Wednesday, December 30, 2009
How to make the Adobe Reader "content preparation progress" thing stop
Stop with the accessibility scan...hopefully.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Generics not always the same
Not all generic drugs exactly as good as the original ones. NY Times Mostly for heart patients or folks taking drugs to avoid seizures.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
We don't need to be super flexible after all
Looks like being a little "tight" in the hamstring can even make you a more efficient runner. NY Times.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Trying to get rid of Windows 7 freezing every few seconds after it goes to sleep and then wakes up.
Best theories I can find on the Net all correctly point out that if the computer never goes to sleep no problem. So clearly something is being turned off in a weird way that's causing problems. Two main options for me to pursue:
a) Just tried going to the adapter settings and turning off the computer's ability to power off the cards to see if indeed it's a PCI-E bus power down issue.
b) If that doesn't work, did just note that my LAN drivers are from Microsoft and not from the install disc I used so I'd try doing different drivers if this keeps up.
----
Found out the problem - it's my external tuner card. It gets into some weird state. If I pull the mini-usb card out then the hang goes away...hoping the latest driver update from Windows update fixes the issue.
a) Just tried going to the adapter settings and turning off the computer's ability to power off the cards to see if indeed it's a PCI-E bus power down issue.
b) If that doesn't work, did just note that my LAN drivers are from Microsoft and not from the install disc I used so I'd try doing different drivers if this keeps up.
----
Found out the problem - it's my external tuner card. It gets into some weird state. If I pull the mini-usb card out then the hang goes away...hoping the latest driver update from Windows update fixes the issue.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Guidance on heart rate to lose weight
And that people don't burn more fat once they stop working out. NY Times.
Holy cow, shallow breathing technique for asmtha sufferers
Seems to actually be based in a scientific theory and it actually works. NY Times.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Arg...Windows 7 card reader working slowly...
The only thing that doesn't seems to be working on my new Windows 7 clean install seems to be:
- A flash card reader I have installed on my desktop machine and plugged into a chipset USB connection is running at USB 1.1 speeds, instead of 2.0 speeds. What's up? If I connect an external USB card reader to an externally connected USB hub I get 2.0 speeds.
- Upon waking from sleep my computer seems to pause every few seconds...For now I'm just not letting it go to S3 for now.
- A flash card reader I have installed on my desktop machine and plugged into a chipset USB connection is running at USB 1.1 speeds, instead of 2.0 speeds. What's up? If I connect an external USB card reader to an externally connected USB hub I get 2.0 speeds.
- Upon waking from sleep my computer seems to pause every few seconds...For now I'm just not letting it go to S3 for now.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Final install
Prep/backup:
- Deactivate Adobe software
- Uninstall SuperSync in case I need to free up the serial number
- Make sure iTunes is up to date
- Consolidate iTunes library (File->Library -> Consolidate Library)
- Deauthorize iTunes (Store->Deauthorize)
- Export Browser favorites
Backup
- Browser favorites (including Yuki's)
- Backup desktop
- Backup Lego data files
- Backup Battlefield 2142 My Documents folder
- Backup data drive
- Including Outlook data file (D:Outlook)
- Make sure photo stuff is backed up
- Check out RAID block size
* 64KB
+ Make sure that Acronis 11 works on the computer
+ Make sure that I have a RAID disk for Windows install
Install phase 1:
X Unplug USB media drive
+ Install Windows
+ Install video driver
+ Install Ethernet driver
+ Install updates
+ Get RAID/DVD/CD driver installed
