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  • Reinstalling Windows XP Easily

    “Reinstalling”:http://winhowto.blogspot.com/2006/06/how-to-reinstall-windows-xp-easily_22.html is a pain and I need to do that now. I have a 75GB system drive that I want to replace with a 750GB (woo hoo!) drive, but I don’t want lose all the installation stuff. So how can I do this? You need something called the Bart PE

  • Ack Windows Geniune Advantage Failure

    PC Hell: Windows Genuine Advantage Problems and Fixes. Ack one of my PCs has been infected with geniune advantage problem. I can’t seem to fix it other than reinstalling which wipes out the entire installation as I think this is a version I got from the Microsoft Company Store. Interesting, this isn’t something that is…

  • New Cingular Phones

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  • Home Movie DVDs to iPod Video

    OK, I need to get a bunch of my home movies from their DVD .VOB format back into a long .MPG file so that I can make H.264 files for iPod Video. As usual, there are a zillion formats and it is hard to figure out the easiest way to do it. Here is the…

  • Shooting Fireworks

    !New York Institute of Photography – Fireworks Photography – Tips for Great Fireworks Photographs from NYIP. Happy 4th of July, here are some tips on shooting fireworks. The basics are that you need a tripod and you need to be able to take a long exposure. With “digital cameras”:http://www.nyip.com/tips/current/digfirewks.php, you need a tripod, a cable…

  • Bob on Canon Lenses

    “Bob”:http://bobsplanet.com is really a great photographer. By his permission, here’s an excerpt on picking lenses. Don’t you love IM? Bob Wise says: good, how are you? Rich Tong says: Goofing off. Scanning 35mm film from 1999 and looking for cameras. Have to leave in 3 minute to go to work We should talk cameras and…

  • Motorola V3 RAZR Modding

    OK, now that we have a Motorola V3, its fun to see what the internet world has been doing to customize it. It’s kind of amazing the tools that are now available and the amount of hacking people have done: * “Motox”:http://motox.us. This is a big modding site with lots of firmware. The essentials are…

  • Calvin’s New Bike

    Alex got one last year, now its Calvin’s turn. Some choices: !>http://www.redlinebicycles.com/adultbikes/bikes/images/Conquest-24.jpg! * REDLINE | ADULT BIKES | CONQUEST 24. This is a 24″ wheeled Redline Cyclocross. It has a 17.4″ standover.

  • Useful Utilities

    “PC Magazine”:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1936083,00.asp normally isn’t that useful anymore and it is a pale imitation of its former self, but this piece on cool utilities is really useful. Here are the top ones: * “Roboform”:http://roboform.com. A great utility even if it does cost $30. Keeps track of all your passworks. * “PartitionMagic”:http://symantec.com. Its is $70, but it…

  • Password Safe

    My buddy Bill was using Roboform for password saving and I liked it, but I’m too cheap to pay for something like that. There is an open source project that seems to do much the same thing called “Password Safe”:https://sourceforge.net/projects/passwordsafe/