It's an older post, but I didn't see it until now.  It's worth reblogging about.  SAS talks about SAS on the Wii.

I find About.com to be one of the most prevalent and annoying sites on the web.  Many internet searches end up with an about.com search result that seems like a hopeful explanation of your query.  Reading content on about.com usually does not teach me anything I didn't already know or couldn't have already guessed.  Afterwards, I can't help but want those 2 minutes of my life back.

The other annoyance with about.com is circular links or dead links.  At the end of each article there are usually related links.  You'll either end up clicking back and forth between two dead ends of useless content or you'll end up on an error page.

Maybe About.com has grown into an unmanageable monstrosity.  Though I think it's more a planned strategy to maximize hits and Ad impressions. 

Today revealed a new low.  They seem to be so rushed with getting content on their site that they don't edit it anymore.  I was doing a quiz on about.com and came to a question I could not answer: Is the weather extremely hot or extremely cold? Select Yes or No.

About.com dumb quiz

Yes or No?!? Keep it up About.com, keep it up......

If you remember the cool video called the Story of Stuff, you may also like to watch their newest video, the Story of Cap and Trade.
   
 
 
Unlike Al Gore's depressing and unmotivating An Inconvenient Truth, this video leaves you feeling empowered and hopeful.
 
Please share this video with all your friends.

Lovin' the retro SAS swag! hrenee posted on twitter the sasmemories site on flickr.  It's the start of a good collection of SAS goodies.

This reminds me, here are some items I'd like for Christmas:

• Oddball t-shirts like those at T-shirt Bordello, but with SAS related goofiness on them.  For example:
  • For the text miner in you
  • count+1;
  • SAS log
• Since I've always got SAS on my mind, I'd like to sport hats like these but again, with SAS related goofiness on them. Example:
  • I'm a cute SAS monkey
  • Mine this and put a bunch of text on the hat
  • Datastep anyone?
• Cover your ass SAS with SAS undies.  These ones are a bit retro looking, but they should say SAS on the behind.  Actually, it should say SAS on the right cheek - because SAS programmers are always right.  Is that too cheeky?
  
  • Or maybe those of you would like a smart ass SAS thong? - And no, the thong is not on my Christmas list :) 
  • And please, not a SAS parachute
  • Some SAS Handerpants would be nice for those long days of coding
• If they can sell these, I'm sure there is a market for stuffed "Procs".  I'd love to cuddle up with my very own Proc Tabulate.
• An ice cube tray that makes SAS ice cubes 
• Anyone remember the 8 levels of analytics?  I'd like a toy version.
• And last but not least, what I want most is a SAS Programmer Action figure similar to the Librarian Action figure at Archie McPhee's

SAS, if you could open up an online store so I can buy stuff like this, I'd appreciate it.  Steve Benfield, I know you're listening. :)

What do other SAS readers have on their Christmas list?

During the SAS 9.2 Deployment Wizard I was continually getting a message saying I had to reboot the machine.  After rebooting 3 times I new something was up.  Some searching on support.sas.com revealed the following fix:

• Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager in the registry.
• If it contains FileRenameOperations or PendingFileRenameOperations, delete this key, and retry the SAS installation.
• Always make a backup of your registry before making changes
  
  

Sure enough this worked.  I didn't even bother rebooting the machine at all, I simply deleted the registry key and continued with the installation.