Suffering The Benz – Page 151 – Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right

Adding RAM to a Mac Mini …

Post author By Bob Benz
Post date March 15, 2009

I’m toying with installing Mac server software on my Mac Mini, but I wanted to add the max RAM to it first. Not surprisingly, Steve Jobs and Co. made it as difficult as possible to do, but thanks to this tutorial I boosted my RAM to 2 GB today. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be.

I did hit one glitch, however. When I pulled out the antenna for the Airport card, I managed to disconnect it from the card. It took me a while to figure out where exactly that was and how to connect it. Some ruthless Googling turned up this guide, which steered me in the right direction.

Now the fun begins …

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Spring barges in

Post author By Bob Benz
Post date March 10, 2009

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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz

As the temperature climbed into the ’70s and the sun streamed into the house yesterday, I kept looking down at the dock. At about 3 o’clock I gave up, went down and launched the kayak.

I headed downstream on Loudon to daymark 606.1, which put me within sight of the Highway 95 bridge near Loudon Marina in Lenoir City. I’m hoping to get there once the water warms up, but yesterday I settled for an 8-9 mile roundtrip paddle punctuated by wailing gulls and indignant herons. Not to mention the occasional buzzing of bass boats. When I finally do attempt Lenoir City, it will be almost twice as far. I’ve paddled only a few times this year, so yesterday was about perfect. I can still lift my arms this morning but I definitely feel tight … in a good way.

This photo was taken as I returned to Duck Cove. Our dock is on the left, and the barge and tug on the right are building a dock. From our porch, they look pretty massive and swallow up the cove. It caused Sydney the Angry Cockatoo no end of consternation when the tug plowed into the cove on Sunday and grounded the barge on the shore.

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Why the Rocky’s death matters

Post author By Bob Benz
Post date March 2, 2009
1 Comment on Why the Rocky’s death matters

This is why it’s critical that we have vibrant, competitive news-gathering organizations in our local communities.

Damn, I miss the Rocky.

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