Hardware
+ Microsoft Security Essentials
+ EVGA E-LEET utility
+ Realtek
+ X-Fi
+ X-FI updates
+ Monitor
+Image
External hardware
+ Huey Pro
+ Epson R1800
+ Epson glossy ICC profiles
+ HP PCL 1220
+ EPSON Scan
+ Bamboo tablet
Image
+ Firefox
+ Adobe Reader
+ TV Tuner
+ Adobe Flash
Image
Software
+ Covenant Eyes
+ Office
+ Office updates
+ Outlook
Image
+ iTunes/QT
Image
+ LR
+ Design Premium (rename c:\Users\Public\Public Documents to c:\Users\Public\Documents
+ Adobe Updates
Image
+ Restore browser favorites
+ FileZilla
+ PlayOn
+ Fix channel line up
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Didn't install
- SuperSync installer
- VPN
- Battlefield 2142
- Lego star wars
- Lego Indiana Jones
- Logitech game controller vista driver
- Deactivate Adobe software
- Uninstall SuperSync in case I need to free up the serial number
- Make sure iTunes is up to date
- Consolidate iTunes library (File->Library -> Consolidate Library)
- Deauthorize iTunes (Store->Deauthorize)
- Export Browser favorites
Backup
- Browser favorites (including Yuki's)
- Backup desktop
- Backup Lego data files
- Backup Battlefield 2142 My Documents folder
- Backup data drive
- Including Outlook data file (D:Outlook)
- Make sure photo stuff is backed up
- Check out RAID block size
* 64KB
+ Make sure that Acronis 11 works on the computer
+ Make sure that I have a RAID disk for Windows install
Install phase 1:
X Unplug USB media drive
+ Install Windows
+ Install video driver
+ Install Ethernet driver
+ Install updates
+ Get RAID/DVD/CD driver installed
Hardware
+ Microsoft Security Essentials
+ EVGA E-LEET utility
+ Realtek
+ X-Fi
+ X-FI updates
+ Monitor
+Image
External hardware
+ Huey Pro
+ Epson R1800
+ Epson glossy ICC profiles
+ HP PCL 1220
+ EPSON Scan
+ Bamboo tablet
Image
+ Firefox
+ Adobe Reader
+ TV Tuner
+ Adobe Flash
Image
Software
+ Covenant Eyes
+ Office
+ Office updates
+ Outlook
Image
+ iTunes/QT
Image
+ LR
+ Design Premium (rename c:\Users\Public\Public Documents to c:\Users\Public\Documents
+ Adobe Updates
Image
+ Restore browser favorites
+ FileZilla
+ PlayOn
+ Fix channel line up
----
Didn't install
- SuperSync installer
- VPN
- Battlefield 2142
- Lego star wars
- Lego Indiana Jones
- Logitech game controller vista driver
Windows 7 install problems and workarounds
Here are some problems I encountered installing Win7 and the workarounds I found for them:
- Couldn't recognize by DVD/CD rom drive after the installer launched from the DVD (hello? you just loaded from the DVD player dumb installer?). Turns out it needed the RAID driver for the EVGA chipset. The appropriate driver was on the chipset CD that came with the motherboard, but it was under a folder titled AMD (weird.).
- iTunes 9 didn't install correctly. It stalled out during the step labeled "Status". Fix was to exit out of the installer (at which point it said it succeeded, weird), and then I ran the Apple Updater. It installed 9.0.2 again and this time no errors. Weird.
- The trick to getting Outlook to point to the right non-C drive folder was to go to Mail control panel (so messed up that this isn't controlled in the Outlook 2003 preferences).
- CS4 installation had errors where it couldn't install the English language packs. Arg!!! The solution was found here. Basically rename the C:\Users\Public\Public Documents folder to C:\Users\Public\Documents and it works fine. Man...
- Couldn't recognize by DVD/CD rom drive after the installer launched from the DVD (hello? you just loaded from the DVD player dumb installer?). Turns out it needed the RAID driver for the EVGA chipset. The appropriate driver was on the chipset CD that came with the motherboard, but it was under a folder titled AMD (weird.).
- iTunes 9 didn't install correctly. It stalled out during the step labeled "Status". Fix was to exit out of the installer (at which point it said it succeeded, weird), and then I ran the Apple Updater. It installed 9.0.2 again and this time no errors. Weird.
- The trick to getting Outlook to point to the right non-C drive folder was to go to Mail control panel (so messed up that this isn't controlled in the Outlook 2003 preferences).
