Killing Run-away Process on My MAC

My battery power was being drained quickly. After unplugging my laptop and walking across campus my battery left was less than 2 hours. Very odd for my macbook pro.

I dropped to a Terminal window and found the following really helped.

 top -o cpu -O +rsize -s 5 -n 20

Whatever process floated to the top I killed. The first was an old wine process that should have already been gone. Another was a screen process that I was using to open a com port for configuring a wireless router. Neither were needed and killing both immediately helped.

My fan has quit running constantly, the processor is cooling down and I gained an hour of battery life in 5 minutes.

Garden: Day 40

All is well on Day 40 so far, although Tornadoes will hit Oklahoma within about 2 hours of this picture. Everything survived so far.

The Tomato plants are probably over-watered, however, everything else is loving this rain.

Garden: Day 12

Store-bought tomatoes and jalapeno plants (2 each). Still need a cage for the 2nd tomato plant.

Fort Knox! of the Rabbit world.

Garden: Day 10

Almost everything has poked above ground. Several lettuce have popped up now. Almost all of the cucumber are now visible. Even a tiny squash has appeared. No sign of the carrots, yet. Don't be fooled by that bit of green in the Green Beans isle because I think it is a stray cucumber.

Garden: Day 5

We inspected how the watering was going. The noise of water running from the back faucet at 5am was not going to continue. We changed the water cycle to 9pm. While inspecting and testing the new sprinkler situation... Could that be lettuce? On day 5?

Garden: Day 4

The timer for watering kicks off at 5:30am. It makes a horrible whining noise in the house as it runs. Looks like I will be changing that to about 9pm instead. I like the timer product so far, here is a link.

Garden: Day 2

We bought more dirt. A total of 28 40lbs bags. We also bought two 40lbs bags of manure.

After putting down the compost, mixing with the top soil a bit, we laid down the manure and planted.

1st Box:
Row 1: Beans
Row 2: Cucumber
Row 3: Lettuce
Row 4: Spinach
Row 5: Beans

2nd Box:
Row 1: Pepper

Row 2: Carrot
Row 3: Squash

In the back corner of box 2 we will put a tomato plant.

You can also see my timer and soaker hoses that I put in place.

I hope every day for 15 minutes at 5am will work, but I will make adjustments. Oklahoma is in a severe drought at the moment.

Garden: Day 1

Spent the day purchasing top soil and compost. Yes, it is store-bought, I don't have a composter yet.

18 40lb bags of cheap ($1.33) top soil and 3 $4 2cuft compost bags.

We have planted nothing so far. Still planning that out.

Personally I am hopeful for a few herbs and some jalapeño.

How Thomas Edison Was Manly

Thomas was a thinker and a writer. As an endearing example to us all, he took notes.

Pocket notebooks were part of the arsenal of a long list of great men from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Edison (we’re working on an in-depth post of how these men used their notebooks for the future). The repositories of eminent men’s personal effects nearly always includes a pocket notebook full of their ideas and musings.

Read more: here

Google shares few details about Oklahoma data center near Pryor | NewsOK.com

Google shares few details about Oklahoma data center near Pryor | NewsOK.com Not certain why I like this so much, but I am very happy for Pryor!

My Review of Roku HD Player

Originally submitted at Roku

The new HD, with built-in wireless, delivers top value in high-definition streaming.

Roku HD Player

Review of the Roku

By lmj from Moore, Ok on 1/17/2011

 

4out of 5

Pros: Netflix, Built in Wi-Fi, Reliability, Easy to set up, Great value, Easy to use, Compact

Cons: Hulu free is not included, Want more video choices

Best Uses: Secondary TV, Bedroom

Describe Yourself: Technophile, Casual User, Netflix fan, Power User

Use it in the bedroom on a standard definition television. It is a good option since I cut off my cable. We have antenna in the living room, but not the bedroom.

(legalese)