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OQO Buzzing and Wifi
jkOnTheRun: Further hardware problems for the OQO. this guy is just ahead of me. Just noticed the AC Adapter buzzing and I can’t acquire a Wifi signal. Actually, it report it sees the signal, but can’t DHCP. Wierd.
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More on OQO
jkOnTheRun: Problems in OQO-land. Hat tip to Jonathan Kellerman for pointing out where to get help on the OQO. He points out that most OQO users hang out at the “OQO Forum”:http://www.handtops.com/show/forum/3 so maybe I can get some problems fixed there.
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OQO
My buddy “Mike Kwatinetz”:http://www.azurecap.com/html/partners/kwatinetz.html is an investor in “OQO”:http://oqo.com as reviewed by “Tomshardware”:Tom’s Hardware Guide Mobile Devices: The OQO: WindowsXP in the Palm of Your Hand – Introduction, “engadget”:http://www.engadget.com/entry/9535533665475287/ and a good review by “webchat on handtop.com”:http://www.handtops.com/show/news/42/0/What_is_the_OQO.html I bought a Model 01 to see what the experience is. IMHO there is a real product playbook…
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Audioscribbler
Audioscrobbler :: Home. A cool application. It installs in your music player and then you vote by simply playing music. Kind of interesting to see popularity like this.
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Windows doesn't recognize iPod
Your Windows PC doesn’t recognize iPod. Things have been working great, so of course Murphy’s Law says things should start to fail 🙂 My 40GB iPod Photo suddenly isn’t recognized by Windows over USB 2.0. Doesn’t work across two Windows machines but it does work with Firewire to a Macintosh. Mysterious thing is that it…
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Last Minute Shopping
“Hoops”:http://scbhooper.com said he had a bit of quick shopping to do. It is amazing how you can still get things online and quasi-online just a few days before Christmas. Here are notes for last minute shoppers: * “Outpost.com”:http://outpost.com. This is the cyber outlet for Fry’s. So if you don’t feel like jetting over to Fry’s,…
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MovableType Upgrade
Movable Type Publishing Platform: Movable Type 3.14 released. You’ll want to get this one, it fixes slow downs because of massive spam attacks. Sigh. Sign of the modern world.
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Cordless Drills
Choosing a Cordless Drills. My Dad still has the same drill he bought from Sears in 1965 and it still works. I have an el cheapo drill that “Infoworld”:http://infoworld.com gave me in 1999. Main problem is that the cordless ones die eventually. It has NiCads and they never last. Taking it apart, it of course…
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Car Repair and Service
Time once again for the regular car servicing. Some folks are finally letting you use Internet forms: * Acura of Bellevue Service Form. Or call 888-664-7249 if you are old fashioned. * “Barrier Volvo”:http://www.barriervolvo.com/en_US/frm_index.chtml?pageName=HomePage_1&noc=1&overrideUrl=f_HomePage_1.chtml. And again, there is 800-770-1348 for the old fashioned.
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Disk Usage with TreeSize
TreeSize Treesize Download. I’ve been trying to figure out why directories are so big. It is amazing that Windows doesn’t have a utility that shows how much a directory (vs. an individual file is using). There is a command line tool called diskuse that comes in the Resource Kit, but it unwieldy. Here’s a freeware…