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Book Review: Anathem

I have a sneaking suspicion that hanging out on Twitter is causing my attention span to grow shorter and shorter and … wait, what was I talking about? Oh, short attention span, right. So as penance for all that microblogging, I decided to set myself a thick book to read. I chose Neal Stephenson’s Anathem. I’ve [...]
Publication date: 2009-03-03 more

Top 5 signs you are anal-retentive

You keep large redundant amounts of all your sundries such as laundry detergent so that you never risk running out. You don’t just sort the money in your wallet by $1, $5, $10, or $20, but also sort the bills by wear-and-tear so that you get rid of the bills in the worst shape first. You look [...]
Publication date: 2009-03-02 more

Grab bag questions

I have some extra time in my calendar today, so I thought I’d open up a thread for questions. Post your questions over on Google Moderator so that I can see which questions are popular. I’ve only got 45-60 minutes, so I can’t answer every question, but I’ll try to answer at least a few [...]
Publication date: 2009-02-26 more

Learn More about the Canonical Link Element

A week or so ago I did a post about the canonical link tag, including a pointer to a 3-4 minute video about the tag. If you enjoyed that video but wanted to learn more, last week I sat down and recreated the presentation that I did at SMX West. You can watch the “director’s cut” [...]
Publication date: 2009-02-25 more

Last call for

This is the last call for “noresult” pages. If you want to mention examples, please send them to us this week. Here’s how to do it.
Publication date: 2009-02-24 more

Do you get these emails?

Every so often I get emails to my old school account that begin Dear Professor Dr. M. Cutts Taking in mind your valuated achievements in mathematics, it is a pleasure for us to invite you to publish a work in “International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics”. I never finished my Ph.D. because I stopped working on it to join [...]
Publication date: 2009-02-23 more

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Publication date: 2009-02-21 more

buka on "DVD to iPhone Converter Review"

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Publication date: 2009-02-20 more

Pointers for Google Japan paid-post story

I just did a joint post about the Google Japan issue on Google’s Japanese webmaster blog. There’s also a post on Google’s main Japanese blog. If you don’t read Japanese, you can also watch the video where I recently talked about this. To the extent that I can speak on behalf of Google, I apologize [...]
Publication date: 2009-02-19 more

Learn about the Canonical Link Element in 5 minutes

Last week Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft announced support for a new link element to clean up duplicate urls on sites. The syntax is pretty simple: An ugly url such as http://www.example.com/page.html?sid=asdf314159265 can specify in the HEAD part of the document the following: <link rel=”canonical” value=”http://example.com/page.html”/> That tells search engines that the preferred location of this url (the [...]
Publication date: 2009-02-16 more

Windows 7 Impressions

I'll admit it. I still run Windows on a few machines--mostly because I have software that needs it (like flight planning or my scanner tools). And it's good on a notebook where drivers are tricky in Ubuntu at times. But I've also been using Windows XP Professional on all my Windows boxes (one desktop, one laptop, and one HTPC) for a long time now. However, as of a couple days ago I'm running the Windows 7 Beta on my Thinkpad T61. And you know what? I completely agree with the reviews I've seen. It's good. I basically never touched Vista (since it was teh suck) but Windows 7 is snappy, easier to use, and the transition from XP isn't that hard at all. Plus it has drivers for everything. This definitely doesn't feel like a beta at all. In fact, it reminds me of the Windows NT 4.0 beta days. I ran the beta as my desktop operating system for quite some time and loved it. For a long time I believed that nothing produced by Microsoft would displace Windows XP Professional, but I'm really starting to think they've got a starting chance. And if it's even a bit faster and leaner when the full release comes, that's all the better. I just hope there's an in-place upgrade option for those of us using the beta. And I hope they're smart about the pricing--especially if they really want to get folks off of XP. (comments)
Publication date: 2009-02-13 more

White House CTO? Bigger fish to fry first...

Over on the Sunlight Foundation blog, Ellen Miller asks White House: Where is the CTO?. Pardon my bluntness, Ellen, but what are you smoking? Don't you think there are higher priorities right now? It seems to me that Obama and his administration have their hands more than full working on the economic problems we're facing along with rebuilding some of our important international relationships. I'm as much of a technology geek as the next guy, but it really won't bother me if the punt on the whole CTO thing for a few months while some of the bigger fish are fried. I can't say quite why, but this call for immediate action on a CTO feels like a bit of headline grabbing and irresponsibility at the same time. Sure, they could come out and name a CTO tomorrow and I'd applaud the move. But I really hope they're keeping their priorities in check. Part of being a good leader is deciding what can wait and what cannot. Appointing a CTO can wait. Fixing our economy cannot. Update: It looks like Kara has jumped on this too. (comments)
Publication date: 2009-02-12 more

Write to a Google Spreadsheet from a Python script

Suppose you want to write to a Google Spreadsheet from a Python script. Here’s an example spreadsheet that you might want to update from a script: I did some searching and found this page, which quickly led me to the Python Developer’s Guide for the Google Spreadsheet API. There’s a simple “Getting started with Gdata and Python” [...]
Publication date: 2009-02-11 more

Playing With CouchDB: First Impressions

About a week ago, Nat posted Open Source NG Databases on O'Reilly Radar. That caught my interest because I'm playing with some "alternative" databases for some of our data at Craigslist. Don't get me wrong, MySQL is great. But MySQL isn't well suited to every use case out there either. (I'll talk more about this at the MySQL Conference.) Meanwhile, I left a comment on that posting about CouchDB and have been playing with it a bit more since then--mostly loading in test data, figuring out the data footprint, performance, etc. Overall, I'm impressed and encouraged. I agree with what Ben Bangert said. The simple API is great but the lack of a schema to worry about really makes my life simple in this application. I don't have any initial plans for views, but writing them in Javascript is an interesting idea. I can definitely appreciate the flexibility there. And having good replication built-in solves one of my big needs. I'm sure my thinking will have evolve after I've loaded a few hundred million documents in, but so far I'm really liking it. The CPAN modules in Net::CouchDb do a pretty good job and get you up and running quickly. I had a knee-jerk response to tweak a few things there but quickly realize that they're far from being the bottleneck anyway. It seems that without any tuning or fancy work, I can get about 75-100 inerts/sec on my desktop class Ubuntu box (Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.66GHz, 1GB RAM, single 80GB SATA disk). That's not bad for out-of-the-box performance. And doing the math on space used for a document set (after compaction), I'm seeing roughly ~3KB/doc. That's a bit more than I expected but really not bad at all. I wonder if there's a future for gzip compression in CouchDB. Or maybe we should just use ZFS... (comments)
Publication date: 2009-02-11 more

Where to find me, first half of 2009

Here’s the speaking/travel that I’m expecting to do in early 2009: January 17-22, 2009: My wife and I journeyed to Washington D.C. to see the Presidential inauguration. It was very cold. February 4-7, 2009: I just attended the TED conference down in Long Beach. It was pretty amazing. I got to pick Bill Gates’ brain on his [...]
Publication date: 2009-02-10 more

Google and Big Ideas

I love Om Malik and respect him greatly. I’m hoping to corner him for lunch sometime to pick his brain on ways that Google could improve. But today he happened to do a tweet that caught my attention just as my morning caffeine was kicking in. Om said “I think google has no big ideas. [...]
Publication date: 2009-02-04 more

Good books to read?

Here’s my current “to-read” books: Are there any other great/recommended books to read that you would suggest adding to the list?
Publication date: 2009-02-02 more

Making Homemade Pasta is Fun, Easy, and Delicious

Over the last year or so we've slowly been accumulating new kitchen toys and cookbooks. And we've been experimenting with new recipes during that time. See Jeremy's Crockpot or Slow Cooker Chili Recipe for an example. But things seem to have been kicked into a higher gear recently. You see, we asked for (and received--thanks Mom and Dad) a KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart Stand Mixer back during Giftmas. And my wonderful wife got me the KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment and the The Complete Book of Pasta and Noodles to go along with the mixer. My expectation was to mostly use the mixer for the occasional bread mix (which I haven't tried yet) or cookie dough (ditto). But Kathleen is a big pasta fan and the meals in the book sounded quite tasty. So a few weeks ago I began to experiment with making my own pasta. Much to my surprise, it's a fairly easy and fun process. To make basic pasta, all you really need is some eggs and flour. In fact, 3 larger eggs and 2 cups of all purpose white flour is enough to get started. The real trick, as it turns out, is getting the moisture level of the pasta right and working with the resulting dough. You want it to stick together just the right amount with the right texture. No too dry and not too wet or sticky. And you need to let it "rest" long enough that you can work with it. Anyway, last night I made my third round of basic pasta and feel like I'm getting the hang of it. Combined with grilled chicken breasts, grilled asparagus, and a tasty olive oil and garlic sauce, it's just fantastic. Fresh pasta really tastes so much better than the dried pasta you buy at the store. It's hard to describe the difference. It's lighter, tastier, and less prone to sticking. You simply must try it. I highly recommend that pasta book too. If you're getting serious about pasta and want a variety of recipes (both for the noodles and sauces), it's a wealth of good information. Next we need to try some of the more interesting pasta recipes that use more exotic flours and spices added in. Pictures of my first and second pasta making adventures are on Flickr in Making Pasta. Have you made your own pasta? What's your experience been like? (comments)
Publication date: 2009-02-01 more

rugbygal on "artwork"

i have had a few problems, i didnt back up my iphone or ipod when my pc got a virus, i lost every thing, i brought a new pc and managed to get every thing back onto itunes, but i have lost most of the artwork on my iphone and ipod, has any body got any ideas how to get it back.
Publication date: 2009-01-29 more

Webspam in 2009?

