Things Learned

By Steve

What did you learn today? Steve looks back and reflects on daily things he's learned over the course of a decade and counting. Come listen to a relaxing journey and retrospective of things learned. In... more

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March 14, 2021 TL0023 - 2011, Week 11
3/13/11 - Fixing the duplicate problem with Xmarks (used a Firefox extension)
3/14/11 - What Fuddruckers is.
https://www.fuddruckers.com/about
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2020/09/08/lubys-liquidation-texas-restaurant-chain/5749821002/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/fuddruckers-is-going-out-of-business-heres-what-that-means-for-south-florida-locations/ar-BB18SdXz

3/15/11 - There is a programming language called D.
https://dlang.org/
https://youtu.be/IJbXmQBVkOo
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3386323
https://www.wired.com/2014/07/d-programming-language/

3/16/11 - Minecraft has this weird techno track that plays at random, rarely.
https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Java_Edition_removed_features#calm4.ogg

3/17/11 - Internet Explorer 1 worked on 3.1, 95, and NT.
https://youtu.be/k5QqYVurImY
https://web.archive.org/web/20090308005808/http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/historyofie.mspx
https://winworldpc.com/product/internet-explorer/10
https://youtu.be/T7wbNAOu5uU

3/18/11 - The 7 Apple startup keys.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7980086
https://osxdaily.com/2007/01/12/10-must-know-startup-commands/
https://web.archive.org/web/20101123113341/http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201255

3/19/11 - How to use Boot Camp on a Mac. Also the low rumbling noise you can voluntarily hear in your ears is done with the Tensor tympani muscle.
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/boot-camp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software)
https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/tensor-tympani-muscle-why-does-closing-the-eyes-tightly-produce-a-rumbling-sound-in-the-ears.html
https://youtu.be/bugvN7sHN6E

This episode's music comes from archive.org and the Free Music Archive.
Tracks featured in this episode include:
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Kevin MacLeod - Spy Glass
Kevin MacLeod - How it Begins
Kevin MacLeod - Wallpaper
Lee Rosevere - Wordless Language
Lee Rosevere - Palmyra (free Bassel)
Lee Rosevere - There's A Lifetime
Lee Rosevere - Natural Animation
Lee Rosevere - Cat Wearing Glasses
...more
32min
March 07, 2021TL0022 - 2011, Week 10
3/6/11 - Safe mode on the Mac (hold Shift while booting)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201255

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

https://www.howtogeek.com/107511/how-to-boot-into-safe-mode-on-windows-8-the-easy-way/
3/7/11 - Light Based Computing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_computing

https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9lB-REWP5EC&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q&f=false

Nolte, D.D. (2001). Mind at Light Speed: A New Kind of Intelligence. Simon and Schuster. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7432-0501-6.

https://youtu.be/UWMEKex6nYA

https://youtu.be/fzWbnXHEydU
3/8/11 - There is no room 122 in Dimond Library. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.
3/9/11 - Relearned Motion cropping (bezier mask)
https://youtu.be/ktEpzAXY2pA
3/10/11 - I shouldn't attempt to print an essay on a DVD disc.
3/11/11 - Xmarks
https://www.ghacks.net/2010/09/29/xmarks-sync-shuts-down-openoffice-revolt/

https://www.ghacks.net/2017/11/07/whats-going-on-with-xmarks-for-firefox/

https://www.ghacks.net/2018/03/31/logmein-to-shut-down-xmarks-on-may-1-2018/

https://ymarks.org/
3/12/11 - Xmarks isn't that great, it just sorta screws up your bookmarks

This episode's music comes from archive.org.
Tracks featured in this episode include:
Lee Rosevere - Everywhere

Lee Rosevere - Knowing the Truth

Lee Rosevere - Waves of Sleep

Lee Rosevere - I'm Going for a Coffee

Lee Rosevere - 4th Ave. Walkup

Lee Rosevere - And So Then
...more
28min
February 28, 2021TL0021 - 2011, Week 09
*PROGRAMMING NOTE* This episode only features 6 days to re-align the schedule. Next episode will include 7 things learned, from Sunday-Saturday.

2/28/11 - Skype 5 won't work on PowerPC.
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/33556/what-is-the-last-version-of-skype-that-will-run-on-os-x-10-5-for-a-ppc-mac

https://www.oldapps.com/mac/skype.php

https://www.techjunkie.com/skype-versions-supported-os-x/

https://lowendmac.com/2016/using-skype-on-your-ppc-macintosh-in-2016/

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/skype-in-2018-on-ppc-macs.2116573/
3/1/11 - Justin Bieber was born on the same day Nirvana performed their final concert
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-nirvana-play-gut-wrenching-encore-at-last-concert-128265/

https://www.livenirvana.com/concerts/94/94-03-01.php
3/2/11 - Steve Jobs is still alive.
https://money.cnn.com/2011/03/02/technology/ipad_2_announcement/index.htm

https://youtu.be/wqY01giPM-k

https://web.archive.org/web/20190201035000/iossupportmatrix.com/
3/3/11 - MyTV isn't available at UNH.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWJE-DT#WZMY-TV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlepin_bowling

https://www.youtube.com/user/Wolfman12395
3/4/11 - Minecraft farming
https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Farming
3/5/11 - Misc. Solutions to problems with my Xserves at SCAN, mainly concerning the backup login server.

