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Bin/CUE CD Image
WeetHet – CDRW – How to write a Bin/Cue CD image using Nero Burning Rom. _Hat tip to google for helping me understand the differences between .BIN and .ISO files_ BIN/CUE files (files that have a suffix .BIN and .CUE) are often found on the Internet and commonly created using CDRWIN by Golden Hawk. If…
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First 802.11a/b/g routers ship
Well, the first of the Atheros routers have shipped. Basically, everything but the kitchen sink is now available. Does 802.11a, 11b and 11g, so you get high bandwidth and it works in both the 2.4 and 5GHz ranges. Street of $129, so * “D-Link AirPremier AG DI-784”:http://d-link.com/products/?pid=299. Also supports the Super G mode. * “Zipzoomfly.com’;http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=252009&ps=sw7.…
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What if you don't have a parallel port?
USB parallel adapters, USB computer parallel adapters at TigerDirect.com. Many of new PCs don’t bother with a parallel port. If you an old printer that only has a parallel port (technically a Centronics IEEE-1284 port), then this is the magic cable for you.
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Cool devices: e-dimensional 3d glasses and ir pointer
OK, so if you’re playing a bunch of games, what are the cool peripherals to get now? * “E-D Glasses”:http://www.edimensional.com/products/edglasses.htm. These give you a three dimensional view of your game. Really does work mainly because there are essentially only ATI and nVidia left for gamers, so they can focus the driver work. nVidia includes a…
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Fixing rotting beams
“Wood Care Systems”:http://ewoodcare.com. Got some rotting beams. Even with creosote soaked wood, you get cracks and it exposes untreated wood and then you get rotting. So used for utility poles for instance. Here is how it works: # powder you spray on the wood # a rod that you drill into the wood. when you…
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iTunes plug-in
Introducing WMPtunelog | minimal verbosity. NOw when you are using itunes to play music, your blog can notice. How cool.
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MIDI to a CD
For Brad’s party, we need an instrumental of a Little Help from my friends. A great reminder of how hard it is to do certain things. Like get a MIDI file into a CD. Here’s how and its amazingly hard to do. Requires you pay dollars for a utility for something as trivial as MIDI…
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Barrow Alaska Research Notes
Here are some links for things that happened in Alaska around 1987, Barrow Alaska and whaling there: * “Bowheads in Alaska”:http://alaska.bp.com/alaska/environment/EnvStudies/pdf/3MAMMALS/gBowhead_Whales.pdf. A note about Bowheads What happened around 1987: * “Exxon Valdez”:http://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/ted/exxon.htm. Crashed into Bligh Reef 11M gallons. March 24, 1989. * “Wikipedia 1986”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986. It’s hard to access Encyclopedias or other things, this wiki is…
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Sony launches dual layer DVD writer
“Double Layer DVD”:http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=105337#105337. Sony announces a double layer DVD player. Called the DRU-700A and DRU-700UL (external). You can store up to 8.5GB of data on a single disk. Wow! Its truly a super drive and supports all the bizarre formats now around including They will also feature up to 8X DVD±R, 4X DVD±RW, 40X CD-R…
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Hybrid Cars
“Hybridcars.com”:http://hybridcars.com. Proving once again there is a website for everyone, there’s actually a news portal now for those interested in hybrid cars. No RSS feeds though unfortunately. Some interesting facts: * “Toyota Hybrid Camry in 2006”:http://www.hybridcars.com/news/toyota-hybrid-camry.html. Toyota plans to sell 100,000 hybrid Camry’s out of the 400,000 total. The overall Toyota plan is to sell…