It’s the beginning of the year, so I just wanted to get some outside opinions: what would you like to see Google’s webspam team tackle in 2009? Here’s how I asked for suggestions in 2006: Based on your experiences, close your eyes and think about what area(s) you wish Google would work on. You probably want [...]
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

Ideal conference badge

I don’t even know how many conferences I’ve been to in the last decade, but it’s probably 30-40. In that time, maybe 2-3 conferences have really nailed the conference badge for attendees. Here’s what the ideal conference badge should look like, in my opinion: I’ll walk you through the important features of this badge: - Each attendee’s [...]
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

Some fun links

I caught up on some of my non-search feed reading this weekend. Normally I’d drop some of these links in my Twitter stream, but I ended up with a ton of links. So I thought I’d drop them here. In case you missed it, Google’s webmaster console launched a new Webmaster Tools API a few weeks [...]
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

Video of my

If you need a search fix, we just posted a video on the official Google webmaster blog. Essentially I recreated a talk I did for Web 2.0 and posted it online. You can also watch it below if you’d prefer: and you can also view the presentation slides I used or watch the slides directly below: I’m [...]
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

Give Google feedback on

I recently posted asking what issues the Google webspam team should tackle in 2009. Getting this outside feedback is really handy, because it’s helpful to compare our internal perceptions against what annoys hundreds of people outside Google. After the first 150 or so comments I did a very rough tally of suggestions to see what [...]
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

Talking to a Wiimote in Ubuntu 8.10

To add Wiimote support on Ubuntu 8.10, start by running the command “sudo apt-get install wminput wmgui lswm” to install the CWiid library and associated software. If you’re using a desktop machine, you probably don’t have Bluetooth capability. If you run the program “lswm” and see the message “No Bluetooth interface found” then you need to [...]
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

In DC for the inauguration

My wife and I decided to head to Washington D.C. for the inauguration, and I’m already glad that I did. On the way out of a party, I spotted Minnesota Senator-elect Al Franken (Update: he’s not a Senator-elect yet, as the results haven’t been certified). Someone asked him to do a short “Hi kids, stay [...]
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

How Not To Launch A Twitter Account

Recently someone registered a Twitter account name “mattcuttsmapxl,” which is very similar to my Twitter account name. The account was following many of the same people I follow, which is pretty annoying because people had to check whether it was me or not (it wasn’t). The account got suspended, but someone made a new account [...]
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

Detecting Googlebombs

I recently did a Googlebomb post over on the Google Public Policy Blog. I’ve talked about Googlebomb phenomenon before (also see more Googlebomb background here). Just as a reminder, a Googlebomb is a prank where a group of people on the web try to push someone else’s site to rank for a query that it [...]
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

Four Things You Need To Know About Knol

Recently Google mentioned that 100,000 different articles have been posted to Google Knol. I’ve been meaning to talk about Google Knol for a while, because there’s a few things you need to know. It seemed especially relevant after I saw the Silicon Alley Insider article about Knol on Techmeme, so I figured that I would [...]
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

hagai1979 on "problem to upload song from itune"

hello i hold an ipod callasic 120 gig i, trying to upload song via the itunes the problem is that i see tish song on my ipod via the itunes but when i browese the ipod after when the ipod disccounct to the computr or itunes i cant see them!!! any help! thank in advance hagai
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

maccolar on "How to Make a Copy of DVD Movies on Mac OS X"

If you want to rip DVD to computer, here is a step by step guide for you http://www.mac-dvd.com/mac-guide/how-to-rip-copyright-dvd-and-copy-dvd-on-mac.html If you want to copy DVD to another blank DVD disc, you may refer to this guide, it works pretty well for me. http://www.mac-dvd.com/mac-guide/how-to-copy-dvd-and-remove-copyright-on-mac.html
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

Aashka on "DVD to iPhone Converter Review"

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Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

ahmadmina on "DVD to iPhone Converter Review"

There is a free download DVD to iPhone video converter software available at http://www.diyinternational.net/downloads/audio.html
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

Sal Cangeloso on "How to download free iPhone games"

my favorite free iphone games right now: lux touch, Space deadbeef, rogue, and topple. Anyone have any other suggestions?
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

IlanaSense on "Where did all your attention go?!"

And how can you get it back? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/26/my6sense-pioneering-digital-intuition-500-alpha-invites/ (iPhone only)
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

My Dumb Cat Video

It's Friday and this is the Internet, so I present to you Cats Eating Chicken, or "My Dumb Cat Video" (embedded below too). The background is that we had a bit of leftover grilled chicken the other night and decided to bust it up and feed it to the cats. Amusingly, they all got together to partake of the feast, but a couple of them got curious about the camera too. Both Timmy (white and grey) and Thunder (mostly grey) give the camera a sniff or two. My boys (Barnes and Noble) remained single-mindedly devoted to devouring the meat. Anyway, we found it rather amusing. Have a good weekend... (comments)
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

The New MySQL Landscape

Interesting things are afoot in the MySQL world. You see, it used to be that the MySQL world consisted of about 20-40 employees of MySQL AB (this funny distributed Swedish company that built and supported the open source MySQL database server), a tiny handful of MySQL mailing lists, and large databases were counted in gigabytes not terabytes. A Pentium III was still a decent server. Replication was a new feature! Hey, anyone remember the Gemini storage engine? :-) How times have changed... Nowadays MySQL is sort of a universe onto itself. There are multiple storage engines (though MyISAM and InnoDB are still the popular ones), version 5.1 is out (finally), and the whole company made it over 400 employees before it was gobbled up by Sun Microsystems (a smart move, IMHO, though history will judge that) a while back. If I had to guess 5 years or so ago what would be interesting to me today about MySQL, I'd have been really, really wrong. The future rarely turns out like we think. Just ask Hillary Clinton. Here's a little of what's rattling around in the MySQL part of my little brain these days... Outside Support, Patches, and Forks The single most interesting and surprising thing to me is both the number and necessity of third-party patches for enhancing various aspects of MySQL and InnoDB. Companies like Percona, Google, Proven Scaling, Prime Base Technologies, and Open Query are all doing so in one way or another. On the one hand, it's excellent validation of the Open Source model. Thanks to reasonable licensing, companies other than Sun/MySQL are able to enhance and fix the software and give their changes back to the world. Some organizations are providing just patches. Others, like Percona are providing their own binaries--effectively forks of MySQL/InnoDB. Taking things a step further, the OurDelta project aims to aggregate these third party patches and provide source and binaries for various platforms. In essences, you can get a "better" MySQL than the one Sun/MySQL gives you today. For free. Meanwhile, development on InnoDB continues. Oh, did I mention the part where they were bought by Oracle (yes, *that* Oracle) a while back? Crazy shit, I tell you. But it makes sense if you squint right. Anyway, the vibe I'm getting is that folks are frustrated because there's not a lot of communication coming out of the InnoDB development team these days. I can't personally verify that. It's been years since I corresponded with Heikki Tuuri (the creator of InnoDB). So folks like Mark Callaghan of Google have been busy analyzing and patching it to scale better for their needs. And we all benefit. Drizzle Taking things a step further yet, the Drizzle project is a re-making of MySQL started primarily by Brian Aker, who worked as MySQL's Director of Architecture for years. Brian is now at Sun and, along with a handful of others at Sun and elsewhere, is ripping out a lot of the stuff in a fork of MySQL that doesn't get used much, needlessly complicated the code, or is simply no longer needed. In essence, they're taking a hard look at MySQL and asking what it really needs to provide for a lot of it's uses today: Web and "cloud" stuff. He visited us at Craigslist a few months ago to talk about the project a bit and get our input and feedback. I believe it was that day I joined one of the mailing list and started following what's going on. Heck, I even build Drizzle on an Atom-powered MSI Wind PC regularly. It's great to see a re-think of MySQL going on... keeping the good, getting rid of the bad, and modularizing the stuff that people often want to do differently (authentication, for example). It's even better to see the group that's hacking on it. They really have their heads on straight. Unanswered Questions Why is all this even necessary? Are the "enterprise" customers and their demands taking focus away from what used to be the core use and users of MySQL? Is Sun hard to work with? It's clear that both the MySQL and InnoDB teams could be doing more to help. But having worked at a large company for long enough, I realize that things are rarely as simple as they should be. Will this stuff get integrated back into mainline MySQL? Will Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Debian, and Red Hat pick up OurDelta builds? What about Drizzle? Will Drizzle hit its target and be the sleek and lean database kernel that MySQL once could have been? Hard to say. It's hard to guess what the future holds and too easy to play armchair quarterback about the work of others. But these are question worth wondering about a bit. What's it all mean? Nowadays MySQL has a much slower release cycle that it used to. It's still available in "commecial" and free ("community") releases. There's still a company behind it--a much larger one in fact. But one that also has a vested interest in showing how it works better on their storage appliances or 256 "core" computers and whatnot. Clustering is still very niche. Transactions are not. Meanwhile, all the cutting edge stuff (at least from the point of view of scaling) is happening outside Sun/MySQL and being integrated by OurDelta and even Drizzle. The OutDelta builds are gaining steam quickly and Drizzle is shaping up. Heck, I'm hoping to get an OurDelta box or two on-line at work sometime soon. And I'd like to put a Drizzle node up too. I want to see how the InnoDB patches help and also play with the InnoDB plug-in (and its page compression). The next few years are proving to be far more interesting than I might have expected from a project and technology that looked like was on a track straight for Open Source maturity. And you know what? I like it. (comments)
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

