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Month: August 2009

Positions as of 8-31

Positions as of 8-31

Well, despite the market being down I still managed to make some decent calls as far as the market. S: MESA @ $0.2506 S: HTDS @ $0.012 S: FAZ @ $23.40 My only loser that I sold today was FAZ. Lets see how the rest of the day plays.

Skype + Firefox Lag Issues

Skype + Firefox Lag Issues

A few of my friends reported Firefox running a bit laggy, most of them had recently installed Skype. It seems the Skype addon for firefox is causing a bit of lag / trouble, while I’m not a developer and cant really say for sure its a memory leak, or what causes it, I do have a fix. Im running: Windows XP SP 2 Firefox Version 3.5.2 Skype 4.1.0.141 I have 3.25 GB of RAM (that Windows is reading), Q6600 Processor,…

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Positions as of 8-29

Positions as of 8-29

Im no expert in the market, however sometimes friends ask me what I have positions in; heres the list. B: MESA @ $0.2260 B: HTDS @ $0.0107 B: FAZ @ $23.735 B: DXO @ $4.66 B: LVLT @ $1.24 Guess we will see where those go. Like I tell people, I have little experience in the market, so following my portfolio is definitely at your own risk. I’m using my IRA as a way to get a better tax return…

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platform_Error_bad_module_Friends_friendsUI_dll_not_loading

platform_Error_bad_module_Friends_friendsUI_dll_not_loading

This is actually quite a simple fix. For those of you looking for a simple solution to this: Fire up my computer; go to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\ Remove winui.gcf In the past I removed ClientRegistry.blob & friendsUI.dll from the C:\Program Files\Steam\ folder and that sufficed. However since the original posting, it seems that has changed. If your still having trouble, post a comment.

Lack of Updates

Lack of Updates

Sorry for the lack of updates these days. I’ll start posting more random stuff along the way here. On the 15th of next month I will be flying to Washington DC.

Ubuntu 9.0.4 – Installing SSHD

Ubuntu 9.0.4 – Installing SSHD

So after isntalling a fresh copy of Ubuntu today, I try: r00t@r00t-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install openssh-server Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Package openssh-server is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package openssh-server has no installation candidate No big deal, lets look up how to fix this online. After a whole 2 minutes…

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