Random Mando

Nov 11

Post-poetry slam: 

Note the snowman bling.Post-poetry slam:

Note the snowman bling.

Oct 31

“Based on my visual survey of downtown Boston last night, the most popular costume for women this year is Daddy’s Little Disappointment.” — Sean Hussey (via merlin)

Oct 27

Velma and Scooby as vampire and zombie hunters (via Dr. Monster)

Velma and Scooby as vampire and zombie hunters (via Dr. Monster)

Oct 26

[video]

Oct 22

Vacumming your Address Book

Apple’s a big fan of SQLite (which is awesome, because SQLite is awesome).  It’s used for a ton of things, including the data store for Address Book.

Like most databases, however, SQLite dbs need to be VACUUM’d from time to time.  Without going into too much detail, one can think of a VACUUM as a defragmentation operation for the database.  Without it, the SQLite db can get a little bloated and large and things might start to slow down.  Here’s how to fix it:

First, drop into Terminal and cd to the AddressBook Application Support directory

$  cd ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook

Next, BACKUP YOUR ADDRESS BOOK!!!!!

$ cp AddressBook-v22.abcddb AddressBook-v22.abcddb.backup

Fire up sqlite and VACUUM away.

$ sqlite3 AddressBook-v22.abcddb

SQLite version 3.6.18
Enter “.help” for instructions
Enter SQL statements terminated with a “;”
sqlite>VACUUM;

sqlite>exit;

All done!  Your AddressBook should be smaller and things should be a bit zippier.

Oct 16

How awesome would it be if, instead of wanting to be like Mike, we all wanted to be like Barack?
(via The Official White House Photostream)

How awesome would it be if, instead of wanting to be like Mike, we all wanted to be like Barack?

(via The Official White House Photostream)

Oct 13

[video]

Oct 12

Oct 07

Huh?: 

Someone walked out the emergency exit as I was trying to take the picture.Huh?:

Someone walked out the emergency exit as I was trying to take the picture.

Goofballs: 

Everyone loves bunny ears.Goofballs:

Everyone loves bunny ears.