- CS4 installation had errors where it couldn't install the English language packs. Arg!!! The solution was found here. Basically rename the C:\Users\Public\Public Documents folder to C:\Users\Public\Documents and it works fine. Man...
Monday, October 26, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Paul T. to the rescue
For instructions on those of us that have legit copies of Vista and want to save money by buying the upgrade version of Windows 7, but want the ability to later do a clean install if things start breaking.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Key articles to getting a blue screen XP install going
Some key sites and insights I learned after spending a full day and a half resurrecting a good friend's computer:
- You will only get the "repair in place" option from the Windows XP install disc if you have an exact match between the type of XPs (i.e., Windows install is Home Edition and the install disc is Home Edition). I tried using a WinXP Pro disc to do a repair install of a Home Edition install and it wouldn't give me the option to do so.
- PC World article on how to create a bootable CD (Linux) that will recognize a USB hard drive (key to getting off data from an unbootable computer).
- Good instructions on how to do a Windows XP Repair Install. It helped me figure out the first point on needing to match XP disc to actual install.
- Key instructions on how to restart a stuck MSI installer instance on XP.
- And finally, the mother of all articles on how to do a manual fix of an unbootable XP install. This was the key to resurrecting the install without having to reinstall the applications.
Important Note: there are two sets of important typos on the above link.
a) The first two lines on the first code section should read:
md c:\windows\tmp
copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak
b) In the third code snippets the software, sam, security and default files are all under
c:\windows\repair\
not
c:\windows\repair\system\
Hope that helps someone out there!
- You will only get the "repair in place" option from the Windows XP install disc if you have an exact match between the type of XPs (i.e., Windows install is Home Edition and the install disc is Home Edition). I tried using a WinXP Pro disc to do a repair install of a Home Edition install and it wouldn't give me the option to do so.
- PC World article on how to create a bootable CD (Linux) that will recognize a USB hard drive (key to getting off data from an unbootable computer).
- Good instructions on how to do a Windows XP Repair Install. It helped me figure out the first point on needing to match XP disc to actual install.
- Key instructions on how to restart a stuck MSI installer instance on XP.
- And finally, the mother of all articles on how to do a manual fix of an unbootable XP install. This was the key to resurrecting the install without having to reinstall the applications.
Important Note: there are two sets of important typos on the above link.
a) The first two lines on the first code section should read:
md c:\windows\tmp
copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak
b) In the third code snippets the software, sam, security and default files are all under
c:\windows\repair\
not
c:\windows\repair\system\
Hope that helps someone out there!
Stupid status.msi... HP!!!!
I've never found HP software to be any good, but this error just takes the cake:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistahardware/thread/fc920e97-956f-411e-98d2-e79a4602cacf
Man, hoping the fix from Swwillia does the trick...trying now...
This did the trick. Nice!!!!!!!!!
So for those getting the "you need to point to status.msi" error message and don't have your original HP install disks on hand this is your ticket to relief.
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistahardware/thread/fc920e97-956f-411e-98d2-e79a4602cacf
Man, hoping the fix from Swwillia does the trick...trying now...
This did the trick. Nice!!!!!!!!!
So for those getting the "you need to point to status.msi" error message and don't have your original HP install disks on hand this is your ticket to relief.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
NYTimes article on amount of exercise and falling ill.
NYTimes article on amount of exercise and falling ill.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Toyota wiper blade replacement numbers
Irks me to no end that the only place I can buy replacement rubber for my windshield wipers is at the dealer. They also kept giving me the wrong driver side part.
Driver side: G600, 85214 YZZD5 TM
Passenger side: G475, 85214 YZZE4
Driver side: G600, 85214 YZZD5 TM
Passenger side: G475, 85214 YZZE4
Friday, October 9, 2009
I hope I never have to do this...
