Filed under: mac
i’ve had some trouble recently on my macbook running leopard. i noticed that it was running very hot, and the fan was LOUD, so i checked the activity monitor and the process, syslogd was going nuts at 100+% CPU. I don’t even know WTF it does, but certainly nothing I care enough to burn my thighs over.
so, fast forward a couple months. after a few more incidents, downloading a temperature and fan speed monitor, and generally being paranoid that my computer will overheat itself to death, i decided this can’t be just an isolated incident. sure enough, the internet suggested a couple possible solutions for now, and hopefully this bug will be fixed in a patch soon.
try this:
- disable “back to my mac”
- stop time machine, force quit syslogd, restart time machine
- download a temperature/fan speed monitor to keep an eye on things
I was invited to discuss the various work I’ve done for the Massachusetts General Hospital website at their montly web developer’s lunch meeting. At first, I didn’t think I had anything interesting to say, but they mentioned there would be free sandwiches so I said ok.
Anyway, I created a presentation to give a little taste of flash to the less technically-inclined, as well as some code and tips for those with a bit more flash experience. The presentation itself is even created in flash! And here it is!
For those of you visiting this page now who happened to be at that meeting, welcome to my blog! I hope you had some fun and maybe learned a little something, please feel free to email me with any additional questions.
Not long ago, IFC recruited me to design pages for a couple of sponsored time slots and short film contests. One is Absolut Indies, whose design mirrors the style of the amazing site for their “In An Absolut World” campaign (located here). I loved working on this design; I’m a big fan of dark backgrounds and gradients it seems. But, wow, creating realistic-looking 3D boxes with text is a whole lot tricker than it looks!
The second sponsored event on IFC.com is brought to you my Scion and Rooftop films. Check out the home page for the event, and also the contest page, both designed by yours truly, of course.
IFC is using Brightcove’s Consumer Generated Media Campaign to facilitate the contest entry and video upload process, and the Compact Minimizing template player on the home pages.
Both these contests are ending soon, so if you wanted to enter, GET ON IT PEOPLE!