Talk Announcement: MySQL and Search at Craigslist

I recently learned that my talk has been accepted for the 2009 MySQL Conference in Santa Clara, California. It is currently scheduled for Tuesday the 21st and titled MySQL and Search at Craigslist. Here's the abstract (which I've promised to expand upon soon): Millions of people search for things every day on craigslist: tickets, cars, garage sales, jobs, events, and so on. This talk will look at the recent evolution of database and search architecture at Craigslist, including performance, caching, partitioning, and other tweaks. We'll pay special attention to the unique challenges of doing this for a large data set that has an especially high churn rate (new posts, edits, and deletes). And we strive to do this using as little hardware and power as possible. If you're coming to the conference, drop by and harass me. :-) If you're not sure check out the full schedule--there's a lot of good stuff packed into the conference already and a lot of talks are still not even posted. (comments)
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

Twitter as a Dynamic DNS Service

I occasionally wish to know the IP address of my home Cable Modem or DSL connection but don't really care if it's available in DNS or not. It occurred to me that if I could programmatically detect the IP change, I'd be able to notify myself via Twitter. At first, I wanted a simple web service that'd tell me my IP address--something like WhatIsMyIP.com but an API suitable for simple scripting. Not finding anything, I created this massive PHP script instead and hosted it on my server: That made it easy to write a simple bash shell script that can be run from cron every few minutes. It uses curl to hit that script and compares the result with the previous result (stored in ~/.last_ip). If they differ it updates the file and tells twitter, again using curl. Of course, I had to create that new twitter account and then follow it in my main account. But, hey, that wasn't so hard. Now I have a Web 2.0ish social dynamic DNS thingy that uses Twitter. Aren't I cool and buzzword compliant?! (comments)
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

Don't Bet on Moore Saving Your Ass

Over on the 37signals blog, DHH writes Mr. Moore gets to punt on sharding. His argument is basically that if you continually delay fixing your data storage and retrieval layer, Moore's Law will be there to save our ass--over and over again. Bzzzt. Wrong answer. Depending on future improvements to fix your own bad planning is a risky way to build an on-line service--especially one you expect to grow and charge money for. It's easy to forget history in this industry (as Paul pointed out in the comments on that post). There was a point a few years ago when people still believed the clock speed of CPUs would be doubling roughly every 18 months for half the cost. Putting aside that Moore's Law is really about transistor density and not raw speed, we all ended up taking a funny little detour anyway. Until recently, the sweet spot (in terms of cost and power use) was probably a dual CPU, dual core server with 16 or 32GB of RAM. But soon that'll be dual quads with 32 or 64GB of RAM. And then it'll be quad eight core CPUs with 128GB or whatever. But notice that nowadays we're not all running 6.4GHz CPUs in our servers. Instead we're running multi-core CPUs at slower clock speeds. Those two are definitely not equivalent. A funny thing happens as you add cores and CPUs. You begin to find that the underlying software doesn't always... get this... scale. That's right. Software designed in a primarily single or dual CPU world starts to show its age and performance limitation in a world where you have 8, 16, or 32 cores per server (and more if you're running one of those crazy Sun boxes). You see, David is talking specifically about MySQL (and probably InnoDB), which is currently being patched by outside developers precisely because it has multi-core issues . Its locking is expensive and not granular enough to utilize all those cores. It's expensive in terms of memory use too. And there are assumptions built into the I/O subsystem that don't scale well in today's world of fast multi-disk RAID units, SSDs, and SANs. People are hitting these issues in the real world and it's definitely becoming a serious bottleneck. See Also: The New MySQL Landscape. Moore's Law is no silver bullet here. A fundamental change has occurred in the hardware platform and now we're all playing catch-up in one way or another. I'll discuss this a bit in my upcoming MySQL Conference Talk too. The world is not nearly as clear or simple as DHH is suggesting. Perhaps they can get by with constantly postponing the work of sharding their database, but that doesn't mean you should follow their lead. (comments)
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

Jeremy's Crockpot or Slow Cooker Chili Recipe

I've been making variations on a crock pot chili recipe for the last few months and finally have a combination we really like. Ingredients 1.5 - 2 pounds of ground beef 1 medium red onion 1/2 medium or large yellow onion 1/2 - 1 cup of frozen yellow sweet corn [see notes below] 1 green bell pepper 1 jalapeno pepper 1 14-16 oz. can of petite diced tomatoes [see notes below] 2 15-15 oz. cans of pinto beans [see notes below] 1 11.5 oz. can of V8 juice (hot if you can find it, regular otherwise) 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tbsp. chili powder 1 tbsp. cayenne pepper Directions Chop the red onion and add it with the ground beef. Brown over medium heat. While the meat and onion are browning, add beans, V8, and spices to the crockpot. Chop green pepper, yellow onion, and jalapeno and add them as well. Once the meat has browned and onions softened, add them to the crock pot as well. Cook on low heat for 6-8 hours, stirring occasionally. Serve with freshly made corn bread or fresh noodles. Optionally top with shredded cheddar cheese and onion. Enjoy with a nice cold beer, if that's your sort of thing. :-) Notes Safeway sells 15 oz. cans of Pinto Beans that are "Mexican Chili Pinto Beans." They work very well if you can find them. Safeway also sells 14.5 oz. cans of Petite Diced Tomatoes with Garlic and Olive Oil. Also highly recommended. Some people use canned Stewed Tomatoes in their recipes but I find them to be too chunky. I like a nice uniformly thick chili. Trader Joe's sells some truly excellent frozen Organic Super Sweet Cut Corn. Get it if you can. They also sell a good corn bred mix. (comments)
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

A Job That Matters

In Tim O'Reilly's Work on Stuff that Matters he elaborated on three criteria that constitute "stuff that matters" for his readers: Work on something that matters to you more than money. Create more value than you capture. Take the long view. A number of folks where surprised when I announced that I was joining craigslist back in July but it's an organization that I really admire. Having been there about 6 months now, I can definitely say that it's a job that matters based on Tim's thinking and my own. Every time I meet someone and tell them where I work, their reaction is quite positive. They've had a good experience with craigslist, like the service, love the philosophy, and so on. Craigslist matters ordinary people--not just technology nuts. Similarly, I know that we create more value than we capture. The majority of our service is free and usage seems to be growing all the time. People I talk to get such good responses with craigslist classifieds (compared to, say, newspapers) that I know we're giving people more than their money's worth. As for taking the long view, I think being a non-public company helps that a lot. I've rarely thought about what "the next quarter" will bring. It's quite a contrast from my years at Yahoo. When we're discussing technology infrastructure, I'm always trying to think ahead a year or two (or more). But the day to day ups and downs just don't feel as important the way we operate. I like that. All in all, I've been very happy with the change and am glad that Tim posted something that helped me to explain what I like about it. (comments)
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

Sphinx Search at Craigslist

A couple days ago, Andrew posted a news item titled Sphinx goes billions to the Sphinx web site. Last but not least, Powered By section, now at 113 sites and counting, was updated and restyled. I had long wondered how much Sphinx search queries are performed per month if we sum all the sites using it, and whether we already hit 1B page views per month or not. Being open-source, there's no easy way to tell. But now with the addition of craigslist to Powered By list I finally know that we do. Many thanks to Jeremy Zawodny who worked hard on making that happen, my itch is no more. :-) Well, I guess the cat's out of the bag! My first project at Craigslist was replacing MySQL FULLTEXT indexing with Sphinx. It wasn't the easiest road in the world, for a variety of reasons, but we got it all working and it's been humming along very well ever since. And I learned a heck of a lot about both Sphinx and craigslist internals in the process too. I'm not going to go into a lot of details on the implementation here, other than to say Sphinx is faster and far more resource efficient than MySQL was for this task. In the MySQL and Search and Craigslist talk I'm giving at the 2009 MySQL Users Conference, I'll go into a lot more detail about the unique problems we had and how we solved them. For what it's worth, the implementation isn't really done. I did update the search help page on the site to reflect some of the capabilities (hey, look! OR searches!) but there are features I have planned that I'd like to expose as time allows. (comments)
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

Obama Interest in Kenya During the Primaries

A little over a year ago, my wife and I traveled to Africa for our honeymoon and wedding (and a lot of sight seeting--more on that over the next few weeks). Part of that time was spent in Tanzania and part of it was in Kenya. This was during the craziest part of the 2008 presidential primary race when Hillary Clinton had the perceived lead over Barak Obama and every other would-be democratic nominee. What was surprising to us is how aware of Obama and the primary process the average folks in Kenya appeared to be. We were asked on many occasions if Obama was going to be President of the United States of America. Even back then, over a year ago when he was in second place, there was an undeniable interest, hope, and genuine excitement about his prospects. Given the post-election turmoil that erupted in Kenya near the end of our trip, it's no surprise that Kenyans were celebrating his election and inauguration a few days ago. If anyone needed hope for change and a promising future after political unrest, it was the people of Kenya. When is the last time that a presidential election had such a far-reaching affect on ordinary people? (comments)
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

Hetch Hetchy and Wapama Falls Hike Pictures and Panorama

Last weekend we flew up to Pine Mountain Lake and drove into Hetch Hetchy to hike to Wapama Falls. The weather was fantastic for mid-January: clear and in the high 50s to low 60s. After about 15 minutes on the trial, jackets and outer shirts came off, and we were down to jeans and t-shirts. Kathleen took several pictures of the Yosemite Valley area and the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the flight up with our Canon SD800 IS. Here are a few of them. You can see the full set in the Flickr photo set titled January 2009 Flight to Pine Mountain. I shot about 250 more with my Canon 300D and you can see a few here. The full set is on Flickr in Wapama Falls Hike in Hetch Hetchy Valley. The picture at the top of this post was stitched together with autostitch on Windows and touched up in Picasa. There are still more pictures of the hike that she took with the SD800 IS to come as soon as I get them on-line... You can always watch my full photo stream is here. (comments)
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

Browser Market Share?

