Archive for December, 2010

The Milky Way’s Nearest Neighbors are Unusual

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

[An anomaly among the closest companions to our Galaxy is that the LMC [Large Magellanic Cloud] is so extraordinarily luminous for a magellanic irregular galaxy. In nearby regions of the Universe there are only two Ir galaxies (NGC 4214 and NGC 4449) that even come close to rivaling the LMC in luminosity. In other words [...]

Practicing Law Without a License

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Source: Vic Lee, Practicing Law Without a License, Pardon My Planet (Dec. 29, 2010).

Rebuilding Entourage 2008’s Database to Save Space

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

To reduce the size of Entourage 2008’s database, you can rebuild (or compact) it as follows:
Hold down the Option key and re-launch the application. In a few seconds, you’ll be greeted with the Entourage Database Utility. Select to rebuild [or compact].
Compacting my Entourage 2008 database saved nearly 1.3 GB of space on my [...]

Fix for Netflix Error Code N8156-6013 on Macs

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

After upgrading to Silverlight 4, Netflix Instant Streaming refused to run and reported an error code of N8156-6013.  After some searching I found the following blog post: Kristofers Blog, Fix for Netflix Error Code N8156-6013 (June 25, 2010).  A comment by Phil F on August 20, 2010 included the fix that worked for me:
If you’re [...]

Our Wedding Cake Topper

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

Our wedding cake topper by Cynthia Spenser (RedLightStudio on Etsy):

More pictures: http://grommit.com/gallery/v/ranga/2010-12-05-CakeTopper/.