The good part starts at 2 minutes 08 seconds.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Respect My Authoritah
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

Jon Stewart? You da’ man!!

You can see more of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart here.

Are people moving into or away from your county? [FORBES]

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Forbes online has a great map that shows whether everybody is moving into or away from your county as of 2008. Jut click on any county on the United States map and it will show you RED for leaving and BLACK for incoming. Leaving the mouse over a county shows some demographic information as well.

Here’s Dallas county as an example. A lot of incoming and not a lot of outgoing.

Dallas County 2008

Dallas County 2008

Miami-Dade Country as another example. This one is just slightly different than Dallas.

Miami-Dade 2008

Miami-Dade 2008

Check out the map on Forbes by clicking here.

$82.76 for 1.7 gigabytes?

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I thought I would post one of my wireless bills from Sprint to show how nuts things are here in the US internet-connection wise.

I’m on their only wireless plan that offers 5 gigabytes of bandwidth a month. Anything past that… well, they will just charge you a “small .05 cent overage fee” per megabyte.

So every month I keep a log for that device, and I see during that particular month I updated two mac laptops through the OS’ built-in system update, downloaded 20 YouTube videos, grabbed 28 free iTunes music downloads, 30 free iTunes apps, and 30 Amazon music downloads. That’s all I did on that one device. No other surfing, video, uploading, downloading… nada.

My overage fee? $82.76. For a grand total of $151.93 for one month of highly restrained internet use.

Check it out.

$82.76 for 1.7 gigs?

$82.76 for 1.7 gigs?

Wanna make money? Get into the ISP/bandwidth business.