Belkin 4-port usb hub

Have now found & read the Time Capsule manual, and assuming the Epson printer and the WD Passport drive work OK when connected to TC, I have found a usb hub at Amentio for 200,- which should do the job of connecting both..

Time Capsule shipped!

Finally, its on its way, and should arrive around Wednesday next. That will be exciting.. I have already installed a dyndns client on iMac, as Apple has not previously supported automatic updating of ddns like Linksys.

I installed the same client on Madge yesterday, and was suprised to find my IP had not been automatically updated since November when I changed the password at dyndns!

Reading a discussions post today, made me realize that the 500GB disk will be accessible by anyone on the internet with the address and password.. I think a stronger password is called for!

Excessive temperature

This was pretty scary. A syslogd process was using 95% cpu the fan started blowing and things got hot! 83 degrees C..

I emailed the LCC people about their engine & clamscan drawing 190% but the reply didn't really help.

I found a couple of tips which did though. First was to place a firm surface under Madge so the air vents could work, and 2nd install Fan Control which let me adjust fan on times.

Superdrive arrived

It was delivered by post, from UPS. Very nicely packed, a silvery square to match Madge. It worked ok on an audio CD via iTunes, but there was one big snag! Damned if I could eject the CD. Ended up powering Madge off, which is no solution to live with, should it happen again.

Scary...

Don't know what I did, probably tracked or dragged something halfway, lord knows, but it started to get hot, and I saw a 'syslogd' process up at 90% or so. Logged out/in again (or restarted) and decided to run LCC 'repair perms'.. it started OK but now I had lcc and installdb at 70%+ each, and a Google desktop daemon at 25% plus a few more so the temp soared to 83C.. didn't know whether to pull the plug on LCC or not, but in the end I let it run to completion.. OK. Phew

Now all is quiet again, and cool. I hope NOT to see that again!

Tried Snitter again, but..

My attention was caught by an Adobe AIR headline, so I decided to try Snitter again. Downloaded it and Adobe AIR, enormous licence Ts & Cs to accept - who on earth reads these things? Hopefully someone with time to do it justice and warn the rest of us. Anyway, it all installed ok, BUT after a while I noticed the fan was blowing, so I had a look at CPU activity and besides Firefox, there was Snitter using almost 8% CPU!

It didn't stay long.. even the front of Madge, either side of the trackbar was warm as mad!

Slimserver on Madge

After a bit of messing about, I found it was quite easy setting up Squeezebox on Slimserver running on Madge, using the 'remote'. Just go through the setup and pick whichever computer you want it pointed at. The snag I ended up with was after I had set up Madge to use the MyMusic folder on 'Music clone' ok, it was impossible to bend over for long with it on the table. Could probably arrange it on the back of my pillow tho'.. if I wanted to leave the iMac off.

Otherwise I finished off a Crais paperback, and dozed more than I should. Often seems to be the case at this time of year. Something to do with the light?

A quiet Sunday

Did everything on my RTM list.. found an answer or two about the audio CD trouble Madge has, but one of the workarounds allowed me to access the files as though sharing via 'Gerald Frasers Computer' - there was a folder named like the CD. BUT, transfer over wifi both to iTunes and VLC was pure jerk. God knows why because they have caches. Must be because the CD was actually jerking..

In the end I played the CD and used Wiretap Studio to make an mp3, copied this to HD4Music, arRsynced it to My Book4, and finally SuperDupered HD4Music to Music clone2 on the Passport. That plays ok, along with a lot more!

Otherwise, this was pretty much a reading day. I was going to go for a walk in the sunshine after a short doze around 10:30, but when I woke at midday the sunshine had been replaced by clouds. I did pedal away 50+ calories though.. would have done more but it was very uncomfortable ;)