Post mortem technique

Two interesting tricks I saw in a postmortem I just attended:

Take a poll via anonymous sticky note poll on the relative safety in the room:
4 - Secure: I can share everything
3 - Safe: I can share almost everything without filtering
2 - Neutral: I can share most of what I want to share without filtering
1 - Dangerous: I cannot share some of my important contributions in the room.
0 - Treacherous: I cannot share most of my important contributions in the room.

Then talk about what ground rules could be put in place to help this.  Then up/down thumb vote to confirm everyone agrees to abide by those rules.

The other was to do a Return on Time Invested (ROTI) at the end of the meeting:

5 - Awesome!
4 - Exceeded expectations
3 - Was worth the time invested
2 - Wasn't worth 100% of the time invested, but worthwhile
1 - Not worth my time

Asana and Trello

Two new task mgmt. tools:
- Trello
- Asana

Latest glasses perscription

OD (right eye)
Sphere: -1.25
Cyl: -0.50
Axis: 090

OS (left eye)
Sphere: -1.50
Cyl: -0.75
Axis: 030

Common PIN numbers...

Note to self, don't use these...
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/cracking-pin-code-easy-1-2-3-4-130143629.html

Article in NY Times on asian quotas?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/opinion/asians-too-smart-for-their-own-good.html?src=me&ref=general&_r=0

Apple salad recipe

Equal parts sour cream, real mayo, pineapple juice from a can which has the whole pineapple with the hole in it.

Add a little sugar to balance out the sour parts.

Add to Fuji apples peeled, cored and sliced, sliced pineapple, pecans and optionally raisins and/or very small chopped celery

Why crust and mantle vs lithosphere, etc.?

http://ser.sese.asu.edu/GEO110/GEO110_S03/Dis2b.pdf

Great article on earth composition

If the mantle is solid, where does lava come from?

http://martianchronicles.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/hot-lava-where-does-it-come-fro/

Great article.

Apple FAQ on thunderbolt and bootcamp

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219?viewlocale=en_US#1

Sit-stand desk options

http://www.ergodesktop.com/
http://store.steelcase.com/products/sit-to-walkstation/
http://iamnotaprogrammer.com/Ikea-Standing-desk-for-22-dollars.html

Possible toy options

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/kidspost-annual-holiday-toy-test/2012/11/14/acc1d1a8-2ce8-11e2-89d4-040c9330702a_gallery.html#photo=22

Weird and Wacky Contraption Lab 

Air Storm Z-Curve Bow and Z-Tek Cross Bow 

Tutorial on preparing website graphics for retina displays

http://line25.com/tutorials/how-to-create-retina-graphics-for-your-web-designs

Audiophile test tracks

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-57552249-47/the-audiophiliacs-top-music-tracks-for-testing-speakers-and-headphones/

If I ever need to buy a remote for presentations

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/14/presentations-are-a-pleasure-with-the-keyspan-tripp-lite-pro-3-r/

Balsamiq competitor

https://moqups.com/

Website for transforming Word docs to clean HTML

http://word2cleanhtml.com/

How crescent dunes are formed

http://www.infoplease.com/dk/science/encyclopedia/sediments.html

How spits are formed

http://blip.tv/geogtv/formation-of-spits-and-marshes-469845

Helpful wave URLs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deep_water_wave.gif
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100422144126AAjZikN
http://earth.usc.edu/~slund/systems/topic5a/topic5a.html
http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/gj/Ocean101-Ch09-Part1.pdf

Camera eyepiece article

Maybe I should wear my glasses while shooting after all
http://photo.net/columns/mjohnston/column6/

Real life diamond heist

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/magazine/17-04/ff_diamonds?currentPage=all
Human ingenuity.

