Michael P. O'Connor

The hard drive on the gateway is really bad, it is still at it, still trying to do the first scan for bad blocks on the first file system. I don’t think there will be any usable space on the drive when it finishes.

I started the bad block scan last night around 1 am (EST) and it is still working on it, on the first partition that not that big less then 5Gb, I don’t think there will be much usable space on it after all the bad blocks are marked, maybe I have to get a new[…]

It turns out the hard drive has some bad blocks on it, so I need to first format the file systems myself out side of the installer, since the installer does not have the option to check for bad blocks, that generated some errors on the beginning of the install. So I just started the[…]

I finished scanning all of my pictures (well I think all of them) and the final total for the total number of pictures that I have saved from the past is 91. They are now all on my iPhoto album. I am now going to really have to find a good way to back them[…]

OK I got a scanner today (got it for $40 at best buy, I had some certificates from them from their “rewards program” cost $10 to get it, and I got $40 from it ]hay it payed for itself] So I went to best buy today and picked up a scanner priced at $80) Now[…]

Well today I violated one of the cores of Object oriented programming. I had 3 classes where I needed access to the private members from another class. I found that C++ you can not only have the friend functions (I knew this one for years) but I figured it would follow if you can have[…]

I have typed in so many CD keys today, I wish that the software companys would find a better way to protect their software. Besides I do not think that these CD keys help. But I am almost finished setting up the CD stuff, next I have to install the stuff I downloaded to the[…]

Well the new computer came, I had to wipe it clean from all the preinstalled shit. Then now I am installing all the software that will make it useful. First I had to install VC++ 6.0 so for the days I want to work from home. I had to install all drivers for all the[…]

Well I went out to home depot to get the wood planks. But before I went my pastor suggested that I should go into the shelving secion and look first. So when I went in there I found some nice looking shelfs with an oak finish on it. Matchs my desks very nicly so I[…]

Well looks like the last of my computers will come tomorrow. So I will get to set that up in the morning, I will be heading out to my parents place, I am going to go over later at their request since they are driving back from Florida today, in fact I called them at[…]

I Just got a Blogging software for Linux to post to this blog. The Software is called BloGTK from http://blogtk.sourceforge.net/ It has all the features that I wanted in a software. It works on Linux it has spell checker and I can select the Category for my Posts. So now I have some software for[…]

If you search of “Mike OConnor” my site is the first to get hit by google check it out http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=Mike+OConnor&btnG=Search I just wish I could get it listed under “Mike O’Connor” and “Michael O’Connor” and maybe “Michael P. O’Connor” But hay I got listed (and first to boot) under “Mike OConnor” Update: Sep 16, since[…]