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  • Webcams

    Dave was asking me about webcams. Since we use Macs mainly, I haven’t really studied the PC market (all Macs have iSight webcams which are decent, but most importantly built in). “Cowboyfrank.net”:http://cowboyfrank.net has an amazing number of webcam reviews. He likes the “Creative Notebook Pro”:http://cowboyfrank.net/webcams/Creative/NotebookPro2007/Description.htm, but the top rated notebook one is the “Logitech Quick…

  • Password protect WordPress

    This is an old post, but “cre8d design”:http://www.cre8d-design.com/blog/2006/08/10/password-protecting-your-wordpress-blog/ explains how to password protect your blog. The simplest way is the “registered only”:http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/registered-only/trunk/ plugin. With this plugin, only registered users can actually see your blog.

  • Instant PhD in biotech

    Ok, so here is a primer, also known as PhD in a blog entry: Plasmid – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A plasmid is an extra-chromosomal DNA molecule separate from the chromosomal DNA which is capable of replicating independently of the chromosomal DNA.[1] In many cases, it is circular and double-stranded. Plasmids usually occur naturally in…

  • Stryker Mobile Gun System

    !http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/00/IAVFiringCanon.jpg/250px-IAVFiringCanon.jpg! Watched a “Future Weapons”:http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/future-weapons/future-weapons.html with the kids and some great footage on the new “Stryker”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stryker. There are lots of variants and “M1128 Styker Mobile Gun System”:http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/iav-mgs.htm !>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/images/stryker-icon-mgs.jpg! This is one big gun on one small platform.

  • Age of Empire Asian Dynasty Error 1305

    Rebuilding Age of Empires and got error 1305 it is a little confusing, but it turned out the CD was dirty with junk. So if you get this, it is either a real problem or clean your CD! FAQ_General 1305This is an error that results from trying to read from a file and may also…

  • Seattle to Beijing Nonstops

    Hurray at last, you don’t have to go down to San Francisco and then fly by Seattle. The best routings now to Shanghai are: # United to ANA. This leaves 1PM and arrives in Shanghai via Narita at 9PM. There is a long layover in Narita # Air Canada. Go up to Vancouver and then…

  • Cool sites from Alex…Blackle.com

    !>http://www.blackle.com/logo.jpg! Hey instead of white which burns LEDs, go to a “Blackle”:http://blackle.com which has saved lots of power just by turning down Google with a black screen! Says you can save 750 MWhr/Year if everyone used it.

  • Free iPhone Wifi at Starbucks

    Hey a big incentive to learn how to make iPhone’s a proxy server for your laptop! AT&T Officially Lists Wi-Fi Hotspot Access with iPhone Plans – Mac Rumors AT&T’s iPhone website (under ‘Plans’ tab) has been updated to reveal that each iPhone plan now includes access to their “more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, including Starbucks…

  • Color Printer selection

    OK, so what we are making sure that we understand it. What are we doing thanks to Rennie’s excellent suggestion is to get a midrange printer first rather than buy a low mix 2840 and a high mix ImageClass: “Xerox Phaser 8860MFP”:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2199136,00.asp. This is a PC Editors Choice at $2,500 and 3 cents per page.…

  • iPod photo dies with sad ipod icon

    Yikes, I’ve never seen this icon before and it sounds like the hard drive died on our trusty Color iPod. How sad! !iPod iconology or what does this picture on my iPod mean? Sad iPod icon with exclamation point This also relates to the diagnostic software noted above. The icon means that the disk scan…