How to get MacBook Pro Thunderbolt / Mini-displayport to HDMI

How to get MacBook Pro Thunderbolt / Mini-displayport to HDMI

* Check here to see which model MacBooks support native audio output over HDMI:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4241
* If yours supports audio, buy this adapter:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/TY600VC/A/griffin-mini-displayport-to-hdmi-with-audio-dvi
* After plugging in the cable and adapter, to get sound working go to the Sound control panel, and under the output tab choose your external audio system

Compensation Handbook for Church Staff

Compensation Handbook for Church Staff
http://store.churchlawtodaystore.com/20cohaforchs.html

Calculating date differences in Excel

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/calculate-the-difference-between-two-dates-HP010070467.aspx

Getting an MP4 file to show on PS3 using USB drive

Two simple steps that got this to work for me:
- Make sure to put it in an folder on the USB drive, not at the root level
- Before diving into a submenu on the usb drive, select the drive at the movie level, click the green triangle for options and select Display All.  Then all the files showed up correctly.

How to search in a specific site

http://www.techerator.com/2010/05/google-tip-how-to-search-within-a-specific-website-domain-or-news-source/

Recommended Canon 5D Mark iii settings for wedding photographers

http://www.atrero.com/articles/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii-af-settings/
Recommended Canon 5D Mark iii settings for wedding photographers

Auto focus micro adjustments using computer screen

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/cameras/1ds3_af_micoadjustment.html
Auto focus micro adjustments using computer screen

Copying HTML tables to Excel

Forgot how I was able in the past to get complex web tables to properly get put into an Excel worksheet (my former MFL, aka Master Feature List).  I now remember, thanks to this post, that what I would do is:

• Open the page in question in IE
• Save locally
• Add a stylesheet in the header to get the next step to work correctly

<STYLE type="text/css">
br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}
</STYLE>

• Resave the local HTML page
• Open the local HTML page in IE
• Copy and paste from IE into Excel
• Wha la, just what I wanted.

Best compact flash cards for Canon 5D Mark III

Best compact flash cards for Canon 5D Mark III
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/camera_wb_multi_page.asp?cid=6007-12452

Hack to import excel table into confluence wiki

Hack to import excel table into confluence wiki
http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_7372491_import-excel-spreadsheets-confluence.html

New Testament verses regarding the trinity

Matt 3:16-17 (Jesus' baptism)
Matt 28:19 (baptize in the name of...)

Minute Physics

Great explanations of difficult physics concepts in a minute:
http://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics

Picture worth a thousand words

Awesome set of government related infographics (how a bill becomes a law, senate rules).  Eat your heart out School House Rock!

http://www.good.is/post/infographic-how-a-bill-actually-becomes-a-law/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+good/lbvp+(GOOD+Main+RSS+Feed)

Tree identified

I'm pretty sure we have a crapemyrtle tree in our front yard after some investigation.

T8 fluorescent bulb lighting setup

http://www.joeedelman.com/blog/photography/lighting/no-flicker-fluorescent-studio-lights-cheap/

This looks like a great way to get a nice big bank of lights for little power and cost.

Found replacement cylinder globe for our backyard

Found replacement cylinder globe for our backyard here:
https://www.lightbulbemporium.com

Solar water heating panel installers

I think docs from the previous owner indicated that the installer of the solar panels for heating the pool water in our house were done by:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/poco-solar-energy-santa-clara-2

Great canon lens recommendations for dslr video

Interesting canon lens recommendations for dslr video
http://www.photographybay.com/2012/07/05/5-killer-canon-lenses-for-video/

How to remove a rusted screw

Best tips were:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/skills/auto-home-improvement-diy/how-to-free-a-rusted-bolt
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-loosen-a-rusted-screw.htm

PB Blaster and Liquid Wrench seem to be the best of the box options from what I read online - outside of mixing transmission fluid and acetone by hand...

