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Continue reading →: 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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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: Polar Express 3D
IMAX Film Schedule. Way cool, the Polar Express in 3D is at the pacific science center. Hope there are still tickets!
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Continue reading →: Defragmenting an iPod
Neil’s World – Defragging your iPod. Well, the whole iPod seems shrouded in mystery is actually just a FAT32 file system with some magic directories. If you plug the iPod into a PC, it comes up as a hard drive. iTunes also comes up, but you can actually see the…
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Continue reading →: PC Upgrade: $500, $1000, $1500
“Phil”:http://nvidia.com has come to visit us and was asking about upgrading his computer. Here is what he owns that is 2002 vintage: | Component | Replace or not? | | Athlon XP 2000+ | An older part, 2x performance increase possible | | PNY nVidia 4600 Video Card | Direct…
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Continue reading →: iPodSync
ICC – iPodSync. This shareware program syncs Outlook to your iPod so it can be a poor man’s PIM. YOu can’t edit of course, but you can read.
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Continue reading →: PC Recommendation
OK, given the choices right now there are two options for building a fast machine right now. Actually, not exactly right now, but if you can wait to January… h3. nForce 4 SLI (for January) If you want the maximum in performance, then you want the upcoming SLI boards. These…
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Continue reading →: Deaggregation of storage
a little ludwig goes a long way: The Exploding PC?. Another smart post by John. He’s right that you want to take the long term storage bank out of the PC. It happened with LANs long ago with SANs and NASes. I’ve been trying to get this to work reliably…
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