I hadn’t looked at my browser marketshare in a while, so I fired up Google Analytics: Rough browser numbers are Firefox 57.58% IE 26.07% Safari 6.48% Chrome 5.11% Opera 2.35% Mozilla 1.44% SeaMonkey 0.48% Mozilla Compatible 0.18% Konqueror 0.13% Camino 0.04% OneStat says that they see 0.54% share for Google Chrome. Net Applications provides an hour-by-hour graph, which is nice, but they hardwired it to look for the string “Chrome 0.2″ when Chrome is on version 0.3 [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-26 more

Opa! is Good Greek Food in Willow Glen

A month or so ago, the long under-construction Opa! opened its doors on Lincoln Ave in downtown Willow Glen. Wanting to try it for a while, we walked down on Friday night for dinner. And we were not disappointed. The Good The menu is straightforward and has a good variety of Greek food. We ordered the Keftedes (Greek Meatballs) as an appetizer. The dish consisted of two well prepared meatballs and an excellent sauce. For the main courses, we selected a Beef Souvlaki Pita (hers) and Seafood Souvlaki (mine). Both came with the most excellent Opa! Fries. (Think: garlic fries with a twist.) The food came in a reasonable amount of time and our waitress was very friendly and helpful. It was very tasty and portions were not excessively large either. Their drink menu contains a selection of beers and a good selection of Greek wines as well. The wine we sampled was quite good and is apparently available at Costco. Needless to say, we're going to have to verify that for ourselves. ;-) The interior is well decorated. I especially like the large TV monitor that shows what songs are playing over the sound system. Pricing was reasonable. Dinner for two with drinks, an appetizer, and desert (Baklava!) was about $50. Not the sort of thing we do often, but definitely not out of line with other favorite eating establishments. The Bad Opa! is a small sit down restaurant with tables for 2 and 4 (mostly) that also handles to go orders. It's often very full and could definitely benefit from more space inside. As a result, the tables are fairly close together and the waitresses occasionally bump into customers. But space isn't easy to come by in Willow Glen's downtown. More Opa! has over 60 ratings and reviews on Yelp and is also discussed a bit on Willow Glen 2.0. If you're looking for good Greek food in the area, I'd highly recommend giving Opa! a try. (comments)
Publication date: 2008-11-24 more

Where did udevmonitor go?

In case you’re looking for the “udevmonitor” program on the Intrepid Ibex version of Ubuntu, it’s changed; use “udevadm monitor” now: $ udevadm help Usage: udevadm COMMAND [OPTIONS] info query sysfs or the udev database trigger request events from the kernel [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-23 more

Trying (and failing) to get Ubuntu to work

I really want to run Ubuntu, but it shouldn’t be this hard. Plugging in an SD card reader that I picked up from Best Buy shouldn’t cause a hard freeze of my system (on both Gutsy Gibbon and Intrepid Ibex): The card reader works fine in Windows. At this point, I’m honestly thinking about crashing the [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-23 more

Virtual terminals not working? Check your keyboard.

(This is a boring post that I’m writing for people that have this same problem in the future. Just skip it.) Every good Linux user knows that if you want to drop from X down into a text-based virtual terminal, you can press control-alt-F1 (or any other key up to F6), and control-alt-F7 returns you to [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-23 more

Reindeer Car Antlers are a Great Holiday Present

Last year I got these reindeer car antlers for my wife. This year she let me have them for my car. They look like this: (Note: this is the picture from the catalog, not one of our cars.) Tons of people stop, stare, and then break out in a smile or start pointing out my car to [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-23 more

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Publication date: 2008-11-22 more

Bash Trick: Watching Multiple Background Jobs

I recently had a need to add some error checking to a bash script that runs multiple copies of a Perl script in parallel to better utilize a multi-core server. I wanted a way to run these four processes in the background and gather up their exit values. Then, if any of them failed, I'd prematurely exit the bash script and report the error. After a bit of reading bash docs, I came across some built-ins that I hadn't previously used or even seen. First, I'll show you the code: wait.sh This is the bash script that runs the parallel processes and gathers up the exit values. #!/bin/bash FAIL=0 echo "starting" ./sleeper 2 0 & ./sleeper 2 1 & ./sleeper 3 0 & ./sleeper 2 0 & for job in `jobs -p` do echo $job wait $job || let "FAIL+=1" done echo $FAIL if [ "$FAIL" == "0" ]; then echo "YAY!" else echo "FAIL! ($FAIL)" fi sleeper And here's the Perl script that I wrote in order to test the functioning of wait.sh. It accepts to arguments. The first is the number of seconds to sleep (to simulate the delay associated with doing work) and the second is the exit value it should use (any non-zero value indicates a failure). #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $time = $ARGV[0] || 1; my $exit = $ARGV[1] || 0; sleep $time; exit $exit; Discussion New to me was the use of let to do math on a variable so that I can count up the number of failures. Is there a better way? There's no native ++ operator in bash. Similarly, using jobs to get a list of pids to wait on provided to be a very useful idiom. The code is straightforward and works for my purposes. But since 99% of my time is spent in Perl rather than bash, I wonder what I could have done differently and/or better. Feedback welcome. And, if this is at all useful to you, feel free to take it and run... Finally, I'm starting to really dig gist.github for showing off bits of code. It's good stuff. (comments)
Publication date: 2008-11-22 more

on "DVD to iPhone Converter Review"

Iquite lilethe wonderful all-purpose dvd ripper - Extra DVD Ripper Express. Not only convert DVD to iphone, but also to YouTube FLV Video file, WMV Video file, AVI, DivX, XviD, VCD, SVCD, MPEG, Apple iPod, Apple TV MP4 Video file, Sony PSP MP4, Sony PS3 Video file, Microsoft Zune Player for WMV and MP4 Video file. That's why I chose it. I bought it at 10% off at http://www.gutensoft.com.
Publication date: 2008-11-21 more

Jool5 on "ipod iphone zune psp apple tv software guides"

Cool! Those were all very informative and comprehensive, too! Keep it up!
Publication date: 2008-11-21 more

Jool5 on "DVD to iPhone Converter Review"

That was a good review! Thanks a lot!
Publication date: 2008-11-21 more

Jool5 on "How to Convert protected Music/ Video to new iPod, MP3"

You guys posted a lot of good info and apps on here! Thanks for sharing!
Publication date: 2008-11-21 more

LadySharm on "How to Convert protected Music/ Video to new iPod, MP3"

9 tips for the Google Mobile App for iPhone

Here are some tips to help you get the most out of Google’s new Mobile Application for the iPhone. To get Google Mobile App on your iPhone, go to the App Store and search for “Google Mobile App,” or click on this link to install from a computer. If you have an older version of Google [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-19 more

Google Adds Voice Recognition to iPhone App

I have a very good feeling about Google’s new iPhone app that does voice recognition. I’ve been playing with this voice recognition application for several weeks and I have to say that I’m really impressed. First and foremost, the voice recognition works really well. Crazy long-tail specialized vocabulary is tricky (more on that later), but [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-18 more

TV Watching and Happiness

In one of those "well, duh!" moments the other day, I came across a headline on Slashdot that said Unhappy People Watch More TV. Given that I mostly stopped watching TV quite some time ago and consider it to be one of the more rude devices in our culture, I clicked thru to read about how others have discovered what I'd already guessed was true... A new study by sociologists at the University of Maryland concludes that unhappy people watch more TV, while people who describe themselves as 'very happy' spend more time reading and socializing. 'TV doesn't really seem to satisfy people over the long haul the way that social involvement or reading a newspaper does,' says researcher John P. Robinson. 'It's more passive and may provide escape--especially when the news is as depressing as the economy itself. Imagine that... Stagnation and exposure to negative information leads to sadness. It goes on... The data suggest to us that the TV habit may offer short-run pleasure at the expense of long-term malaise.' Unhappy people also liked their TV more: 'What viewers seem to be saying is that while TV in general is a waste of time and not particularly enjoyable, "the shows I saw tonight were pretty good. Another shock. TV provides only a short-term reward (kind of like a drug hit). If this resonates with you a bit, or you suspect deep down that there's more going on with the influence of TV in our culture, I highly recommend reading Amusing Ourselves To Death by Neil Postman if you have not already. It's too bad this stuff doesn't get taught in school--where, I'm told, teachers are using PowerPoint more and more. *sigh* (comments)
Publication date: 2008-11-18 more

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Now powerful MelodyCan 5 in 1 Convert released new version Works on x64 Vista/XP!
Publication date: 2008-11-17 more

on "How to remove DRM protection of iTunes m4p songs and wma audio files"

As the music in iTunes is encrypted with DRM, you cannot directly put it on any non-Apple MP3 player. The easiest way is to burn the music to an audio CD and then rip it back to Windows Media Player or a similar program as an MP3. Or you can get some software to help you. I use TuneClone to do this. Though not free, it is very well worth a try. Below is its step by step tutorial about how to get iTunes music converted to MP3: http://www.tuneclone.com/itunes8-m4p-to-mp3.php
Publication date: 2008-11-17 more

mwbauers on "Don't Buy Apple"

I bought my first Mac...... a Performa in 1996....... it still works let me count...... I'm now up to three newer Mac desktops and a pair of ibook/macbooks and a couple of iPods and an iPhone, I've never had any major problems with the equipment, and only a couple of very minor and easily fixed by myself problems. Not too bad for over 12 years........ I've also gone through 3-4 standard PC's over those same years. They have been mainly major problems to keep going. It's not the hardware that keeps failing on those, it's the Windows OS's............ Except for some special hardware that requires the old PC's [cnc-gear] I'm now doing all of my Windows work on the two newest Macs. I don't expect to have to buy another Windows only computer except for cnc-control, having both mac and Windows on thesamecomputer with each bootable and virtual is just too good a set-up to pass up, for me. But the mac/Apple hardware is just fine......... and I'm a guy that never leaves the equipment in it's stock hardware config.........
Publication date: 2008-11-17 more

A word about metrics, part III: market share of Google Docs?