How to do water drop photography

How to do water drop photography
http://www.diyphotography.net/the-comprehensive-water-drop-photography-guide

Two Netflix articles on how they do ratings

From the Netflix Tech Blog:
http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/04/netflix-recommendations-beyond-5-stars.html
http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/06/netflix-recommendations-beyond-5-stars.html

Taylor pool chemical videos

http://www.taylortechnologies.com/products_choose_slideshow.asp
Taylor pool chemical videos

Cool chord sensing program - Capo

http://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/Capo/
Cool chord sensing program - Capo

Video settings for Canon 5D Mark III

http://www.eoshd.com/5d-mark-iii-settings-vault
A guy can dream...

Gotta remember to use BeyondWork

Totally forgot about BeyondWork.  They have some great discounts there.  Gotta make sure I check them next time before I go to an attraction like Great America.

Finally got Dolby decoding working

I have a Pioneer VSX-819H and could never get it to show Dolby decoding.  This page finally explained what I needed to do:


http://www.highdefforum.com/archive/t-114165.html


The PS3 must be set to bitstreaming rather than Linear PCM for the receiver to detect the signal as dolby digital 5.1/DTS. 

The menu item to adjust/verify is (from XMB): Settings: --> Video Settings --> BD/DVD Audio Output Format (HDMI).




Arg...I had kept going to the audio menu, not the video one.  All fixed now.  Working with a PS3 slim.

Pergo floor - Bedford Cherry

I think the Pergo in our house is Bedford Cherry.

Notepad++

When it comes to doing down and dirty text manipulation for carriage feeds and the like Notepad++ has been the best tool I've come across so far that's free.

Karma points

An interesting way to help and track risk for code check-ins:
http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/04/exclusive-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-facebook-release-engineering/3/

Service magic

A co-worker uses this service to find handypeople to do work for her:
http://www.servicemagic.com/

Good index for Family Life broadcasts

Good index for Family Life broadcasts
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/familylife-today/

Word 2010 vertically center text on page

Word 2010 vertically center text on page
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/center-text-on-a-page-HA102518258.aspx

Win 7 Devices and Printers dialog slow to load

Win 7 Devices and Printers dialog slow to load

Found my answer here:
http://techietalkz.com/2009/10/02/how-to-solve-windows-7-devices-and-printers-forever-loading-and-blank/

ROR on Windows

Not recommended, but good links.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/164896/limitations-in-running-ruby-rails-on-windows

styleforhire.com

interesting concept: styleforhire.com

DIY white video light setup

Using standard incandescent lights.  See comment about just getting a strip light from Home Depot.
http://www.diyphotography.net/white-video-studio

How to reset toner levels on Brother 4150

* open cover
* hold the secure and then the cancel buttons at the same time and then follow the prompts

From here.

Great Photoshop Etiquette page!

http://photoshopetiquette.com/

Using flourescent light bulbs for lighting

As long as your shutter speed is 1/125 or less you're good to go.
http://www.diyphotography.net/can-kickass-studio-lighting

How to update my cs address

https://cs.stanford.edu/computing-guide/email/forwarding

California unclaimed property form

Turns out I had something for me:
http://scoweb.sco.ca.gov/UCP/default.aspx

Reset Brother 4150CDN toner count

Printer just stopped all of a sudden and said I needed to replace the toner, but I didn't see any toner degradation in any print outs.  Found this neat tip:

There has also been some negative comments about Brother colour laser printers refusing to print further once the page count for the toner has reached the perceived maximum with toner still available. This may be so but is easily sorted by resetting the toner count when needed. This is done through the toner reset menu found by simultaneously pressing the "secure" and "cancel" buttons on the printer whilst the toner door is open.

You actually want to press the secure button first, and while you're still holding that button then press the cancel button.

