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Windows XP Sudden Shutdown but CPU is cool
A DFI LanParty UT with an Athlon X2 3800 has been gradually failing. Throwing memory errors and now has sudden shutdown problems. It is very nasty figuring out what is wrong. If you read posts on sudden shutdown, folks often blame (so things you should try if you’ve got similar problems): # Heat. This is…
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Blackberry Pearl Trackball cleaning
Mary and a couple of other folks have told me that their Blackberry Pearl trackball doesn’t roll right anymore. This is another casualty of progress as the sidewheel of the old Blackberry was very reliable. Apparently, you have to very delicately remove the thing and clean the lint out. It is horrible to imagine how…
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Nonstop US China flights
If you can believe it, there are only seven daily nonstop flights between the US and China and three via Tokyo. But it is really harder than heck to actually figure out the right flights using expedia or even a travel agent. The routings are wierd. So here is a summary that I’ve found really…
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iphone news
Now there is quite a bit of new about the iphone. Most significant is that there is now someone who can unlock the phone. So you can buy one from apple and then put any carriers sim into it. You still need a data plan with that carrier but no two year contract. Second is…
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Crab Catch
Don’t forget to report your crab catch. You can do it online, but only September 4-15 at “Crab Catch”:http://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/wdfw/puget_sound_crab_catch.html
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Dead MacBook Pro with Flashing Question Mark
I had the classic, well it worked when I booted, but as soon as I wanted to do real work, it dies problem. Basically, when I try to start the MacBook Pro now, I get the grey screen and the startup chime. Then it sits there doing nothing (I can actually hear the click as…
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Mac DVD Creation for Sony DCR-SR100 Camcorder
Who knew that this would be so complicated. The new “iMovie ’08”:http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/ is supposed to do this directly, but the support is just awful if you are going to try it. Here are the list of bugs: * If you are using the 16:9 anamorphic format. What is called widescreen on the camera, then when…
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iMovie 08 lost Chapter Creation!
Apple software is really strange. iMovie 08 is a completely different program from iMovie 06 and you lose an amazing number of features. One big thing is the loss of chapter markets (!!!). You actually have to use an entirely different product Garageband in order to get them back as “imovie8.blogspot.com”:http://imovie08.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-to-add-chapter-markers.html explains If we didn’t…
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High Quality MP3 CD Backup on the Mac
I normally use Exact Audio Copy on the PC to do my CD backups. This combined with the latest Lame binary usually results in incredible quality particularly at –preset fast extreme settings, so on the Mac, its a little harder. iTunes has an MP3 encoder, but if you want the really best, try “Max”:http://www.sbooth.org/Max/ which…
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Invisible SHIELD for the Nikon D40x
Someone asked me about protecting the really nice 2.5″ screen on the D40x. “Invisible Shield”:http://www.shieldzone.com/item_description/NIKD40.html is something I use for all my cameras. It is really strong and light piece of plastic. Expensive, but worth it. I used to use for my iPod screens as well, but the new iPhone is just too beautiful to…