Seemingly the right first tutorial for me to try out LiveCycle dataservices with ColdFusion

Here

Huge list of useful photography websites

Here

Religiosity makes for better self-control...

Not sure if this is good or not from a faith perspective, but interesting read nonetheless.

Personalized medicine...

Man I hope I ask for and pay for the genetic tests necessary to see if these custom drugs are really going to work or not...if the time comes.

here...

Easy guide to sharing files from a Mac to a PC on the network

From Life Hacker here

Turns out you should/can exercise while you have a head cold

From the NY Times

Info on colonoscopy and criteria for finding good gastro person

Turns out we don't get good results on the right side of the colon...sigh...

Nytimes.

How to merge Excel columns

Here
Which led me to Excel's current in app help since I was using 2007. Found simple formula of =A2&" "&B2

Good headphone review site

http://www.headphone.com/

Online coupon sites

http://www.fatwallet.com/
http://www.retailmenot.com/
http://couponcode.com/
http://www.couponmom.com/

MS Project fix?

Not sure if this will stop linking when I don't want it or not...

Best instructions to enabling file sharing on domain accounts in XP

Make sure to add a specific domain user in order to make it work.
Here

Mac service to summarize text

Here

MacBook Pro install

New MacBook Pro
- All software updates
- Adobe wireless
- Date customization

Windows side
- Bootcamp setup
- Bootcamp drivers
- Install all Windows updates
- Add to the Adobenet domain
- Firefox
- Wireless setup
- VPN
- Virusscan

- Install Winclone and backup partition

- Office
- Adobe Creative Suite

- Backup image

- VMWare

- Install Connected Backup
- Add printers
- Exodus client just in case
- Adobe Corp ID fonts

---
Mac side

- VPN
- VirusScan
- Mac Office
- Adobe Creative Suite
- iWork '08

- Update iTunes
- Yahoo Messenger
- Yammer
- Adobe Directory

- Covenant Eyes
- Printers
- Fonts
- Intellipoint
- Intellitype
- iChax
- Backjack

Dock
yahoo messenger
Yammer
vmware
prview
text edit
vpn
adobe directory
performance monitor
itunes
remote desktop
keynote

----
Data Migration

Windows
- Desktop contents
- wwwroot backup
- Setup Outlook
- Email datafile
- Reimport Outlook data files

Mac
- User data folder
- Desktop stuff
- iChat logs
- Browser favorites

Study that SAT scores predict grad rates

From SUNY

Computer based ways to learn the guitar

www.iplaymusic.com
www.emediamusic.com
www.freeguitarvideos.com

From Dec. 2008 Macworld.

Couldn't figure out how to remove a link in the Network Diagram mode of Project

Double click it...oy...
here

Good comparison of Nikon D300 to the Canon 40D

Go Canon go...not that I'm biased...
Popular Photography article

Wow, basiclly Ps on the web...for free...

pixlr.com

Great PGM job description from my manager

1. Create the schedule
2. Maintain the schedule
3. Identify and mitigate risk
4. Make sure everyone is communicating with each other
   

Dynamic stretches before exercise, static after exercise

NY Times

Way on the Mac/OS X to show folder size in the finder.

To get the folder size in the Finder go to the view menu and select Show view options. The option is there in the window that appears as long as you are currently in list view in the Finder. In OS X 10.4.x it is at the very bottom.

here

Seriously great dslr basic technology tutorials

Best explanation of curves in Ps I've seen. Finally got it. Good info on sensor info and the like too!
here.

Great explanation of SLR autofocus

Here. I will now ALWAYS buy 2.8 lenses and faster.

Great hello world demo for LCDS

Here. Maybe dataservices is really to the point that I could use it. It would be great if so because writing all the data handling in Flex sucks big time.

Big bang origin theories...

Getting a little funky...

Best chocolates...

Jacque Torres

Candinas

G Collection from Godiva

Soo helpful! On the Mac take a screenshot just to the clipboard

Here for how to do it. Basically just add the Ctrl key to the mix.

Yours,
bob

Best full coverage of the real gospel I found after a quick search on the net

Is here.

Great place to time mac upgrades

And yes I do believe it matters...you miss by a major rev and you're stuck with hardware for 1.5 years at least.

macrumors

Can't delete a printer...easy fix...

Take out network cable, restart, delete.

Got a new manager today

Didn't realize how comforting it is to know when someone says "they don't care what hours you keep as long as you get work done" is when you're on the receiving end.