Possible fix for PDF indexing on Win7 64 bit

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/i-need-to-index-pdf-files-in-my-laptop-running/ef5fa7c3-bb64-4f3e-9607-3e01349dccca?page=3

Fix for Verizon MiFi 4510L - charge and use at same time

This is what worked for me:
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/522120/page/5

Purchase a $7.95 dongle/charging adapter from www.boxwave.com
  a. Navigate to www.boxwave.com
  b. Enter "iPad" into the search box
  c. Click Apple iPad 2
  d. Select the iPad 2 Charging Adapter near the top of the results window

Plug in that adapter to USB port closest to the power supply input on the MacBook pro.  Connect mini USB dongle from MiFi to boxwave adapter.  Cruise the internet happily all while charging!

Start up tools

http://mashable.com/2011/07/26/startup-tools/

Old archive kb article about IIS and unknown MIME types

Cleaning out office.  Found this article which was helpful in the past when dealing with an attachment MIME type issue:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326965

stock music

For stock music soundtracks I liked: stockmusic.net.

Also suggested by someone else:

http://audiojungle.net

Outlook calendar

To apparently clear local entries you can start up Outlook from the start menu by typing:
outlook.exe /cleanfreebusy

Best GAL solution for Android email

Goal: compose email and when typing into To field autocomplete not only with my local contacts, but also use information from the corporate GAL (global address list)

I used to use "Improved Email" but it got taken down from the Android market :(.  Fortunately there's a new app call Moxier Mail which does the same thing.  Phew...  K9 email never worked for me and not even TouchDown appeared to be able to do this simple thing.

Battlefield 3

FAMAS (181), AEK-971 (201)
M4, M4A1 (226)
PKP (201 short range), M240B (>= 20meters)
SV98, M40A5, M98B

93R (202), G18 (269), MP412 (276)

Copy a wiki space in Confluence

Here's what worked for me:
* Copy the page and save
* If there are any embedded Gliffy documents fix links to them by going into the wiki source and removing the version reference - that fixes the issue
* Go to Edit and do the move to the new space from there (move menu item doesn't always seem to work)
* Do edit again and do a search for the old wikispace name (e.g., csarch) and delete that debris
* Do similar find/replace at the source level too once all docs have been ported over
* Go back to old page and put a link to the new page in the new space

Command that has Win7 check for system file integrity

Right click on Command Prompt application and choose Run as Administrator
Then type sfc.exe /scannow

Best online comparison tools

pricegrabber.com

http://shopping.yahoo.com/

Review by consumers reports on pricing engines

Good tutorial on basic lighting

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=1426

Children's Events in the Bay Area

http://www.bayareakidfun.com/pages/events.html

Confluence attachment trick

By default if you use the WYSIWYG link tool in Confluence, the attachment links always show up with versions.  This can be a problem if you always want people to see the latest version of a document.  To get around that, go to the actual attachment view on the hosting page, copy the URL there and use that as a static HTML text link.

From then on, whenever you click that link you'll always get the latest version of that document.

Possible post on how to get in and clean the Epson print head

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/How-to-Unclog-Epson-Print-Heads/178/1

Future book

- Success criteria

- “Meet your commitments”

- Order to chaos

-

Latest glasses prescription

OD (right eye)
Sphere: -1.75
Cylinder: -.25
Axis: 090

OS (left eye)
Sphere: -1.50
Cylinder: -.75
Axis: 030

Great crowdsourcing site to see if Netflix is down

http://downrightnow.com/netflix

New Granada Green website URL

New Granada Green HOA website.
https://sites.google.com/site/granadagreenhoa/home

When I'm ready a way to determine % of iTunes songs that are DRM free

Not an answer, but a reference to the fact it can be done.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20079626-266/ask-maggie-what-you-should-know-about-ditching-the-iphone-for-android/


And it also sounds like you can convert them to being DRM free as well, for a small fee, sigh...

National Geographic map purchase site

For orienteering it would seem.
https://www.topo.com/store
Got a few free map credits with my compass purchase.