I’m not sure what Google Docs market share is, but I thought it would be interesting to mention a couple data points and add a new data point. Data point #1: Compete. Compete just estimated that 4.4M visitors stopped by Google Docs in September, which is just a hair below 2.4% of the U.S. online population, [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-17 more

Asynchronous MySQL Client in Perl

I recently found myself wishing for an async library for MySQL. My goal is to be able to fire off queries to a group of federated servers in parallel and aggregate the results in my code. With the standard client (DBD::mysql), I'd have to query the servers one at a time. If there are 10 servers and each query takes 0.5 seconds, my code would stall for 5 seconds. But by using an async library, I could fire off all the queries and fetch the results as they become available. The overall wait time should not be much more than 0.5 seconds. While I found little evidence of anyone doing this in practice, my search led me to the perl-mysql-async project on Google Code. It's a pure-Perl implementation of the MySQL 4.1 protocol and an asyncronous client that uses Event::Lib (and libevent) under the hood. The code contains little in the way of documentation or examples, aside from the simple bundled test script. After a bit of mucking around with it, I managed to cobble together a working example. It looks like this: #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Event::Lib; use Data::Dumper; use MysqlAsync; use AsyncCaller qw/schedule/; $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; $|=1; my $expected_results = 25; my $results = 0; my $dbh; for (1..$expected_results) { # my $secs = int(rand(5)); my $secs = rand(5); my $query = qq[select sleep($secs)]; schedule(0.001, sub{ my $dbh = MysqlAsync->new( database => { host => "localhost", port => 3306, database => "mysql", passwd => "xxxxxx", user => "root", }, connect_timeout => 1, max_requests => 25, db_timeout => 10, # logfile => "/tmp/mysqllog", ); $dbh->get_array($query, \&result ); }); } event_mainloop(); exit; sub result { my ($result) = @_; if (defined $result) { print "result: " . Dumper($result); } else { print "error: " . Dumper($dbh->error()); } $results++; # all done? if ($results == $expected_results) { exit; } } __END__ Sure enough, that code runs in just a bit more time than the longest query it executes, rather than the sum of all the query times. What still surprises me is that this code doesn't appear to get a lot of use (or at least discussion) in the real world. In the PHP world, the mysqlnd driver offers async queries. So count this as my contribution to demonstrating that Perl can do async MySQL queries too. (comments)
Publication date: 2008-11-15 more

Post-Election Thoughts: Equal but Not

I'm happy that Barack Obama won the election. I think it's time to stir things up a bit. What really bothers me is that fact that we still don't have equal voting in this country. We certainly have the technology to share vote counts quickly and efficiently, so who not just do that? Why screw around with an electoral college anymore? It seems disingenuous at best and an outright lie at worst to call Obama's victory a "landslide" when the actual percentages of the popular vote (the only vote that should count) were so close. Yet the large difference in electoral vote counts is supposed to make us believe that something very different happened. And the media was more than happy to play along with that deception (what a surprise, huh?). It should not be possible to lose by having more votes than your opponent, but it is. Why does nobody seem to care? (See: electoral college, specifically this.) Of all the countries that have tried to copy our model of democracy in the last 200 years or so, can you name a single one that adopted the electoral college as a piece of their political infrastructure? I'd love to have my vote count as much as everyone in all the other states. Why is that so hard? (comments)
Publication date: 2008-11-14 more

Pubcon/WebmasterWorld conference, here I come!

I arrive Wednesday afternoon for the 2008 Pubcon conference, and I’ll be staying until after the networking event on the last day, which is the heart of the event. It’s the heart because the networking event is held at a pub, and the original idea of Pubcon was that some of the best parts of [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-12 more

Fun email

Every so often I get an email like this: Dear Webmaster, I have browsed your site and I’m interested in purchasing advertising space in it. I am mainly interested in placing a new page on your site with content and links that I will supply. Please let me know if you would like to discuss this further or if [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-08 more

bendy on "How to Convert protected Music/ Video to new iPod, MP3"

I'm looking for some help here - please bear with the story... Ok, essentially I used to use a Sony walkman mp3 player, with all my music files on a laptop with Sonic Stage. That laptop has since been stolen (I've still got the mp3 player) but due to a new ipod, I now use iTunes on my work lapotp. Because it's a work laptop, any 'enhanced' CDs (ie those with videos, etc on them) won't transfer to the library; the laptop just won't recognise them in the drive. Consequently there's a large element of my music collection that I now can't put on to iTunes. So I was wondering if it would be possible to: 1) Install sonic stage onto my new laptop and somehow dump the files onto it from the Sony mp3 player, and then 2) Convert these Sony files into iTunes 'friendly' files? Any help much appreciated. cheers bendy
Publication date: 2008-11-05 more

beth on "short survey"

Hi all, Im currently writting a dissertation project on Apple company (in short what makes it so popular and addictive) and I would be extremely grateful for answers on those simple quesions: 1. Can you name the reason why you've decided to buy Apple product? (you can select more than one answer) a.company adverts b.functionality c.i just stick to the brand d.friend's recommendation e.i like the overall look of the brand f. just think that other brands are crappy 2. How many Apple products did you buy during last 5 years? 3. How would you grade Mac's functionality? (1-5) 4. How would you grade Mac's stability (1-5) 5. How would you grade PC functionality? (1-5) 6. How would you grade PC stability? (1-5) 7. Do you consider yourself as a part of Apple community? 8. Do you attend any kind of Apple user meetings on regular basis? Thanks in advace for all of u and big up!!
Publication date: 2008-11-04 more

Tom Willmot on "short survey"

Moved to the Apple Forum. I too use a few Apple products, here are my answers. 1. b & e 2. 7 3. 5 4. 5 5. 4 6. 2 7. Yes 8. No Hope I'm not to late.
Publication date: 2008-11-04 more

Vote vote vote!

The polls will be closed by this time tomorrow, so don’t forget to vote, everyone.
Publication date: 2008-11-04 more

Halloween 2008 wrap-up

I missed a few Halloween tidbits: - Our Halloween post on the Google webmaster blog gives you a feel for Halloween at Google. The dog dressed up as a lion was pretty awesome. There was also a guy dressed as the Android from Google’s mobile phone OS. - What happens when a witch accidentally collides with a [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-03 more

My Halloween 2008 Costume: Rick Astley

digg_url = 'http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/my-halloween-2008-costume/'; For Halloween this year, I decided to be Rick Astley. With a little bit of hair spray, spray-on hair color, and some make-up for a widow’s peak, it looks like this: What fun. To make the costume complete, I took my Android G1 phone and bought a copy of Never Gonna Give You [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-01 more

Halloween easter egg: Google protects itself from zombies

You probably saw Google’s Halloween logo today: But you may not have noticed that Google made another change for Halloween. Check out Google’s robots.txt file today: That’s right. Zombies are disallowed from accessing /brains on Google today. You can never be too safe! Hat-tip to Google Blogoscoped spotting it first and to Search Engine Land for [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-01 more

My Halloween 2008 Costume

For Halloween this year, I decided to be Rick Astley. With a little bit of hair spray, spray-on hair color, and some make-up for a widow’s peak, it looks like this: What fun. To make the costume complete, I took my Android G1 phone and bought a copy of Never Gonna Give You Up from Amazon [...]
Publication date: 2008-11-01 more

Happy Diwali!

A little late, but I hope everyone had a good Diwali! I enjoyed some good Indian food and I hope you did the same.
Publication date: 2008-10-31 more

Cheri and Ron Smith on "wanna buy a mac!"