This episode's music comes from archive.org.
Tracks featured in this episode include:
Lee Rosevere - All The Answers

Lee Rosevere - Betrayal

Lee Rosevere - I Bet You Wonder Why

Lee Rosevere - Awkward Silences (version a)

Lee Rosevere - Awkward Silences (version b)

Lee Rosevere - We'll Figure it Out Together
...more
27min
February 21, 2021TL0020 - 2011, Week 08
2/21/11 - Better understanding of what a segmentation fault is.
https://kb.iu.edu/d/aqsj
2/22/11 - Email Spam is a term originally coined by Monty Python
https://www.templetons.com/brad/spamterm.html

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.mud/c/fUxvPNpEZEA/m/46-ecknME4kJ
2/23/11 - The first tablet was released in 1989.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120605085743/http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/6565/GRidPad-1910/

https://medium.com/@AlbertoSavoia/the-palm-pilot-story-1a3424d2ffe4
2/24/11 - Intel Light Peak technology.
http://web.archive.org/web/20110710012629/https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/02/24Apple-Updates-MacBook-Pro-with-Next-Generation-Processors-Graphics-Thunderbolt-I-O-Technology.html
2/25/11 - Hockey games can end in ties after overtime. Boring.
https://unhwildcats.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/schedule/2011-12

https://hockeyanswered.com/can-hockey-end-in-a-tie/

https://www.si.com/nhl/2018/04/18/nhl-overtime-rules-explained

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Boston_Bruins_season#Off-season

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtime_(ice_hockey)
2/26/11 - Old Mac Emulators
https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMac

https://youtu.be/0JPFFrELdlg
2/27/11 - The Mac equivalent of "tree" from Windows Command Prompt. cd to a folder and enter this in Terminal: find . -print | sed -e 's;[^/]*/;|____;g;s;____|; |;g'
...more
31min
February 14, 2021TL0019 - 2011, Week 07
2/14/11 - Sorta already knew this, but i.e. = "That is," and e.g. = examples
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/ie
2/15/11 - A Charlie Brown Christmas was originally supposed to have a laugh track.
https://lostmediawiki.com/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas_(unreleased_%22laugh_track_cut%22_of_Christmas_special;_1965)

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-most-famous-music-from-a-charlie-brown-christmas-was-originally-written-for-a-different-project/16357/

https://www.newsweek.com/podcast-how-charlie-brown-christmas-almost-didnt-come-be-1266815
2/16/11 - Justin Bieber's mom was anti-Semitic when it came to signing him.
https://forward.com/schmooze/135394/q-and-a-justin-biebers-jewish-father-figure-tal/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooter_Braun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattie_Mallette

https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/01/justin-bieber-mother-mom-patricia-mallette/

https://www.goalcast.com/2020/09/09/justin-bieber-mother-pattie-labelle-relationship-past-mistakes/
2/17/11 - Apparently you don't need to enable the root user to do sudo commands. Also how to take the T in Boston.
2/18/11 - Arthur is the second longest running show in the US, second only to The Simpsons.
https://dailycollegian.com/2013/11/the-golden-age-of-%E2%80%98arthur%E2%80%99-comes-to-an-end/
2/19/11 - unh.edu is hosted by GoDaddy.
2/20/11 - VLC is still developing for PowerPC, which I thought they discontinued support for.
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

https://www.videolan.org/news.html#news-2014-02-21

https://www.videolan.org/news.html#news-2013-11-05
This episode's music comes from archive.org.
Tracks featured in this episode include:
Lee Rosevere - Here's Where Things Get Interesting

Lee Rosevere - Going in Circles

Lee Rosevere - Slow Lights

Lee Rosevere - Baldachin

Lee Rosevere - Old Regrets
...more
26min
February 07, 2021TL0018 - 2011, Week 06
2/7/11 - Adobe After Effects CS3 is the last version to work on PowerPC
https://adobe.fandom.com/wiki/PowerPC

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1782884
2/8/11 - Professors can be unprovoked jerks for no reason.
2/9/11 - Model numbers of 2008 Macbook Pros, and disassembling them.
2/10/11 - Bonjour Printing is hidden and disabled on Xserves, you need to get to a special page to enable it.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01863553

"Bonjour is a networking technology developed by Apple that makes it easy to set up and use devices and services on a network. Because Bonjour-compatible devices and services advertise their availability, it’s easy for you (or an app or service) to find devices and services that you want to use. For example, if you turn on file sharing, other macOS users on your local network see your Mac when they browse."

From <https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-a-dynamic-global-hostname-on-mac-mh27452/11.0/mac/11.0>
2/11/11 - What "Fill with slug" means in Final Cut
Slug? You know, the video generator that is simply black video filler (and audio filler as well).

