Artist: Gwen Stefani
Album: Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004)
Song: Danger Zone

This usually isn’t the music that I’m into, but this album is so catchy, and the production is so well done, I just had to add this one to my library. Listening to the CD from to start to finish, there are quality songs throughout. In listening, I heard influence of Madonna, The Beatles, even Courtney Love, with whom I hear Gwen had a tiff.

Learn more about Gwen Stefani.

I had a problem with my new Intel Mac mini. When I upgraded to the latest firmware, my system sound would reset to 50% after every computer restart. Apparently there is a bug in the firmware, as other’s are having the same problem.

But remember, this is a Mac! And don’t forget about Automator!

Automate Me!

What Automator does, is basically do things you could do on your own if you had all the time in the world. Automator can do those mundane, repetitive tasks only the Mexicans wish to do. At heart, it’s really a simple, drag-and-drop scripting language that anyone can get started with. You can create your own application in a matter of seconds, which can be run from anywhere– from the desktop to startup.

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U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller on Friday urged telecommunications officials to record their customers’ Internet activities, CNET News.com has learned.

Well, George Bush and his baddies are at it again, expressing a great desire to completely destroy any privacy you thought you had left.

In a private meeting with industry representatives, Gonzales, Mueller and other senior members of the Justice Department said Internet service providers should retain subscriber information and network data for two years, according to two sources familiar with the discussion who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The closed-door meeting at the Justice Department, which Gonzales had requested, according to the sources, comes as the idea of legally mandated data retention has become popular on Capitol Hill and inside the Bush administration. Supporters of the idea say it will help prosecutions of child pornography because in many cases, logs are deleted during the routine course of business.

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The icons pictured above are for the Mac mail app.

I found this great site that offers icons, themes and backgrounds for Windows, Linux and Mac. The icons are super-high quality. I’ve tested the Mac versions, and they are truly amazing.

Be sure to stop by InterfaceLIFT and download some icons!

Got home and found CompUSA had called to notify me my mini was ready for pickup. Yay! That was quick. I dropped it off two days ago and now it’s back home, where it belongs. I’m writing this article with it.

The logic board was dead, so they replaced it. Apple shipped one out and it was installed today. Now that’s what I call service! All my data was there still, no problems. The only thing I had to do was re-activate Photoshop, as Adobe uses some crazy algorithm to decide your activation key, and apparently the logic board has something to do with it…

Long live Mac!

Lady would have been twelve years old today. Happy Birthday!

• See also: The DogViewer

Artist: The Kinks
Album: Kinda Kinks (1965)
Song: Something Better Beginning

I loved this song from way back. I had it on a 1980s Kinks CD, but couldn’t find it anywhere on any compilations. Luckily, Kinda Kinks has been remastered, so I purchased the CD.

Learn more about The Kinks.

A strange thing happened yesterday that may never happen again.

I ordered some pizza from Domino’s around 8:00 pm. I placed my order as usual; the guy asked me for my phone number and I told him what I wanted. About 4 minutes later the pizza guy called back and asked me if I’m in Holyoke (city I live in). I said yes, and he said I’m not going to believe what just happened.

He then proceeded to tell me that right after I ordered, a person that lives in the next town over called to order a pizza. That in and of itself is no big thing, but the guy who ordered right after me just happened to live on a street with the same name as mine, and live in a house with the same number as mine.

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My new Intel Dual Core Duo Mac mini has died. It happened so fast, it didn’t feel a thing. No startup chime. No signs of life, besides a pulsating power light. In short, it’s dead. More to come…

5.24.06 - I just got my Mac back. The logic board needed to be replaced. Apple over-nighted one and CompUSA installed it today. That was super-fast! I wish my DVD drive would have been replaced that quick!

5.22.06 - I dropped the Mac off today at CompUSA. The woman said it’s the logic board, so they are ordering one from Apple. I just hope it’s not on back-order for 3 weeks, like my last repair on another Mac.

Scripted Lizard has hit 100 (now 102) articles posted since August 2005! I didn’t think I’d get to 100 so quickly. On to the next 100!