List of clear qam channels in my area

http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/lineup_web/US:94043#lineup_1171485

In case I ever lose my phone...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20038043-245.html

How to have Win7 change default printer based on network

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Automatically-switch-default-printers-between-home-work-or-school

Skipping that annoying announcement

You can skip the inane 15-second voice-mail instructions when leaving a message (“To page this person, press 5”) — if you know your friend’s cellphone carrier. If it’s Verizon, press * to cut directly to the beep. AT&T or Sprint, press 1. T-Mobile, press #. (Better yet: Do the world a favor and add this trick to your own greeting: “To cut to the beep, press 1.”)

From http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/technology/personaltech/19pogue.html?src=dayp

Simple fix for pop up windows not showing up in the right screen or monitor

Set up dual monitor setup for laptop and outlook tasks kept popping up on the wrong screen. simple fix: drag task window to primary monitor and close it. From then on it remembers to open in that other monitor.

Toyota online service website

https://idriveonline.com/

testing

New entry...

Just to keep things fresh... Bob Murata

Thunderbolt 3G fix in some areas

http://mobile.engadget.com/2011/03/30/htc-thunderbolt-3g-data-problems-solved/

Macbook Pro Install, Migration, Upgrade

MacBook Pro install

- Mac: All software update
- Bootcamp partition
- Install Win 7 SP1

- Win: run Apple Software Update
- Win: install all updates
- Win: add to Adobenet domain
- Win: Firefox install

- Mac: VMWare
- Activate Win7 in Fusion (at work wired)
- Reboot native win
- Activate Win7 again
- Reboot native mac
- Activate Fusion again (or confirm ok)
- Reboot native win confirm ok

- Win: install Cisco Access Anywhere
- Win: install virusscan
- Win: install Office 2010
- Win: install ePo administrator
- Win: install Win Zip (important for installing MS Project from volume servers correctly)
- Win: install corp id fonts
- Win: Adobe wireless setup

- Win: install Project 2010
- Win: install TimelineMaker Pro
- Win: install Florencesoft DiffEngineX

- Win: Design Premium Win, activate
- Reboot fusion, confirm activation ok
- Install Digsby
- Flash
- AIR


- Adobe Directory
- Connect JS shortcut
- Launch Connect

- Set homepages for browsers
- Add printers

- Connected backup (opt)

---
Mac side

- VPN
- VirusScan
- Microsoft Keyboard
- Flash
- AIR
- Adobe Directory
- Mac Office
- Bookmarks and JS for Connect

- Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium
- Keynote from App Store
- Adium, log file location /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/Users/Default/Logs/
- Corp ID fonts
- Launch Connect
- IT helpdesk app
- Transmit FTP
- UnRarX
- WinClone

- Android file transfer
- Printers
- Lightroom

- Backup software
- Covenant Eyes
- Sierra Wireless

----
Data Migration

Windows
- Desktop contents
- Setup Outlook
- Email datafile
- Reimport Outlook data files
- OneNote files
- Reimport rules

Mac
- User data folder
- Desktop stuff
- Browser favorites/bookmarks and JS for Connect
- Adium log file location /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/Users/Default/Logs/
- Pictures folder
- Music folder

Turning on snap to grid in OS X

can't believe this is off by default. Go to

view->show view options->arrange by pull down->snap to grid

Excel: how to change rows to columns, or columns to rows

Paste Special->Transpose
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/rotate-data-by-converting-columns-to-rows-or-vice-versa-HP005203138.aspx

Excel: how to convert cells with text delimited content into individual cells

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-convert-delimited-text-files-into-excel-spreadsheets/

Excel wizard to the rescue.

Turning off vibrate feedback on Thunderbolt

Two obscure settings:
- Settings->Sound->(scroll to bottom), Vibrate Feedback
- Settings > language & keyboard > Touch Input > Text input and uncheck vibrate when typing.

Important study on sleep - 7 ain't even quite enough

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sleep-t.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage

How to make multiplicity photos

http://www.diyphotography.net/taking-multiplicity-photographs