6 food mistakes parents make

From NY Times article

Wow, totally painful way to add admin access to Windows 2003

Start menu->right click on My Computer-> select Manage
Expand Local Users and Group
Click on Groups
Double click on Administrators group
Click Add...

Great Flash based room layout program

Icovia.com

When iPhone gets stuck thinking it's logged into password network

Go to General Preferences and reset all settings. Less painful then doing a complete restore. Sorta.

Ergonomic joystick mouse

http://www.amazon.com/3M-Ergonomic-Mouse-SMALL-MEDIUM/dp/B00008KWWG

This is waaay too hidden...way to turn off auto showing of panels in Lightroom

Here

Always be ready to talk about:

- Cost
- Schedule
- Functionality
- Quality

Apparently reference in this book to multitasking more than two things is not such a good idea

Here, Mike Cohn's book. supposed to also be referenced in the book PeopleWare.

Resources for software project estimation

from Construx

How to convince my wife to allow me to buy the new Canon 50D...

man...October...

Interesting note on bad breath and alcohol based mouthwashes...

Here

Real world spy vs. spy...

Including the centrifuge blow up in Iran...ny times article

New real estate site that seems pretty good

Draws from MLS. www.roost.com

MySQL launch error

I HATE it when installer/uninstallers do not work. Arg...

Fix for the MySQL error that says:
Could not start the MySQL service: Error 1067

Basically uninstall and then manually delete all left over folders...lame...

Place to search Flickr by Creative Commons

Sooo useful.

Place to download iPhone mockup PSD

here

Finally figured out the trick to making Lr print as intended

Using now version 2.0. Got screwed up after Camera Raw did a major revision from Lr 1.3 to 1.4.

The trick was to darken my monitor since I was seeing the same issues from Ps too. What I surmised is that the Huey Pro doesn't really handle the brightness setting that well.

Fix
a) Changed Brightness all the way down to 0 on my LCD panel and also adjusted contrast to minimum.
b) Turned OFF room brightness adjustment feature of Huey Pro.

Dude, ChoreWars...

Too funny...experience points for chores...

Great LCD monitor I saw at Chili's

NEC Multisync 4620

Dude, I got a picture in the NY Times!

Article here

Check out these two credit card reward deals

Credit Union Visa
AMEX Blue Cash

Man, why can't CF just support null...oy...

Explanation of the problem
Example of the problem in play

Best semi-official info on this issue is in the CD attached to the CFMX& web app construction kit book. See chapter 30, Working with NULL values section.

Cool file renaming app for Mac

Haven't installed it yet, but it got good ratings from MacWor.d

Reinstalling my home computer from scratch

This was how I did my own machine at home:

Prep/backup:
- Deactivate Adobe software
- Backup
- Outlook data file
- Browser favorites (including Yuki's)
- Deauthorize iTunes
- Backup data drive
- Backup desktop
- Backup Lego data files
- Make sure photo stuff is backed up
- Palm data

+ Make sure that Acronis 11 works on the computer
+ Make sure that I have a RAID disk for Windows install

Install phase 1:
- Unplug USB media drive
- Install Windows
- Install video driver
- Install Ethernet driver
- Install updates

Image
- NVidia ntune
- Realtek audio driver
- X-Fi drivers

- VPN
- RumblePad
- Covenant Eyes
- Huey Pro
- Epson R1800
- HP PCL 1220
- Canon i960
- Scanjet 5300c
- VirusScan
- Nero + update
- Firefox
- Office
- Palm
- iTunes/QT

- Web Premium
- LR

- Battlefield 2142
- Lego star wars
- Lego Indiana Jones

Great presentation/pitch suggestions from Arrington

here

My friend Gever made NPR...not bad...

Tinkering School...but that release form...mannnnn...

"Felt Marker"

Is the name of the font I should search for in the future if I'm still looking to simulate that dry erase board style.

Intereting info on the primacy of smelling

NY Times article on the sense of smell

Survival skills

Great NY Times article on this

Why do I have to hold down Ctrl key on launch to change LR catalog location?

Would prefer to do it with the Catalog Settings dialog...gotta talk to the team about that. Best page on how to do this was here.

Calculator for when to trade in gas guzzler for fuel efficient model

Edmunds

Tweaking indenting for bullets in PowerPoint 2007

Gotta bring up the ruler...Ug..