But if I'm in charge of a tech conference, good little article on common wi-fi problems:
here.
here.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Stats before changes according to EVGA E-LEET
CPU
Core voltage - 1.235
core i7 920@2.67 GHz
Core speed 2786.0 MHz
Multiplier x21.0
Bus speed 132.7
QPI link 2388.1 MHz
Memory
6144 MBytes
NB Frequency 22122.6 MHz
DRAM frequency 520.7 MHz
FSB:DRAM 2:8
CAS# Latency (CL) 8.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 8 clocks
RAS# precharge (tRP) 8 lcocks
Cycle time (tRAS) 19 clocks
Refresh Cmd Delay (tRFC) 59 clocks
Command Rate (CR) 1T
Voltages
+3.3V 3.31V
CPU VCORE 1.23 V
DRAM 1.54V
CPU VTT 1.21 V
NB CORE 1.09V
+5V 5.05V
+12V 12.11 V
VSB3V 3.26V
VBAT 3.18V
Temps under load
CPU 54.0
VREG 68.0
Systems 35.0
CPU Core #1 68.0
CPU Core #2 64
CPU Core #3 64
CPU Core #4 64
Temps not under load
CPU 32.0
VREG 58.0
Systems 34.0
CPU Core #1 48.0
CPU Core #2 43
CPU Core #3 46
CPU Core #4 43
Fans
CPU 1435 RPM
NB 4615 RPM
Overclocking
CPU 2793.0
QPI 133.0
RAM 532.0
PCIE 99.2
PCI 33.3
Core1 x 22
Core2 x 21
Core3 x 21
Core4 x 21
Turbo mode on
Enable "Brink O/C" off
Voltages
0
1.5
1.1
1.8
1.1
1.1
1.5
1.05
Core voltage - 1.235
core i7 920@2.67 GHz
Core speed 2786.0 MHz
Multiplier x21.0
Bus speed 132.7
QPI link 2388.1 MHz
Memory
6144 MBytes
NB Frequency 22122.6 MHz
DRAM frequency 520.7 MHz
FSB:DRAM 2:8
CAS# Latency (CL) 8.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 8 clocks
RAS# precharge (tRP) 8 lcocks
Cycle time (tRAS) 19 clocks
Refresh Cmd Delay (tRFC) 59 clocks
Command Rate (CR) 1T
Voltages
+3.3V 3.31V
CPU VCORE 1.23 V
DRAM 1.54V
CPU VTT 1.21 V
NB CORE 1.09V
+5V 5.05V
+12V 12.11 V
VSB3V 3.26V
VBAT 3.18V
Temps under load
CPU 54.0
VREG 68.0
Systems 35.0
CPU Core #1 68.0
CPU Core #2 64
CPU Core #3 64
CPU Core #4 64
Temps not under load
CPU 32.0
VREG 58.0
Systems 34.0
CPU Core #1 48.0
CPU Core #2 43
CPU Core #3 46
CPU Core #4 43
Fans
CPU 1435 RPM
NB 4615 RPM
Overclocking
CPU 2793.0
QPI 133.0
RAM 532.0
PCIE 99.2
PCI 33.3
Core1 x 22
Core2 x 21
Core3 x 21
Core4 x 21
Turbo mode on
Enable "Brink O/C" off
Voltages
0
1.5
1.1
1.8
1.1
1.1
1.5
1.05
Sunday, September 27, 2009
To halloween or not...
Article on FamilyLife about Halloween observance from a biblical perspective.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
To convert Pinnacle TV HD to PS3 compatible format
Used Adobe Media Encoder and used the following export settings:
- MPEG2
- HDTV 1080p 23.976 HQ
- MPEG2
- HDTV 1080p 23.976 HQ
Here goes everything....
Going to try setting up my Pinnacle PCTV 80e usb tv tuner for vista media center and clear QAM...I hope this restore file really is going to work...
Helpful links:
- Vista problems with Clear QAM
- Hack to get it working on Vista
- Great PC World article on the update required to make this work
To find the right registry key I had to search the registry for PCTV 80e. Did that and it popped up in the folder: USB28xxBGA
Helpful links:
- Vista problems with Clear QAM
- Hack to get it working on Vista
- Great PC World article on the update required to make this work
To find the right registry key I had to search the registry for PCTV 80e. Did that and it popped up in the folder: USB28xxBGA
Friday, September 25, 2009
Cheap travel sites
Turns out that Priceline.com has gotten much better. I also was recommended to try Travelocity.
