Problem Reformatting Western Digital My Book for Mac

I got the following error while trying to reformat a Western Digital My Book from Windows DOS to the Mac format:

Partition failed with the error: Could not unmount disk

I entered the phrase into Google and was surprised I could not find a fix. It turns out the problem was that I had a folder open from the new drive, and it was preventing the "unmounting."

If you're having this problem, make sure you close all folders from the new hard drive. This is probably a frequent error because you need to open folders on the hard drive in order to install some Mac programs. Close those folders!

The Song in the PostSecret Valentine Video Is "Shh" by Donora

What is the song in that awesome PostSecret Valentine YouTube Video? It is called "Shh" by Donora. The lyrics are:

I like I like when we whisper soft to each other
I like I like when we're quiet with one another
I like I like when we're nice nice to each other
I like I like when we surely like one another

Where can you download it? You can download it for 99 cents off their MySpace page: myspace.com/donora

Link to their official website: Donoramusic.com

Pay the 99 cents and help an artist out, won't ya? Great song.

Google Fantasy Sports

Now that the courts have ruled that baseball statistics are not copyrighted, how about Google getting in on that fantasy sports action? It's one of the last things that keeps going back to my old Yahoo account.

Google Analytics

Feature request for Google Analytics. I want to see one graph displaying all visitor count to all my domains. Who wants to click on every single domain?

Google Reader Tip - Limiting the amount of RSS feed content

One of the drawbacks of an RSS feed is that you can get spammed by the sheer number of news stories from a site. To combat this, some sites allow you to subscribe to posts containing certain keywords or topics that you're interested in.

For instance, I love the financial site Seeking Alpha, but the sheer amount of stories that are posted on the site make it impossible to subcribe to it as an RSS feed. However, if you click on the "get live feeds" button in the top right corner, you are able to subscribe to stories only about certain stocks, like Apple (AAPL) or Garmin (GRMN).

The Toshiba HD-A2 sub-$200 HD DVD player

I have a 50-inch 1080p set, and I'm debating whether or not to pick up the new Toshiba HD DVD player, the HD-A2. The price is finally right, but the problem is that it only produces up to 1080i. My further thinking is that this may not be a problem at all--that at my viewing distance of 8 feet, whether it's 720p, 1080i, or 1080p, my eye will see the same high definition picture. It's not much of challenge to get a hold of HD-DVDs, thanks to my Blockbuster Online subscription. In fact, Netflix and Blockbuster are about the only good thing the HD format war has got going for it, they've been the grease in the squeaky wheel. I remember how hard it used to be to get a hold of DVDs during the transition from VHS.

Link: Ars Technica article on the Toshiba HD-DVD player.

Soulja Boy on How to Do the Souja Boy Dance