Totally addicting typing game

TypeRacer

Formatting table borders in PPT 2007

Man, it shouldn't be this hard to format borders in PowerPoint.

Wow, fitness with a pill...

NY Times article

How to get to the Apple Hardware diagnostic utility

Here

iPhone 3G tips and tricks

Here at PC World. Also note that the speaker on the bottom of the iPhone is only one of the cut outs, the other is for the microphone.

How to really turn the iTouch off

You hold down the power button until a red slider appears. Never would have known this.

Travel award website

Expert Traveler, requires subscription...ug...

10 most beautiful science experiments

From old NY Times article

Free wake up calls

wakerupper.com

More tips on how to calibrate an HDTV

Here and here

The Go Game

Sounds like a cool deal...

How to install best drivers for MacBook Pro XP bootcamp partition

Here

NY Times iphone app reviews

here
here

Windows Remote Desktop shudown

Always keep forgetting ctrl-alt-end

Was reminded here...

According to the NY Times the ultimate cookie recipe

Article
Recipe

Unlocking utility for Windows XP, so cool

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

How to find detailed airplane seat information

www.seatguru.com

Places to create custom fonts

NY Times article

Tips on recovering a Mac HD

Here

Photoflex lighting school

Trying to sell product of course, but some info nonetheless.

Here.

Cool Excel formula for doing tax rate tables...

Here

Extra knobs for lighting

Novatron knobs.  And here in B&H Photo.

Also the extra heavy duty handle.  And here in B&H photo.

Public archive of missing manuals

SafeManuals.com

Free wake up calls

Used to be wakerupper.com, but it's not responding now...ack!

AT&T DNS settings...

I don't even have AT&T, but in case I ever do, info like this is golden...

Outlook 2007 did not close properly...

Give me a break...this sucks!

Advanced calibration settings for HDTVs from CNET

here

Link to replacement bulb info for my cheapo light set

here on bhphotovideo.com.

Got my pictures published in a real magazine!

Woot! Make Magazine used 3 of my photos!

So I don't forget, way to convert Opus reports to real dates...

- Excel

- Find & Replace: ~! to just bold

- Find & Replace: " ~~" to " " with italic

- Find & Replace: "UIF: " to ""

Ack! Adding background image to mac leopard folder

The trick was to go to the View menu and to select Icon first.  then hit cmd-j.  The rest is obvious.

Best free egg timer software

ACAPsoft - egg

Stanford magazine on where the big bang came from

Multi-verse

Color management with desktop printers

Series from creativepro.com

NY Times article on atheist turned theist

here

What Autistic Girls are Made Of

link to NY Times article on autistic girls.

Way to count unique names in a list

Here.  There's also an official MS way to do this here, but it's more complex.

Way to get the date displayed on the menu bar in OS X

Nice! here

Nice marker type font

This is exactly what I needed and this site is great for previewing fonts.

The other hack to make CDM+ work on a dumb Compaq/HP cheapo computer is

Is to create an admin account, make sure to assign it a password, and then go to the Control Panel, Administrative Options, open sercvices panel, click on open something.exe and then assign the login panel to login using that new local account and embed the password.

Article on how to fix "shiny skin" pictures

Here at wired.

Best summary on plastic/toxics debate I've seen

From the NY Times

Final fix for doing clean install of CDM+ on Presario

Man, this killed me for many an hour. For installing CDM+ on a Compaq Presario SR1550NX the tech support guy told me to:
- go to c:\program files\CDM+ Pro\openbase\resources\
- copy the file called "localhost"
- go to c:\openbase\config\
- paste in "localhost"
- Open localhost using notepad
- Enter in IP address from ipconfig
- Stop all openbase related processes
- Go back to CDM+, go to File->Database Utilities and hit Refresh

Oy...

Washington Post article on the cost of solar...

Depressing...

This is why I still have a problem with doing something about climate change...

Supposed to be an article inspiring me to plant a garden...but in the end showed me why I feel little things aren't going to fix this without a national and global call to action.

How to search for ~ in Excel

Yahoo Answers really came through for me here.  Just enter tilde twice: ~~

Very interesting article on autism and different measures of intelligence

In wired magazine here.

interesting article on 3d chip lens

here

Amazing article on HDTV calibration

here.

Also Popular Mechanics article on basic HDTV fixes.

50 of the best cookbooks of all time

From the NY Times.

20 life lessons a guy wish he knew at the beginning...

here

Parents and modern furniture...