Hi, So I'm wondering if the original poster made the jump??? I too and seriously considering swapping in my two desktops and laptop...all link with a wireless router to a Apple system. I have a so called personal one on one meeting with a mac genius this sunday at noon discuss the pros and cons. I love the idea of consolidating everything...once and for all...for the rest of my life. All products built in the US and all tech support stateside. I was also encouraged reading about the Parallel software. Am I missing anything...any comments, suggestions? Thanks! Cheri
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Todd Ogasawara on "How to download free iPhone games"

The new iPhone 3G or updated iPhone or iPod touch can now take advantage of the iTunes Apps store. There's a bunch of free games available now. In fact, the current top 3 downloads are all games (Labyrinth Lite, Sodoku, Tap Tap Revenge). You can find more info about the App store at: http://www.apple.com/iphone/appstore/
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Todd Ogasawara on "wanna buy a mac!"

rwsmith: There are three virtualization products for Mac OS X now: Parallels (which you mentioned), VMware Fusion, and VirtualBox. All three are great products. You might want to take a look at VirtualBox first since it is free for personal use. You can find an overview I wrote about it at: http://bit.ly/lMCDC
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

lee yang on "How to Convert protected Music/ Video to new iPod, MP3"

To be frankly, your info provided above is more of a mess, and nobody can figure out how to do it rightly. To me, we don't have to bother about copyright porblems, and i've been using PQ DVD to iPod Video Converter for long, and it enables me to converted all my DVD rentals(copyrighted or protected? right) to my ipod video, and have a great time watching all DVD or video files(mostly avi file) on ipod, but it's no problem ever since, and the same is true of my friends. If u also wanna use it, you can free download it at http://www.pqdvd.com/dvd-to-ipod-video-converter.htm .
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Crystal Stewart on "DVD to iPhone Converter Review"

iOrgSoft iPod Video Converter, best converter for iPod users.
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

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Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Bob Thurston on "How to Convert protected Music/ Video to new iPod, MP3"

Pretty funny stuff: http://www.mobilemo.com/blog/13-ways-your-ipod-or-iphone-can-kill-you/
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

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Ann Shelter on "How to Convert protected Music/ Video to new iPod, MP3"

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Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Mobier Hoo on "How to Convert protected Music/ Video to new iPod, MP3"

I was deeply impressed by both output quality and conversion speed of Extra DVD Ripper Express. Often a DVD 9 disc was completed in about 15 minutes.
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

skyocean king on "How to remove DRM protection of iTunes m4p songs and wma audio files"

Here is a detailed guide on how to - [b]Remove DRMprotection from iTunes AAC M4V M4P on win&Mac[/b]
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

windbell king on "How to remove DRM protection of iTunes m4p songs and wma audio files"

I just stumble upon this guide which gives a step-by-step way to - Remove DRM Protection from iTunes AAC M4V M4P on Win&Mac
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

john kennedy on "ipod swap?"

Plenty of people have swapped a new battery into their iPod, so the fact that I did it, is nothing new. But the fact that someone as clumsy as I am did it in about ten minutes without destroying the iPod is surprising. If you're as fumbled fingered as I am and have been afraid to open your iPod, I hope this gives you the courage to take action. ----------------------------------------- ipod batteries
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

EX on "Mac Lac(k)"

In my town, ppl are so Window addicted that it is so rear to find any X system, Linux sometimes, but I don't think that any mac could be find in my TOWN. Cause of that, I wasn't able to learn much about mac, nor I could have it. Im just asking is there any way that I can find free Mac edition online, some kind of open source or something. Some ppl told me about hacked version, but Im not sure where I could find it, and would it be real kind of Mac system.
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Jeff Snyder on "Mac BBS'ing - Bring It Back!"

So, you've heard about this old thing called BBS'ing, you've got a spare Macintosh sitting around that isn't serving any particular purpose at the moment, and so you've decided to take a blast into the past, and set up your own BBS. There's only one problem...where do you find Macintosh BBS software? You've looked around a bit, but have for the most part come up empty-handed. Well, maybe I can help. You see, I ran a Macintosh FidoNet-connected BBS during the 1990's, and even ran my own conference. Not only that, but just recently, I set up my BBS again. Over time, I've collected just about every BBS program that was ever written for the Mac. If you have a look at it, who knows...maybe you'll get inspired and start your own Mac BBS...at least that is what I am hoping. Check out what I've got: ANSI & ASCII Related BBS'ing Info Documents bbs100 3.0 OSX FirstClass Hermes External Writing Hermes Externals Hermes Program & Docs Hermes Utilities MacCitadel 1.3b 68K Mailers Offline QWK Readers Mansion BBS 9.5.6 68K Misc. BBS Utilities Modem Tools MUBBS Nally 1.2 Leopard Novalink - NovaTerm Pancake Public Address Red Ryder Second Sight StarBase7 1.3b 68K TeleFinder Telnet Clients Terminal Emulators - ZTerm, GLterm, etc. WWIV 3.0 - July 1988 Zonch So, if you're interested in any of this hard-to-find software, all you have to do is log on to my BBS, the Armageddon BBS, using your favorite telnet client. If you're a Mac OSX user, you definitely want to use the latest version of SyncTERM. Yeah, it's Windowish-looking, but it's the best telnet client out there for displaying real BBS ANSI graphics. If you're still using Classic Mac, then the best deal is using the Public Address BBS software in telnet mode. If you don't have it, I have a special stripped down version available on our BBS. So come and check us out! Post a few messages, play an old game of LEECH 2000, or check out my icebreaker external called "Get-To-Know-You". And if you know Python and/or Jython, I could REALLY use your help. To access the Armageddon BBS, just use port 23 and telnet to: endtimeprophecy.org Hope to see you soon! Jeff
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Sal Cangeloso on "Did you get a new MacBook?"

They look pretty cool, but $1299 is a pretty significant investment (and that's the least you'll be spending). I know Joel picked one up on Friday and some buddies of mine did as well. Anyway, I just was just curious. I'm not a big Mac guy, but the new notebooks are really impressive and they are arriving just at the right time (at least for me). I'm going to too see how my new Vista system works out before making any purchases.
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Kevin on "Leasing problem with Apple Financial"

Hopefully I'm posing this in the right forum. We have a leasing problem and the representative at Apple Financial we've been working with is no longer returning my calls. I was hoping that someone here knew the contact information for one of the managers at Apple Financial. Here's what is going on: Back in 2002, 2003, and 2004, our company entered into "fair market value" leases with Apple Financial. The leases in 2002 and 2004 were for 24 months. The lease in 2003 was for 36 months. Getting right to the point, unaware of these leases (the employees that started them left the company and the knowledge was never passed on) we've still been paying into them until just recently. All in all, we overpaid on these leases by $36,000. Surprised that this was allowed to go on for so long, I found someone at Apple Financial in asset management. I put together a spreadsheet that included when the leases started, when they ended, how much we should have paid into them, how much we overpaid, and any other pertinent information. I estimated the buyout of the leases (which would have been in 2004 and 2006), padded the buyout cost, then added 6 months worth of additional payments (further padding the cost). I then requested the remainder be credited back to us. After almost two months of sporadic communication on the part of the representative, I was simply told "no" to my request (left in a voicemail), without any reason why or option to negotiate (I called back, but have yet to have my calls returned). I'm am shocked that Apple, a company that I always though positioned itself as caring about their customers, is unwilling to return even one cent to us or talk to us. We aren't asking for the full overpayment to be returned, only a little over 2/3rds. I feel that's a reasonable request. For Apple to keep all of the amount we overpaid seems immoral. How can that be justified? We never received notice that the leases were coming to a close. The only reason I found out about the leases is that one closed by "itself" (after 46 months of overpayment for a total of $15,812.87 that was overpaid). The first time I the saw the lease paperwork and the amount we over paid, I had full faith that Apple would come through and do the right thing. So I again want to say that I'm shocked Apple is unwilling to do anything. If you know someone that can help us, please let me know. My faith that Apples cares for its long term customers (we've been buying Apple products for our business since 2001) is dwindling.
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Joel Evans on "Did you get a new MacBook?"

I picked one up last week and this weekend had a chance to play. I'm writing up a first impressions-type piece but the short summary is that this is a great notebook! I haven't put bootcamp on it yet but it's meeting ALL of my computing needs and the screen, keyboard, speed, etc.. are amazing! anyone else pick one up? I don't have an immediate need for Firewire so I'm not missing anything, yet.
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Anthony Cahill on "Various ipod charging/connection problems"

Hi, Here's hoping I'm posting this is in the right forums. Last ipod topic I randomly stumbled upon finished in an orgy of political debate, without a real resolution. I can only hope this topic is just as fruitful. I recently picked up my fiancee's old Ipod Mini, 1st Gen, in an attempt to fix it. It appears to have numerous problems. When plugged in to a USB 2.0 port, which I know has power, as I use it to charge my iRiver, it neither charges, nor is it recognised by Windows. I've downgraded to iTunes 7, due to the known compatibility issues with the old Minis and iTunes 8 and that hasn't helped. When I plug the USB into a USB to Power Socket converter and charge it from the wall, it comes to life and shows the charging animation. During this time it is entirely usable. As soon as it is unplugged, regardless of how long it's been plugged in, it switches off and refuses to turn back on. I've attempted a soft reset while it's plugged in, but that hasn't worked either. I've replaced the battery and made sure that all the connections were secure and the issue still persists. That's about all the info I have to give. Any help would be much appreciated.
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Dick Feldman on "iPod video false low battery"

I've already replaced the battery twice on my ipod video. The problem is that overnight it always appears to have no charge and won't start up. If I connect it to a computer, it says "very low battery" etc. After 10 minutes, it comes on and shows mostly charged. It just falsely appears to have lost its charge. Runs ok as long as I keep it going, but after a long time off (overnight) won't start up. Any ideas? THanks.
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Ann Shelter on "How to remove DRM protection of iTunes m4p songs and wma audio files"

MelodyCan Protected Audio/Video Converter is a software tool you can use for conversion of wide range of different audio/video file formats to most commonly used formats like MP3, WMA, WAV. This software is especially useful in case if you have protected music/video files you want to listen on playback device, which doesn't support particular DRM technology, like MP3 CD player, iPod/iPhone, Zune or other portable digital player, cell phone, Pocket PC, etc. Main features of MelodyCan Protected Audio/Video Converter: 1. Straight and easy to use interface You can easily convert your music file with just few mouse clicks: add your music files to batch list, select appropriate output format and press start button. You can create custom profiles for output format settings or use build-in standard profiles, Drag'n'Drop. 2. Protected music files conversion All protected music files playable by both Windows Media Player and QuickTime Player can be converted to unprotected MP3, WMA. This is not protection removal though, software just plays protected files and places resulting sound into unprotected music file. 3. Wide range of supported input formats All music files with filename extensions listed below are supported as valid input files for MelodyCan Protected Audio/Video Converter: wma, m4p, m4b, m4a, aac, mpeg, m4v, mp3, ogg, aif, ra,wav. 4. Batch conversion support If you have massive amount of files you want to convert this software is exactly what you need to speed up the process. [b]Download& Try[/b]
Publication date: 2008-10-30 more

