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Problems with Adium or Sparrow and not being able to sign in with google account credentials?

Darren — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:11:45 +0000

This is a note I’m leaving for my future self if I have this issue again but hopefully it will help anyone else experiencing the issues I was.

Basically, what was happening is even though I was using the right sign-in credentials for my google account with the Sparrow and Adium apps, both of them kept re-prompting me for the credentials. However, this was only happening when signing in from home. Elsewhere, there were no problems. Trying to find the answer via google took a lot of searching but the solution that worked for me was to just go to this web address: https://accounts.google.com/b/0/DisplayUnlockCaptchaV2

Apparently, at some point Google locked out sign-in attempts from those apps (and ip addresss) because of too many unsuccessful attempts – its a security feature (although not widely published or known). Visiting that url temporarily deactivates the security lock and then you can sign in.

It worked for me and everything is back to normal thankfully!

Where did everything go?

Darren — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:00:58 +0000

Don’t know what happened but I just noticed today that UnfoldingNeurons.com had something wonky going on and no posts were displayed. I have NO idea how long the site was down as I’ve been so busy that I haven’t had a chance to post anything here (thinking my life may be too busy).

At any rate things are back up.

Away in Malawi

Darren — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:57:58 +0000

Hi folks, just a quick post up to let you know I’m away on a missions trip in Malawi. I’m writing for my church blog while there -> you can follow along at my church website.

What I tweeted the past week.

Darren — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:01:00 +0000

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What I tweeted the past week.

Darren — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:01:00 +0000

RePost: What I tweeted the past week. http://bit.ly/asAmf3 #
On my Blog ~~> What I tweeted the past week. http://ow.ly/17Jkgp #
1000 unread posts in my Google Reader. That's what happens on a internet deprived vacation. Thank goodness for the "mark all read" button! #

What I tweeted the past week.

Darren — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:01:00 +0000

RePost: What I tweeted the past week. http://bit.ly/akj0HS #
@kentshaffer congrats! in reply to kentshaffer #
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this is the app that comes closest to weaning me from #rtm ->
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Van just hit 119K – where did all those kms come from? #
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#wordpress devs: the transient api is a small but POWERFUL way of shaving seconds off of load time -> http://bit.ly/bqYTP1 #
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A VERY dear sister in Christ transitioned from Earth to glory with Christ last night. We will miss Pastor Gwen Lipke. #
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My daughter Jenna just informed me that God is our REAL dad. Why? b/c He made us! I love these conversations! #theology #
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are you missing it?

Darren — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:44:08 +0000

Yesterday I posted this. And then today I read this which reminded me that the most important investment for my life is right before my eyes.

What I tweeted the past week.

Darren — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:01:00 +0000

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The Holy Spirit conference @watpen is off to an awesome start! #whenpeopleseekgod #
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my blog loads WAY too slow…I've gotta somehow find the time soon to swap out the theme and do some tweaking. #
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why does #WordPress alwasy seem to do a major update right around the time I'm about to go on holidays? #
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"The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever."" http://read.ly/Isa40.8.NLT #
talking with @DannoDavis about how we might use #WordPress 3.0 in the new build of @watpen 's website. #
"Walking the line" took on a whole new meaning at church tonite. You had to be there #godisgood #
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your email address has a lot to say about you… -> http://bit.ly/d6LDRF #
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computer update… figured out its Adobe's latest flash build. grrr. doesn't help their anti-Apple defense when they #FAIL so obviously. #
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there's a reason why JOY begins with a J #
just crossed a major milestone in the latest project I'm coding. yay! #

What I tweeted the past week.

Darren — Mon, 31 May 2010 02:01:00 +0000

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On my Blog ~~> What I tweeted the past week. http://ow.ly/17tHDx #
loving the beautiful weather on this #holiday Monday! #
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tweeting regularly is harder than you would think it would be… #
RT @perrynoble: Really sad that denominational politics control more leaders than Jesus does! #

What I tweeted the past week.

Darren — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:01:00 +0000

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It's hard getting started at work when you've had a rough morning at home #
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