Category Archives: Annoyances

syslog consuming 100% cpu – SOLVED!

Finally figured out. Can’t explain how it happened, but I know what happened. A couple of months ago, I dropped my MacBook and the hard drive froze. I was able to replace it with no issue. I went to install … Continue reading

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Another f$%ing sleepless night…I’m at my wits end

I do not know what to do and it’s start to ware me out. If it weren’t for the ADD medicine on, I don’t think I would get anything accomplished. But, that’s enough about me. The good news is we … Continue reading

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ok…just kidding…no idea what’s up with the syslog process

Just an update, I have no idea what’s causing the syslog process to hog all the cpu. It appears to be related to the periodic daily task, but not sure which one..

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syslog consuming 100% cpu part deux

So, from the previous post, I thought I may have been on to something with 100GB daily.out file. As it turns out, I wasn’t. But, I kept digging today. And I found something interesting in system.log file Mar 26 03:30:41 … Continue reading

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It started with syslog consuming all my cpu

A rather strange phenomenon has been occurring on my Mac over the last several weeks. Don’t know what started nor do I know if it’s over, but I want to tell you the tale of the 110GB daily.out file and … Continue reading

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Gassless in Nashville

Yep, that’s right, we are without gas here. It started Friday. Apparently, one pipeline that is responsible for supplying gas to Nashville runs through Houston and the operator has not had power restored. The net result, a shortage of gas … Continue reading

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Getting free WiFi (when it isn’t exactly free)

Came across a website discussing ways to work around WiFi at airports requiring you to drop $10 to use. I found it intriguing enough and thought I would share. I haven’t tried it yet, but it makes sense. I think … Continue reading

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Ode to credit card payments using machine or human

I travel a lot. And as a result, I fly out of Houston Hobby airport and become very efficient and getting there, parking, and making a fast get-a-way. Something occur to me a few weeks ago as I was peeling … Continue reading

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Safari 3: “cannot decode raw data” (NSURLErrorDomain:-1015)

Out of the blue, when I launched Safari 3 on my MacBook, I started receiving the error: The error was: “cannot decode raw data” (NSURLErrorDomain:-1015) when trying to access My Yahoo! To fix, I went to Safari -> Reset Safari … Continue reading

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What I hate about the Internet is…having to select my credit card type

In case if you didn’t know, you can determine the type of credit card, i.e., Visa, Master Card, Amex, and etc. by looking at the number you enter. The prefix and width (including spaces) for the major credit card types … Continue reading

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