Moving the locked top panel in Ubuntu/GNOME

A new version of Ubuntu (Intrepid Ibex) is coming out this week, so I’m trying out the release candidate. Here’s an annoyance I hit and how to solve it. I keep a list of steps to perform after installing Ubuntu, and one of my steps is Drag the bottommost taskbar/panel to the right and the topmost [...]
Publication date: 2008-10-29 more

ninja250 on "Don't Buy Apple"

Dont buy Apple. I have had a MacBook and an IPOD. Both have had technical issues that were no fault of mine. My MacBook was under warranty and they refused to replace it, instead they wanted to send it to the factory to diagnose the problem.(it wouldn't boot up and was overheating) When I said that I couldn't wait that long they refused to offer any other options. I ended up waiting three weeks without a computer, just to get it fixed. So I was out for three weeks, and I had to fight daily with Apple just for that. And how was I compensated...I wasn't, they made me feel like they were doing me a favor. Then they refused to fix my IPod because it is a month over its warranty. So in other words their products are good for a year. After that you have to buy a new one, but they gave me a good deal, only $79 for an IPod NANO 4gb.(how about backing up the products that you sell with a longer warranty or quality products, or even just better support.) What happened to making a product that lasted and customer service that serviced the customer? DONT BUY APPLE!
Publication date: 2008-10-27 more

Signs of Los Angeles

I have a pet theory that you can tell a lot about a city by paying attention to its signage. So I like to keep my eyes open when I’m in a new place and take pictures of things that strike me as especially interesting. When I was down in Los Angeles, here are a [...]
Publication date: 2008-10-27 more

noindex test

Pay no attention this to page with a noindex tag. I just want to check on how Yahoo/Live/Ask treat pages with noindex meta tags.
Publication date: 2008-10-27 more

Kick Ass Fonts in Ubuntu: 3 Easy Steps

A few days ago I made yet another tweak to my Ubuntu laptop to make the fonts look a little better. The result is that I'm now quite happy--impressed even. Here are the three things I've done to make my day-to-day work easy on the eye. First, enable subpixel smoothing in the System > Appearance control panel. For a long time that's all I had done was was reasonably happy. Things looked okay but not great. But I used GNU Emacs for most of my coding and wanted fonts there that looked at good as those in gnome terminal. That led me to the second tip: install emacs-snapshot and use the GTK version. Then you can add this to your ~/.Xresources file: Emacs.font: Monospace-10 And bingo! The same font that's in your terminal is in Emacs. That made me happy in Emacs, but my Firefox fonts were still a bit sucky. So when I read Tweak Your Font Rendering for Better Appearance in Tombuntu, I had to give it a try. I created a ~/.fonts.conf file and added this to it: <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <fontconfig> <match target="font"> <edit name="autohint" mode="assign"> <bool>true</bool> </edit> </match> </fontconfig> I logged out and back in and suddnely found myself staring at fonts in Firefox that looked as good as I've seen in Safari on a Mac. That's all there was to it for me: subpixel rendering, emacs-snapshot, and enabling hinting via a .fonts.conf file. It's worth noting that you can go even farther with the advanced font settings, but I really haven't needed to go that far yet. (comments)
Publication date: 2008-10-23 more

Join the webmaster chat today!

At 9 a.m. Pacific time (noon Eastern) today, we’re going to do our third Google webmaster chat. People will be able to ask questions via Google moderator and we’ll answer a bunch either in Google moderator or over the audio portion of the chat. There will also be several Googlers doing short presentations. I hope [...]
Publication date: 2008-10-23 more

Random Updates

I've got several random things to say to the interwebs but none of them merit a blog post individually... First off, I love data. But I hate the fact that the spreadsheet in OpenOffice 2.x and Gnumeric both have row limits of 65,536. I don't know who missed the boat on 32 and 64 bit CPUs, but it's rather annoying! And, yes, twitter people, I know that 65,536 is a 16 bit limit--not 8. I was trying to make a point. Secondly, Yahoo can haz layoffs (again). Having lived through 3 rounds of layoffs in my 8.5 years at Yahoo, I know what that feels like. :-( If you're a kick-ass Perl hacker or an excellent systems and network administrator who'd like to work at a great company in San Francisco, let me know. Thirdly, the dumbest bugs are often the ones that have been in your code a long time and are incredibly easy to keep glossing over as you read and re-read it. Fourthly, Tie::Syslog is pretty handy but seems to not like being used multiple times in the same app. Each instance seems to think that it has the same "identity." Anyone seen that before? I haven't dug into that yet but probably will soon. Finally, we're out of town for a few days while the house is being fumigated for termites. And we brought all four cats with us. That what I call an adventure. Now back to your regularly scheduled... uh, stuff. (comments)
Publication date: 2008-10-22 more

ninja250 on "wanna buy a mac!"

rf10 on "iPod video false low battery"

Eesma on "Various ipod charging/connection problems"

SalCan on "Did you get a new MacBook?"

KevinSD on "Leasing problem with Apple Financial"

JoelGeek on "Did you get a new MacBook?"

Hidden text on a television

I was thinking of taking a few days and doing some photo blogging of various pictures I’ve collected in the last few months. For example, lots of people know what hidden text is on the web. What would hidden text look like on a television? I think it would look something like this: That’s some tiny [...]
Publication date: 2008-10-20 more

MacEvangelizer on "Mac BBS'ing - Bring It Back!"

Alerting webmasters to webserver vulnerabilities

I’m really happy about a new experiment that we’re trying that has the potential to help a ton of site owners. A new blog post on the Google webmaster blog (you are subscribed to the webmaster blog, right? You’ll find at least as much good SEO and search-related info on that blog as on my [...]
Publication date: 2008-10-17 more

Yahoo! Search Taste Test

In today's coverage of the new Yahoo! Search radio advertisements, Erick Schonfeld at TechCruch says: So can an advertising campaign change any of that? Search is not like a soft drink. People use the search engine that they think can do the best job in helping them find things. Now, maybe Google has brainwashed all of us to believe that it does indeed produce more relevant results. And in a blind taste-test more people might choose Yahoo's results. But if that is the case, I'd rather take an interactive quiz that puts each search engine to the test and make my own decision. That would go much farther to convince me to switch than Yahoo's current creative. Funny he suggests that. I remember suggesting exactly that a few years back when I worked in the marketing group for Yahoo! Search. I suggested we do something inspired by Twingine but which hid the engine identity and let users judge for themselves. Why didn't it happen? Because some of the same people who were convinced that Yahoo! Search was "just as good as" Google (and better in some cases, they said) were afraid that people would realize that this was not the case. The cognitive dissonance was amusing, but it was also frustrating and stupid. "Either we believe we're better or we don't... Which is it?" is the sort of argument I tried to make. I guess that question eventually answered itself. Oh, well... (comments)
Publication date: 2008-10-15 more

Free links to your site

I can’t believe a new feature from Google isn’t getting more notice, because it converts already-existing links to your site into much higher quality links, for free. The Google webmaster blog just announced that you can find the pages that link to 404 pages on your site. Let me back up and give you a little [...]
Publication date: 2008-10-14 more

cloris on "How to remove DRM protection of iTunes m4p songs and wma audio files"

I've been used NoteBurner Audio Converter nearly a year now. It works perfect on both my Windows and MAC. It can convert iTunes music to MP3 with fast encoding speed and high output quality. I used to burn iTunes music to a CD to remove DRM so that I can listen to my music on every device. This method cost a lot of money and time. I was considering of buying CDs instead until I got to know NoteBurner Audio Converter. It adopts virtual burning technology so the burning process do not need a CD-the converted songs are in the preset folder of your hard disk. This is the most amazing feature for me. This software supports a variety formats including m4p to mp3,m4p to wma etc. I no longer care about the compatibility problem because NoteBurner can convert all kinds of formats to mp3.
Publication date: 2008-10-14 more

Online Predator Bills Signed Into Law Today

President Bush signed into law two bills that will make it much harder for child molesters to lurk with anonymity on the Web, especially at social networking sites. The new law, called the "Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators...
Publication date: 2008-10-14 more

Stupid Digg + a kitten

Sorry that the blog was down for a few hours. Yesterday I did a throwaway post that somehow ended up getting 3800+ diggs or so. I didn’t have WP-Cache or Supercache turned on, so my blog melted to a little puddle of fail. “Matt, you idiot! How you could run a modern WordPress blog [...]
Publication date: 2008-10-11 more

Rimen on "Mac Lac(k)"

YouTube adds

A couple weeks ago, xkcd ran this funny comic: Randall Monroe, the creator of xkcd, suggested that if YouTube commenters had to listen to their comments read back to them aloud, it might lead to better discussion on YouTube. Some Googlers thought that was a pretty fun suggestion, so they did it. YouTube now has an [...]
Publication date: 2008-10-09 more

Great HTPC Wireless Keyboard: Adesso WKB-4000US

A few weeks ago I asked for HTPC Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Recommendations and got some excellent suggestions. After reading reviews on-line and checking out the various specs, I settled on the Adesso WKB-4000US. I decided on this keyboard partly because I've liked previous Adesso keyboards and partly because it seemed to be the right combination of price, size, and range for our use. I was not disappointed. The keyboard feels very solid--not cheap at all. Range is excellent and the feel, while not excellent, is better than I expected. The trackpad works well and no special drivers were required for Windows XP. It Just Works. They keyboard even came with a set of batteries! If there's any negative to mention, it's that the USB dongle is about twice as long as I'd have liked. But that's a pretty small price to pay for being able to sit on the couch and control the home theater PC without reception concerns. If you're looking for a good wireless HTPC keyboard, I highly recommend the Adesso WKB-4000US. It's available on NewEgg.com as well as on Amazon.com. (comments)
Publication date: 2008-10-09 more

Halloween costume for 2008?

