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Rotherham in the sun

Photo taken of River Don across from the bridge to Tesco.

Not my number one fan.

Just fixed a long term issue with my MacBook and thought I’d share the solution. I’ve been having excessive fan usage that, at times, sounds like the MacBook is going to take off at any moment but I never got around to looking into the cause until today.  On closer inspection in the Activity Monitor it seems that there was a rogue PowerPC process running that was chewing up 95% of the CPU and knocking the temperature to around 80°C. The culprit was something called ‘Authentication$’ and force quitting this process immediately dropped the fan down to a whisper and a steady 60°C.

I’m not entirely sure what the process does (nothing imedialty cropped up on Google) but i’m sure the process will appear again at some point (maybe after a reboot) at which point I will do further investigation as to the cause.  Hope this helps anyone else with the same issue.

Hopefully not a fleeting glipse.

I know I’m jumping on the musical band wagon here (no pun intended) but for those who haven’t heard about them I thought I’d just mention how good the album Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes is.

Check them out on Spotify here.

For the god of graze!

Ever get the munchies during work time? ever wish there was an easy way to get a healthy snack while your sat slaving over your keyboard?  Well Graze.com has the answer.

This fantastic new online service will send you a box of fresh snacks right to your door. From fruit to nuts the choice is astounding and you get to choose what and when they send it using the very intuitive and well thought out website.  Don’t like something then just let them know using the food selector and you wont be sent it again.

My First Graze Box

I tried the service out or the first time today and was very impressed as were my colleagues, the packaging designers have gone to town on the whole look and feel of the box you really feel like your getting a quality product.  As for the contents they come vacuum sealed for freshness and include a personalised nutritional guide for the contents of your box…. verdict? very tasty.

How much does this service cost I hear you say? £2.99 (delivered) a box which, considering what you get, is great value for money. For an even better deal use the code GM2VXZQC when signing up to receive your first box FREE.

Grazing has never been so easy or healthy.

Do be Daft

Just been catching up on Diggnation after my sabbatical and thought I’d share this cool link for all you Daft Punk fans.

iDaft