TrumpetBoy
Trumpets, Music, Gadgets, Web Dev. and any other nonsense I feel like mentioning…
OS X 10.5.8 Update – Desktop Weirdness
Aug 7th
I just updated my MacBook to the latest Leopard update – 10.5.8. Everything appeared to run smoothly apart from the fact that, upon reboot, my desktop image of the past few years had been spontaneously replaced with the default. I tried to change it back to no avail – the image didn’t appear under the Pictures folder in the “Desktop & Screensaver” pane in System Prefs. Images from iPhoto albums also wouldn’t show up.
It seems that a bug has been introduced in this update. My fix was to locate the image in the Finder – it was in a subfolder of Pictures. I copied it into the root of Pictures and then it appeared in the “Desktop & Screensaver” pane and became available again. I selected it and everything seems to be hunky-dory.
It appears that subfolders of Pictures aren’t been read by the selector widget in “Desktop & Screensaver”. It will remain to be seen if this is a bug or a deliberate change. Anybody having any other interesting issues with the update?
Petrouchka: A Trumpet Lesson with Mark Gould
Jun 5th
A European trumpeter (that you may recognise!) goes all the way to New York to study with the famous Mark Gould.
Ignoring Big Brother… again…
Jun 5th
It’s that horrifying time of year again when Big Brother returns to our screens in the UK. I’m pleased to say that I’ll be employing the strategy that has worked so well in previous years and completely ignoring it! I can’t believe this bunch of fatuous arse is still broadcast. Have they really rendered the British public so brainless?
Anyway, rant over. This is the last mention of Big Brother you’ll hear from me. What a load of shit!!
New York City Here I Come!
May 14th
Following what proved to be a year long application process, I finally received my US Visa today. Time to tie up some loose ends and get moving. I hope to be making my move to New York City in early July 2009.
Once there, I won’t be allowed to work for some time, as a condition of the process. Expect more blogging at that point both here and on my music site, BryanDavis.info. I’ll have to fill my time somehow!
Useful Tips for the Unlocked iPhone #5
Feb 25th
It’s been a while since I’ve had anything useful to add to my iPhone tips series. I just ran into a problem today that I thought worthy of mention.
Having got my iPhone working in the UK with T-Mobile’s data service, I returned today to the USA and put my T-Mobile US sim card back in. I had some problems getting the EDGE data service working again. Since last I used the T-Mobile US service the APN settings seemed to have changed. The following settings are now working for me:-
- APN: epc.tmobile.com
- User: (blank)
- Password: (blank)
A second problem I had was that the “Cellular Data Network” tab had disappeared from my Network Settings page. The fix for that is to check in Cydia and UNINSTALL any APN fixes or T-Mobile/T-Zone bundles you may have installed. Then restart your iPhone and the tab should be back on the Network page. That worked for me just now!
I hope that proves helpful for anyone facing similar problems.