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Odds and ends...
Apr. 13th, 2001 05:28 pmYesterday's experiment with embedded Cyrillic in an LJ post worked, at least if I use MS Explorer to view my work. Next step: how does it look using Netscape? Opera? on Linux (which uses KOI8-R to represent Cyrillic)?
One might wonder, why the big deal? While there is certainly a public aspect to posting on LJ, ultimately, the purpose is to create a journal for oneself, no? In my case, though, it's entirely possible I'll be using a Windows box in the morning, a Linux box in the evening, and never the same browser twice in a row.
I had been having some problems with blank Fuji CD-Rs at home. In particular, the 700-MB capacity disks record okay in a 640-MB burner, but then the whole process goes belly up when a seek done to write the TOC fails. Drew also was having problems, but I think the problem lies not with the disks themselves, but with the fact that I'm mixing a 640-MB drive with 700-MB capacity disks.
Specifically, I got the same error when using a 700-MB Imation CD-R, but not when using a noname-brand 640-MB CD-R. Now, at least, stage 1 of my plan to backup critical files from my Linux box is complete. Tonight, I back up all of my MP3s.
Sasha, the Dog Who Will Chew Anything had a seizure last night. The local vet wasn't able to do much last week, when Sasha had a series of seizures one morning, except prescribe some antibiotics, which have all been administered. I spent the rest of the night with the dog in the spare bedroom (Lee's, when she's here) so Galina could get some sleep, and it was a pretty fidgety rest of the night for both me and the dog.
Lee is coming back, it turns out. She starts back tomorrow morning. I can't wait.
Cheers...
P.S. My Cyrillic experiment is a flop, at least as far as Opera for Linux is concerned. The Russian characters simply do not show up. (It looks as if Gagarin said "!")
One might wonder, why the big deal? While there is certainly a public aspect to posting on LJ, ultimately, the purpose is to create a journal for oneself, no? In my case, though, it's entirely possible I'll be using a Windows box in the morning, a Linux box in the evening, and never the same browser twice in a row.
I had been having some problems with blank Fuji CD-Rs at home. In particular, the 700-MB capacity disks record okay in a 640-MB burner, but then the whole process goes belly up when a seek done to write the TOC fails. Drew also was having problems, but I think the problem lies not with the disks themselves, but with the fact that I'm mixing a 640-MB drive with 700-MB capacity disks.
Specifically, I got the same error when using a 700-MB Imation CD-R, but not when using a noname-brand 640-MB CD-R. Now, at least, stage 1 of my plan to backup critical files from my Linux box is complete. Tonight, I back up all of my MP3s.
Sasha, the Dog Who Will Chew Anything had a seizure last night. The local vet wasn't able to do much last week, when Sasha had a series of seizures one morning, except prescribe some antibiotics, which have all been administered. I spent the rest of the night with the dog in the spare bedroom (Lee's, when she's here) so Galina could get some sleep, and it was a pretty fidgety rest of the night for both me and the dog.
Lee is coming back, it turns out. She starts back tomorrow morning. I can't wait.
Cheers...
P.S. My Cyrillic experiment is a flop, at least as far as Opera for Linux is concerned. The Russian characters simply do not show up. (It looks as if Gagarin said "!")
