Monthly Archives: August 2007

Rebuilding Spotlight’s Index on OS X (Manually)

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Got problems rebuilding the Spotlight index on OS X or all you’re getting is an empty list with no files found? Here’s how I reindexed my system using just the Terminal and no special software – turns out there was one small thing that had gotten in the way. Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, How To, Operating Systems, OS X, Software, Workaround | 13 Comments

The Safeway to Apologize

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

True story — how to abuse a nosy florist. Continue reading →

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iPee

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Did I just have the first recorded iDream, because there was an iPhone in it… I wonder how AT&T is gonna charge this conversation. (Read on to see the conversation, which was just as strange.) Continue reading →

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Dell Inspiron E1505 Mouse Pointer Problem

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

The cursor on a new Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop with an ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 graphics card running XP Home looks like a vertical bar, not a pointer. Here’s the fix. Continue reading →

Posted in Hardware, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Windows, Workaround | 1 Comment

Hibernate: No Persistance Provider

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

While working through a code sample in Java Persistence with Hibernate, I ran into a problem where Hibernate was reporting No Persistence Provider. Solved the problem, and it wasn’t moving the persistence.xml file as you’d normally find on the web as the solution. Continue reading →

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Whisper Takes a Bath

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Whisper Takes a Bath Continue reading →

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Conversation at Borders

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Overheard the weirdest conversation at Borders. Continue reading →

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Mouse Trails Slow Graphics on XP!

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Using Microsoft’s Mouse Visualizations, such as mouse trails or show location, well if you’re using a modern system with hardware acceleration, you’re doing so at a very high performance cost. Read on to see why this option should be off. Continue reading →

Posted in Bug Report, Microsoft, Walt's Desktop, Workaround | 2 Comments