You know who wins...

NASA picture of the day

Here

NY Times evolutionary article for reference

Fish in multiple ponds

Grow more willpower

NYTimes article, drink lemonade

NY Times, runner high is real.

Runner's high is real.

Great HTML table sorter JS

Frequence Decoder

Note, to change the default order of initial column sorting just add "r" after the column number in the table class.

Why I haven't gotten Lasik...

I already have dry eyes and now I'm definitely never getting it.

20 web developer sites

Seemed like a pretty good list.

How not to interview someone

Facebook founder interview

Latest info on the age of the universe

From the NY Times here.

Evaluating NY teachers by test scores

NY Times article

Interesting perspective on Facebook, short personal view from someone

Here

Let's hope we're not in a double bubble...

From the NY Times opinion page

Now I have to worry about flat lesions...

oy.  Definitely applies since this was found in Japan in the 80's.

Cool interactive Slate delegate counter

For upcoming contests...

Fix for Flex printing

Turns out to be a problem with the background getting shown for a few pixels.  Fix is here.

Configuring Vista for IIS, MySQL, CF, Flex 3 from scratch

Ok, forget Vista for MySQL.  Starting over from XP....

IIS

• Went to Programs control panel and added IIS from the Programs control panel
• Right clicked Computer, chose Manage
• Right clicked on Default Web Site under IIS
• Added index.html to the top of the document list on the Documents tab

MySQL
Turns out MySQL doesn't just work.
http://port25.technet.com/videos/research/MySQL_Windows.pdf

• The MySQL installation requires that User Account Control (UAC) is disabled. If you do not do this, the installation will fail when the system tries to start the service, even if the user allows the change.
• Went to User Accounts control panel and turned off UAC. Had to restart.
  

Climate experts weigh in on cold winter

Here in the NYTimes

Where to get my annual credit report for free

Here

100 Day Autism kit for those who just got a diagnosis

Here at Autism Speaks.

Potential bargain hunting sites...

DealCatcher and SearchAllDeals.com

How to build your own external HD

From a Macworld article

Key question for customer satisfaction

Would you recommend this product to a friend or family member?

Here

Alternate screen capture software

It's called iShowyou. It's really great. You can get it here: http://www.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html

Also Mousepose is a great mouse companion. http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/25586

Airzooka big brother

The Megazooka...oh yeah baby...

Now we have to watch how much blue light we're exposed too...

Blue light exposure linked to increase cancer risk, but only some forms of cancer.

Good place for stock music

stockmusic.net

Free wake up calls!

From wakerupper.com

Adobe's passport vendor/speeder upper

Peninsula Visa

Learn a language online and for free

LiveMocha
From this NY Times article.

Two NYT articles on autism I don't want to lose

"Her Autistic Brothers"

"For Siblings of the Autistic, a Burdened Youth"

My photos made the local paper

Page 6 in the Mountain View Voice this week.

Also on page 6 back in May of 2007.

Why I love McCain!

NY Times extended video clip of McCain Q&A on Iraq. The true context around the "100 year" commitment remark.

Emergency GPS device

Here for $150. Called the Spot by Globalstar.

Axion axn-9701 resolution

Is only 480 x 234...bummer...

Best places/times to buy electronics

Doesn't appear to be online yet, but in Feb. 2008 article entitled:
The Best Places (and Times) to Buy
some interesting pointers on LCD TVs,etc.

How Stuff Works article on how to gather drinkable water

here

Great article showing how LEDs work

Here on How Stuff Works. Great diagrams and descriptions...although it wasn't quite clear what they meant by "holes."

Two articles on cough/cold remedy new guidance

One on a NY Times blog

News Analysis on FDA updated recommendation

NyTimes article on maintaining balance and exercises to do so

Here

NyTimes article on best BPM songs for exercise...

Like I ever exercise...but if I did, some recommendations on what types of music to listen to.

Reduced thimerosal exposure in CA did not lessen Autism trend

From Associated Press.

Examples of people's photos getting misappropriated by large corporations

Here

Creating a softbox on the cheap

From Macworld article.

10 tips on buying an HDTV

PC World again.

Managing bad PR on the web

Again PC World article.

Suggestions if I ever want to add in Adsense

From pc world article.

Best graphics card ~$100 on Tom's Hardware

Link to the article here.

Hands burning after dicing up a jalapeno pepper...

Hopefully this advice will work...