Monday, September 21, 2009
A thought that came to me...
Think about letting your super enthusiast users be your own entrepreneurs. Let them innovate on great ways to use your platform and then really build on their ideas; or just let your platform become it's own business. It'll be interesting to see if that's how Facebook evolves.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Polarizers for use as variable ND filter
Orchid care
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Next time I want to really pick up my clarinet again, 56 Rue Lepic reeds are supposed to the way to go, esp. strength 3.5+. Unfortunately, the local music store, West Valley Music, doesn't keep them in stock.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Got insert key working in VMWare
Thank goodness for the keyboard mapping preference. Went in there and assigned Function-Return to be the insert key. Nice!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The famous Feynman lectures online
I guess I have to thank Mr. Gates for this one. Silverlight...ug...
Here
Here
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Very interesting wiki on fiction writing...
Throw a couple of these together and you have a TV episode, novel...
Monday, July 6, 2009
Drive recovery people in bay area
Everyone swears by these guys, and they're pretty close to the SF office:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/lazarus-data-recovery-san-francisco
There was a good thread on SF Ads a couple weeks ago with suggestions about data recovery tools and stuff.
You might want to search the archives for disk recover. There was a ton of good information.
Anyways, you can try this adapter which is recommended by an Adobe employee's blog called "Newer Technology USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter"
http://terrywhite.com/techblog/archives/2190
http://www.yelp.com/biz/lazarus-data-recovery-san-francisco
There was a good thread on SF Ads a couple weeks ago with suggestions about data recovery tools and stuff.
You might want to search the archives for disk recover. There was a ton of good information.
Anyways, you can try this adapter which is recommended by an Adobe employee's blog called "Newer Technology USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter"
http://terrywhite.com/techblog/archives/2190
Key remote team take aways
For better collaboration:
- Figure out that culture's metaphors for teams
- Remind people they're on the same team, make team salient
- Treat people in "normative ways" to show part of a team in collectivist cultures
- Video game competitions across seas
- Localization of meeting notes
- Change status reporting to "team showing off events"
- Figure out that culture's metaphors for teams
- Remind people they're on the same team, make team salient
- Treat people in "normative ways" to show part of a team in collectivist cultures
- Video game competitions across seas
- Localization of meeting notes
- Change status reporting to "team showing off events"
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
How to change Vista network from public to private
Totally didn't see the customize link before...here
Monday, May 18, 2009
Fixed wireless problem with Samsung Wireless LAN Adapter
Couldn't get it to connect to my wireless WPA2 Personal network. Have a Samsung ln46b750. Had to do two things:
a) Make it publish its SSID
b) Change the WPA Algorithm from TKIP+AES to just AES.
Soooo annoying, but at least it works!
Bob
a) Make it publish its SSID
b) Change the WPA Algorithm from TKIP+AES to just AES.
Soooo annoying, but at least it works!
Bob
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Free museum days
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito
Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
M.H. de Young Museum
Exploratorium, San Francisco
Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley
Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley
Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco
Oakland Museum of California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Zoo
San Jose Museum of Art
IMAX movie at The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose
Zeum, San Francisco
For more information on Koret Museum Days, visit
http://www.koretfoundation.org/news/press_releases/pr_20609.htm
Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito
Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
M.H. de Young Museum
Exploratorium, San Francisco
Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley
Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley
Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco
Oakland Museum of California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Zoo
San Jose Museum of Art
IMAX movie at The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose
Zeum, San Francisco
For more information on Koret Museum Days, visit
http://www.koretfoundation.org/news/press_releases/pr_20609.htm
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Finally figured out how to go to the end of the current line in TextEdit on the Mac
Cmd-right arrow...oy...
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Microsoft Project fix
Got all my tasks bleeding over days. From here realized that I had set my default start time to 9am, but the work day started at 8am. Oy. The only way to fix the problem was to change the date format preference to include the time and then to manually go and edit the time in each field. Arg!
