Archive for November, 2009
Couple of “bad blocks” on one of the Western Digital Drives
November 3rd, 2009 | 
Author: That can mess up your whole day. My computer decided it was time to add the latest QuickTime, iTunes and ActiveX Kilibits update all at the same time. Something had to give and it gave. Thankfully, I use Norton Save & Restore on this machine and I used my Symantec Recovery Disk to get myself out of a mess. The utilities let me run CHKDSK /f and I was able to reroute the corrupted file around the bad blocks or sectors. It worked. I ran all kinds of tune ups tonight and seems to be nice and stable again. That’s a good think because I have a lot going on tomorrow. Typography, color breaking, web site work… and some stationery.
Working on some drawings based on my series of shots at Tanner’s in Ivyland, PA
Posted in Art, Blogging, Drawing, computing | 
Tags: Bad Block, Bad Sector, Beef, Black Angus Cattle, Boot Failure, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Cattle, CHKDSK, computing, Drawing, Ivyland, Pennsylvania, Steer, Tanners, Western Digital 500 GB Hard Drive | 
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The sands of time are running out for the central star of this the Hourglass Nebula. With its nuclear fuel exhausted, this brief, spectacular, closing phase of a sun-like star's life occurs as its outer layers are ejected and its core becomes a cooling, fading white dwarf. In 1995, astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to make a series of images of planetary nebulae, including the one above. Here, delicate rings of colorful glowing gas (nitrogen-red, hydrogen-green, and oxygen-blue) outline the tenuous walls of the 'hourglass.' The unprecedented sharpness of Hubble's images revealed surprising details of the nebula ejection process and may resolve the outstanding mystery of the variety of complex shapes and symmetries of planetary nebulae. Image Credit: NASA, WFPC2, HST, R. Sahai and J. Trauger (JPL)
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Saturday, Sep 4
Fair
Currently: 69˚F
Feels Like: 69˚ F
Hi: N/A˚, Lo: 55˚
Wind: 9, Gust: 17 MPH
Wind Direction: NW (310) 
Tonight: 55˚
Sunset: 7:27 PM
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Sunday, Sep 5
Hi: 77˚, Lo: 53˚
Wind: 12, Gust: N/A MPH
Wind Direction: W (261) 
Monday, Sep 6
Hi: 84˚, Lo: 65˚
Wind: 10, Gust: N/A MPH
Wind Direction: SW (225)
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