From <http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/slug_andrew.html>

https://youtu.be/eIq-SBjcGNg
2/12/11 - College students are unexpectedly bad with computers.
2/13/11 - The Simpsons are on Hulu

This episode's music comes from archive.org.
Tracks featured in this episode include:
Lee Rosevere - It's a Mystery

Lee Rosevere - Under Suspicion

Lee Rosevere - Small Steps

Lee Rosevere - New Day

Lee Rosevere - Night Caves

Lee Rosevere - Expectations

Lee Rosevere - Not Alone
...more
29min
January 31, 2021TL0017 - 2011, Week 05
1/31/11 - Just how glitchy Mac OS X Server DNS can be.
2/1/11 - Open Directory Master/Replica stuff...mainly troubleshooting
2/2/11 - Powerbook G4s are obnoxious to open.
2/3/11 - How to completely disassemble/reassemble a Powerbook G4
2/4/11 - OSX 10.5 Disks are highly selective as to what computer they work on.
2/5/11 - Sir Isaac Newton died a virgin.
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2008/04/hitchens_newton200804

https://medium.com/@denislesak/why-isaac-newton-died-a-virgin-192decd2a750

https://history.info/on-this-day/1727-isaac-newton-probably-died-a-virgin/
2/6/11 - The US Government has a rather unprofessional and humorous takedown splash page they put up when they seize sites.

This episode's music comes from archive.org.
Tracks featured in this episode include:
Lee Rosevere - Places Unseen

Lee Rosevere - Thoughtful

Lee Rosevere - Try Anything Once

Lee Rosevere - Sad Marimba Planet

Lee Rosevere - Introducing the Pre-roll
...more
26min
January 24, 2021TL0016 - 2011, Week 04
1/24/11 - What "NP is not in P!" means. Can't solve it though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_versus_NP_problem

P vs. NP and the Computational Complexity Zoo
1/25/11 - Xsan migration from PPC to Intel, and how horrifying it is.
1/26/11 - Xsan can get corrupted for no reason.
1/27/11 - Xsan can also fix itself spontaneously for no reason
1/28/11 - Formatting a drive on XP means it may not work in Windows 2000.
https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/size-does-matter-windows-2000-xp-and-hard-drive-size-limits/
1/29/11 - Pressing Ctrl and Enter in the address bar in Firefox surrounds what you entered with "www" and ".com"
1/30/11 - Ethernet interfaces can be renamed on the Mac.

This episode's music comes from archive.org.
Tracks featured in this episode include:
Lee Rosevere - Let That Sink In

Lee Rosevere - Making It Look Easy

Lee Rosevere - Where Was I

Lee Rosevere - The Little Painter Man

Lee Rosevere - Cloudloop
...more
30min
January 17, 2021TL0015 - 2011, Week 03
1/17/11 - Apple Business stuff
http://web.archive.org/web/20110120100438/https://www.apple.com/business/
1/18/11 - The difference between DDR2 and DDR3 RAM (speed!)
1/19/11 - AirPrint only works with a few printers
1/20/11 - Misc. YTMND fads
1/21/11 - Engadget journalism isn't that great (see the Oracle/Java copyrighted code fiasco)
Nilay Patel taking Florian Mueller at his word: https://www.engadget.com/2011-01-21-oops-android-contains-directly-copied-java-code-strengthening.html

which led to him posting an update https://www.engadget.com/2011-01-21-android-source-code-java-and-copyright-infringement-whats-go.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2011/jan/21/android-patent-oracle-problems

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/jan/23/android-patent-google-oracle-confusion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florian_M%C3%BCller_%28author%29#Oracle_v._Google
1/22/11 - Moving User Profiles in Windows 7
1/23/11 - Shining laser pointers at airplanes is very bad.

This episode's music comes from YouTube free music repositories, archive.org, and the Free Music Archive.
Tracks featured in this episode include:
Podington Bear - Falcon Hood

Podington Bear - Origami

TrackTribe - Island Wave

TrackTribe - I Drank Alone

TrackTribe - Drag Race

TrackTribe - Delta
...more
32min
January 10, 2021TL0014 - 2011, Week 02
1/10/11 - Bamboo in Minecraft
1/11/11 - Synergy updated for the first time in like, 5 years. Also fixing a Synergy bug in which I couldn't connect to my PC at home (change the "check clients every" value)
1/12/11 - The B:/ Drive was for 5.25" Floppies.
1/13/11 - Syncing old Windows Mobile
1/14/11 - New World Man by Rush is their highest charting single.
1/15/11 - There exists number and letter sudoku solvers.
1/16/11 - Stuff about sleep cycles from Reddit

This episode's music comes from YouTube free music repositories.
Tracks featured in this episode include:
TrackTribe - Longer Distance

TrackTribe - I Have a Reservation

TrackTribe - Lights

TrackTribe - Cover Charge

TrackTribe - A Brand New Start

TrackTribe - Home For the Holidays
...more
28min

FAQs about Things Learned:

How many episodes does Things Learned have?

The podcast currently has 64 episodes available.