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
If I ever have to take people around "silicon valley"
Some cheater tips from the NY Times. Gotta try La Costena now...
Some seemingly knowledgeable info about the native DPI of the Epson R1800 (which I have).
720 and 741 seem like the DPIs for me.
720 and 741 seem like the DPIs for me.
Friday, April 17, 2009
To fix mobo power light...
Looks like I need to rewire the 3 pin Berg connector to a 2 pin version. Probably want a crimper and the like. This would probably be a .1" spaced one and something I'd want to Radio Shack over a Fry's for something like this.
Ug. At least this website pointed me in the right direction.
Ug. At least this website pointed me in the right direction.
Stupid JMicron error on startup, fixing sleep issues
Ended up disabling in BIOS the JMicron SATA ports on the EGA X58 motherboard that I wasn't using on board and the error went away. The error message had been:
"warning:have option rom can not be invoke" Nice English there...:)
Great article on how to fix sleep problems with Vista/XP with the key powercfg -a command.
"warning:have option rom can not be invoke" Nice English there...:)
Great article on how to fix sleep problems with Vista/XP with the key powercfg -a command.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Rebuild machine at home
This was how I did my own machine at home:
Prep/backup:
- Deactivate Adobe software
- Uninstall SuperSync in case I need to free up the serial number
- Make sure iTunes is up to date
- Consolidate iTunes library (File->Library -> Consolidate Library)
- Deauthorize iTunes (Store->Deauthorize)
- Export Browser favorites
Backup
- Browser favorites (including Yuki's)
- Backup desktop
- Backup Lego data files
- Backup Battlefield 2142 My Documents folder
- Backup data drive
- Including Outlook data file (D:Outlook)
- Make sure photo stuff is backed up
- Check out RAID block size
* 64KB
+ 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
Downloaded, found software for:
- Acronis
- Adobe CS3 Web Prem
- Cisco for Vista
- CE installer
- MS Office 2003
- X-Fi 64 bit drivers
- Epson R1800 64 bit drivers
- HP Laserjet 1200 64 bit vista drivers
- Logitech game controller vista driver
- McAfee virus scan
- Firefox
- [no Vista support for Nero 6 it would seem]
- Nvidia updated driver from XFX
- Huey Pro 1.5
- QT/iTunes
- Lightroom 2.0
- CDM+
- SuperSync installer
Prep/backup:
- Deactivate Adobe software
- Uninstall SuperSync in case I need to free up the serial number
- Make sure iTunes is up to date
- Consolidate iTunes library (File->Library -> Consolidate Library)
- Deauthorize iTunes (Store->Deauthorize)
- Export Browser favorites
Backup
- Browser favorites (including Yuki's)
- Backup desktop
- Backup Lego data files
- Backup Battlefield 2142 My Documents folder
- Backup data drive
- Including Outlook data file (D:Outlook)
- Make sure photo stuff is backed up
- Check out RAID block size
* 64KB
+ 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
Downloaded, found software for:
- Acronis
- Adobe CS3 Web Prem
- Cisco for Vista
- CE installer
- MS Office 2003
- X-Fi 64 bit drivers
- Epson R1800 64 bit drivers
- HP Laserjet 1200 64 bit vista drivers
- Logitech game controller vista driver
- McAfee virus scan
- Firefox
- [no Vista support for Nero 6 it would seem]
- Nvidia updated driver from XFX
- Huey Pro 1.5
- QT/iTunes
- Lightroom 2.0
- CDM+
- SuperSync installer
Great lists for the Bay Area
This guy on Yelp. His most famous is the one for rainy day activities for kids. He's dead on.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Power supply estimator
Right here
573+150 (if go to SLI) +175 (if do an overclock) = 898
So need 900 Watt power to do both, or 750 if not doing SLI.
573+150 (if go to SLI) +175 (if do an overclock) = 898
So need 900 Watt power to do both, or 750 if not doing SLI.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Offsite process take aways
Good
- Use of video camera to zoom in on writing on the board
- "Shift and Share" sessions to get cross pollination. Included sign up list, and two rotations.
