@matigo An extract from an annual Australian musical theatrical event called The Wharf Revue. This one from 2012 is their take on the Euro caper from Angela Merkel's alleged viewpoint. https://www.dropbox.com/s/xspixf50rvox9q5/2.%20Germany.mp3
// @JeremyCherfas
Mac User group's BBS is awaiting commissioning of a newer server: currently using a 2nd-hand 2008 Apple Xserve donated to the club by Apple Australia in 2010. It's too old to run the latest version of OpenText's FirstClass software because it needs an OS newer than 10.7.5, which is the best the Xserve can use. We have acquired & updated a 2012 Mac Mini, we have the rack-mount & the required power cable.
Just waiting on a response from OpenText about issues re the upgrade from OS 10.7.5 to 10.12. So the new server won't be ready this week.
Well, I have fixed the issue with the TechTool Pro Protogo USB diagnostic/startup drive. I used TechTool Pro to make a 3-pass zero-out erasure of the USB stick before recreating the drive. There's an edit feature allowing more apps to be added to the ones automatically included in the build, so I used it to add DiskWarrior 5. I mentioned this on the forum & a reply from the devs admitted surprise that I'd been able to do that.
So it's all OK now, but initially it wouldn't boot the Mac. So I used TechTool Pro itself to rebuild & repair the drive's directory. After that it was OK.
@literary I did something very similar in 1978, with my father's pickup. No concussion was involved, but when I phoned him to report the incident his concerns were for me rather than the machine. That little truck was driven around for the next 8 months with the driver's side door stove in from where I'd struck a concrete post beside the ditch.
@thrrgilag Clippy lived again for a few years on OS X via the MAS but as a clipboard extender/buffer. It was used it to retain up to 99 clipboard entries. It resides in the menubar & I have it set to display the first 90 characters of up to 50 consecutive clipboard entries.
It's now been discontinued, though.
// @matigo @hazardwarning @indigo
@kdfrawg I have a pair of reading glasses prescribed last year following successful cataract surgery. My right eye has 20:20 vision, the left eye not so good but still vastly improved. I only need glasses for close-up work and thought reading-only lenses would be OK. But I need computer glasses so I recently bought a set of extended focus computer/reading multifocals with a scratch/smudge resistant anti-glare coating.
They're great: I no longer need to get in close to computer screens & can now use computers with screens bigger than 22-inches comfortably.
// @sumudu @indigo
Another nasty reflux attack: taken four antacids in the last 3 hours, normally only need two. I do need to get some generic powder like Eno in stock.
Uncomfortably hot night. I'll be sleeping on the couch in the loungeroom, with the A/C going.
I have started a new thread on Micromat's (TechToolPro dev) forum explaining my Protogo problems. I'll be interested in what answers I get.