- On Day 2 Design Team redid the grouping
- Everyone had to be there all three days (did hurt when people left)
- Used a number on the back of people's badges for random assignments
- Limited number of chairs to exactly the number of people supposed to be there. Expectation set that all seats were to be filled.
- Handheld mics for recap sessions. Should have had 3 mics instead of two.
- Used paper stuck to large magnetic sheets for transferring information from the white board to the results area.
- Turned back to the team and asked them what sessions are needed in the afternoon, but seeded with suggestions.
- At the right times asking for volunteers, at other times assigning people ahead of time
- Fines to charity for people caught using cell phones/laptops
- Name tags all three days
- Tradeshow format for sharing info (1 plenary, smaller audience ask questions and shift)
- Using 3 people to generate boring definitions and present them
- IKEA example about not knowing what it is until you're done.
Could have been better
- Should have used wireless lavaliere mics
- Used better LCD screens with HDTV so slides were readable
- Started breakfast half an hour earlier than start time. Should have publicized real start time and stuck to it?
- Eating in shifts without enough food meant those that played by the rules didn't have enough to eat.
- Squares listing all the previously generated requirements were taped to each other (hard to remove)
- Paper attached to magnetic sheets involved permanent marker, hard to adjust. Ended up being lots of small writing with bad handwriting.
- Should have said the purpose of the current activity for things that will not change.
- Nametags should always use black bold print
- Should have directed people to find terms that they know something about, and then grab other folks.
- IKEA example also goes better when you know where it's going
- Reference material never seemed to make it into the sessions (Master Feature list, etc.)
- Use cases weren't locked down enough for a real basis of conversation. Too dense. Should have been simplified ahead of time.
- Use of video camera to zoom in on writing on the board
- "Shift and Share" sessions to get cross pollination. Included sign up list, and two rotations.
- On Day 2 Design Team redid the grouping
- Everyone had to be there all three days (did hurt when people left)
- Used a number on the back of people's badges for random assignments
- Limited number of chairs to exactly the number of people supposed to be there. Expectation set that all seats were to be filled.
- Handheld mics for recap sessions. Should have had 3 mics instead of two.
- Used paper stuck to large magnetic sheets for transferring information from the white board to the results area.
- Turned back to the team and asked them what sessions are needed in the afternoon, but seeded with suggestions.
- At the right times asking for volunteers, at other times assigning people ahead of time
- Fines to charity for people caught using cell phones/laptops
- Name tags all three days
- Tradeshow format for sharing info (1 plenary, smaller audience ask questions and shift)
- Using 3 people to generate boring definitions and present them
- IKEA example about not knowing what it is until you're done.
Could have been better
- Should have used wireless lavaliere mics
- Used better LCD screens with HDTV so slides were readable
- Started breakfast half an hour earlier than start time. Should have publicized real start time and stuck to it?
- Eating in shifts without enough food meant those that played by the rules didn't have enough to eat.
- Squares listing all the previously generated requirements were taped to each other (hard to remove)
- Paper attached to magnetic sheets involved permanent marker, hard to adjust. Ended up being lots of small writing with bad handwriting.
- Should have said the purpose of the current activity for things that will not change.
- Nametags should always use black bold print
- Should have directed people to find terms that they know something about, and then grab other folks.
- IKEA example also goes better when you know where it's going
- Reference material never seemed to make it into the sessions (Master Feature list, etc.)
- Use cases weren't locked down enough for a real basis of conversation. Too dense. Should have been simplified ahead of time.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Found THE clarinet repairman to go to!
Daniel Deitch (pronounced Diich)
SF Article on him
And if I were to get a shortscale guitar, this might be it...
SF Article on him
And if I were to get a shortscale guitar, this might be it...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Fascinating article on how Japan's infrastructure investment did and did not pay off
Let's hope we in the US get it right. NY Times.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
LCDS links
adobe 1
adobe 2
There is also a test drive application that Christophe Coenraets created. That’s included in the lcds-samples web application that’s part of the LCDS installation.
Outside of Adobe, brightcove has the best links.
adobe 2
There is also a test drive application that Christophe Coenraets created. That’s included in the lcds-samples web application that’s part of the LCDS installation.
Outside of Adobe, brightcove has the best links.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Haven't tried this yet, but to get the iPhone to autocomplete....
Looks like you should use the google search box. i just need it to fill in my email handle, not for the less sundry purposes mentioned in this article.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Artificial tears
For at night my doctor suggested putting these in right before I went to bed:
Advanced Vision Research (company)
preservative-free Thera Tears
For tears when wearing the lenses she suggsted
Blink Contacts (green package)
Finally the solution for disinfecting and cleaning is called:
Opti-Free RepleniSH
Multi-purpose disinfecting solution
Alcon
Advanced Vision Research (company)
preservative-free Thera Tears
For tears when wearing the lenses she suggsted
Blink Contacts (green package)
Finally the solution for disinfecting and cleaning is called:
Opti-Free RepleniSH
Multi-purpose disinfecting solution
Alcon
1800contacts has a competitive price matching offer
Worked pretty good...got me a 18 dollar discount. Just look for the link during checkout.
Contact lenses, glasses prescription
14 day lenses
Acuevue Oasys
O.D. (right eye)
Base Curve: 8.8
Lens Rx: -1.50
Size: 14
Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism
O.S. (left eye)
Base Curve: 8.6
Lens Rx (power): -1.50
Cylinder: -.75
Axis: 030
Size: 14.5
If I did daily wear without astigmatism correction it would be:
1-day acuvue
O.D. (right eye)
Base Curve: 9.0
Lens Rx: -1.50
Size(diameter): 14.2
O.S. (left eye)
Base Curve: 9.0
Lens Rx (power): -1.75
Size: 14.2
And finally spectacle prescription:
OD (right eye)
Sphere: -1.50
Cylinder: -0.25
Axis: 090
OS (left eye)
Sphere: -1.50
Cylinder: -0.75
Axis: 030
Acuevue Oasys
O.D. (right eye)
Base Curve: 8.8
Lens Rx: -1.50
Size: 14
Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism
O.S. (left eye)
Base Curve: 8.6
Lens Rx (power): -1.50
Cylinder: -.75
Axis: 030
Size: 14.5
If I did daily wear without astigmatism correction it would be:
1-day acuvue
O.D. (right eye)
Base Curve: 9.0
Lens Rx: -1.50
Size(diameter): 14.2
O.S. (left eye)
Base Curve: 9.0
Lens Rx (power): -1.75
Size: 14.2
And finally spectacle prescription:
OD (right eye)
Sphere: -1.50
Cylinder: -0.25
Axis: 090
OS (left eye)
Sphere: -1.50
Cylinder: -0.75
Axis: 030
Monday, January 12, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
Lightroom 2.1 link
Man, with the crashes I'm experiencing on 2.1, Adobe really needs to fix the link to the 2.1 updater...
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=30550264
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=30550264
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Looks like just plunking down a set of drives...
Isn't possible when upgrading a motherboard and also using RAID. Ug...
XP Issue - http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/07/09/move-windows-xp-hard-drive-or-change-motherboard-without-getting-blue-screen-of-death/
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t22879.html
"move raid array to another computer" was a good Google search term
XP Issue - http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/07/09/move-windows-xp-hard-drive-or-change-motherboard-without-getting-blue-screen-of-death/
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t22879.html
"move raid array to another computer" was a good Google search term
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Test tracks if I ever decide to buy a subwoofer
Beethoven No. 6 track 1
Pictures at an Exhibition - track 14 1:40
Shostakovich No. 5 - track 4 7:32
Tsch No. 4 - track 3
Polk R30 55?
RTi8 40
RM40T
RCA ANT 1250
VHF 25 dB, UHF 20dB
Pictures at an Exhibition - track 14 1:40
Shostakovich No. 5 - track 4 7:32
Tsch No. 4 - track 3
Polk R30 55?
RTi8 40
RM40T
RCA ANT 1250
VHF 25 dB, UHF 20dB
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