I think I know what I’m doing for Halloween this year, but if anyone wants to throw out suggestions, I’d be delighted to hear them.
Publication date: 2008-10-08 more

windbell on "How to remove DRM protection of iTunes m4p songs and wma audio files"

I just stumble upon this guide which gives a step-by-step way to - Remove DRM Protection from iTunes AAC M4V M4P on Win&Mac
Publication date: 2008-10-08 more

johnkennedy12 on "ipod swap?"

Back Seat Flying in the Citabria: Tailwheel Fun

About a week ago I finally got the chance to work on the back seat flying with my instructor in our Citabria. I'm not new to flying from the back. I've done so in gliders for a few years now, but I knew this was going to be a bit different. I wasn't concerned about the actual flying. Flying is pretty much the same no matter where you are. The only question is how many of the instruments you can see from the rear seat. Luckily, I found that I was usually able to see the two or three that mattered: airpseed, altimeter, and engine RPM. What I knew would be the most interested was the takeoff and landing--especially the landings. Being a tailwheel airplane, the nose is naturally much higher when on the ground or in a landing attitude. That means dramatically restricted visibility from the back. On takeoff it's not too bad, since you can pretty quickly get the tail flying and level out the airplane. On landing, however, you end up using a lot of peripheral vision and a bit of faith. (This is assuming a normal three-point instead of a wheel landing. See also: Conventional Landing Gear). But a funny thing happens after you practice it a few times: you start to get the hang of it and realize that it's not all that different than landing from the front seat. You're still trying to stay lined up on the runway and fly the airplane until it lands. In fact, you're trying to keep it from landing as long as you can so that when it finally touches down there's not enough energy for it to start flying again. Aside from the satisfaction of learning something new and building confidence in flying your airplane, being able to fly from the back seat has another benefit. You can now have your wife fly from the font seat and get used to the airplane that she'll be using to finish up her training too. And I may be biased, but I think she did a pretty darn good job on her first flight from the front seat. :-) I'm not sure I'd want to put a non-pilot up front--or at least not someone who hasn't been around airplanes a lot. There are a some controls that I cannot reach from the rear. But I'd feel pretty comfortable giving rides from the back now. (comments)
Publication date: 2008-10-08 more

skyocean on "How to remove DRM protection of iTunes m4p songs and wma audio files"

Here is a detailed guide on how to - [b]Remove DRMprotection from iTunes AAC M4V M4P on win&Mac[/b]
Publication date: 2008-10-07 more

My Five Months With Google Chrome

Om Malik wrote an interesting post about Google Chrome one month after the public launch. While I was reading Om’s post, I realized that I wrote a post for the Google Chrome release that I never published. I’ll include it here, and then let’s meet at the bottom and compare notes. Like many Google [...]
Publication date: 2008-10-06 more

Quick comment for pixelrn

I tried to leave a comment on pixelrn.com but the problem with talking about hacked sites is that you often end up using language that gets flagged as spammy. Here’s what I tried to say but the WordPress installation over on pixelrn wouldn’t let me: Hi Beth, I checked and it doesn’t look like you have [...]
Publication date: 2008-10-04 more

Mobier on "How to Convert protected Music/ Video to new iPod, MP3"

I was deeply impressed by both output quality and conversion speed of Extra DVD Ripper Express. Often a DVD 9 disc was completed in about 15 minutes.
Publication date: 2008-10-03 more

Steve Fossett Wreckage in Mammoth Lakes Area

Various news sources are reporting that Steve Fossett's wreckage has been found in the vicinity of Mammoth Lakes, California. There are a few interesting bits about what I've heard and read so far, but first have a look at the terrain that area. View Larger Map There are ski runs nearby and the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountains isn't far either. The Mammoth Yosemite Airport sits at an elevation of 7,128 feet and the nearby ridges and peaks easily top 10,000. In fact, the impact appears to have happen around 10,000 feet and was consistent with flying directly into terrain. The fuselage apparently disintegrated and the engine was found several hundred feet from the impact location. My suspicion is that Steve had some sort of in-flight medical problem. He was a very experienced pilot and likely wouldn't have been doing any acro at that altitude (though is plane probably could have). And even if there was engine trouble, he'd have had the sense to try to get it down safely or at least slowly. The NTSB should be able to figure out if the engine was running at the time of impact. But first they have to get all the wreckage transported to somewhere it can be studied. The other puzzling thing is that he was supposed to be out look at dry lakes. There aren't really any dry lakes up there. Maybe 15-30 minutes away, down in the Owens Valley and beyond, but not up near the Sierra Crest. I'm curious to hear what the NTSB and FAA are able to figure from all of this. (comments)
Publication date: 2008-10-03 more

Google Blogsearch and Techmeme

More and more people are spending free time (and work time) online and lots of those people want to discover interesting things on the web. Google Blogsearch’s new home page applies that insight with a browsable version of what’s going on in the blogosphere. The UI design is a little reminiscent of Google News, but [...]
Publication date: 2008-10-03 more

New meme: Tag five friends to register to vote

Okay, I’ll help on this. A Google blog post and the corresponding video ask people to register to vote (find out how at http://maps.google.com/vote ) and/or send this video to five of their friends. I’m game for that, mainly because Jonah Hill is the funniest man in the world and he says to do it. [...]
Publication date: 2008-10-03 more

Programming Annoyance: Libraries that Exit on Me

This is something that's been bugging me for a long time now. Over the years, I've come to realize that programming time is 10% about writing the code to do the work, 70% about figuring out where failures might occur and dealing with them, 10% about documentation, and 10% about documentation. (That last 10% may be substituted with Desktop Tower Defense or something equally time wasting.) Or something like that. The point is that writing the code to do what I want isn't hard. It's dealing with all the other things that do--especially error conditions. There are so many weird corner cases to consider. And when you're working on code for a high volume web site that has its servers under load 24 hours a day, it doesn't take long to encounter those odd situations. Murphy is always watching. Years ago, after battling similar problems at Yahoo, I began to develop certain ideas about how errors should be detected, handled, and reported. An important idea here is that the developer should always be in control of when the script/program/process dies. Aside from something truly fatal (like a segfault) library routines should detect errors and report them back to their caller in the form of a known-to-be-bad return value. The problem is that I keep running into code I want to use that breaks that rule in multiple places. In Perl terms, that means that I'll be happily testing my code and suddenly something goes wrong and my script dies in a place I didn't expect. Upon digging into it, I find that the CPAN library I'm using has something like this lurking in it: if (not $good) { Carp::croak("bad stuff happened!"); } Or... if (not $good) { die "badness here!"; } Sigh! This means I have to read the code a bit more and see if I can discern why the developer wants my script to die in some cases, but in others he's content to just do this: if (not $good) { $@ = "bad things happened"; return undef; } What is it about some errors that makes them fatal while others aren't so bad that I'm deemed able to deal with them? Why has this developer taken that decision away from me? It makes no sense at all. What this means is that I then need to litter my code with ugly crap like this: eval { $object->methodThatMayDie; }; if ($@) { # handle error here } The problem with that, aside from the fact that I'm dealing with another developer's inconsistent coding, is that it pollutes my code and forces me to make yet another frustrating decision. Do I use a small number of big eval blocks and give up knowing exactly where the code died? Or do I pollute my code with a larger number of smaller eval blocks so that I can react to specific problems with a more specific solution? That means the module developer would have had to document which methods or functions may die on me. Otherwise I have to go trudging through their code and waste my time figuring that out. Guess which is more frequent. Or do I override the module's use of die or Carp or whatever. I can do it, but that has other side effects I probably don't want to deal with either. Why do I even need to deal with this in the first place? Can't people provide consistent interfaces? Is there something so bad about returning an error code and leaving it up to the user of your code to decide how to handle error conditions? Maybe they do want to exit() or die(). Maybe they want to retry the logic after waiting a bit. Maybe they want to page someone and log the failure. Maybe... You get the idea. This whole concept of "fatal" exceptions seems wrong to me. Unless things are so bad that the kernel is going to kill my process, I should be the one in charge of deciding when my code will blow up. And I shouldn't have to do extra work to asset that authority. Should I? I know that in the Java world, it's common to do a bunch of stuff in a big try block and then try to figure out what, if anything, blew up later. But I'm a firm believer in dealing with specific problems at the exact place they occur. I really wish more people thought that way. It'd make my life easier. (comments)
Publication date: 2008-10-02 more

Five fun smartphone tips

Tip #1: See what you’re ordering. You’re at a restaurant and looking over the menu. But you don’t know the difference between a turkey bolognese and a turkey piccata. What to do? Fire up your iPhone, Android, or other smartphone and go to images.google.com and do a search for turkey bolognese. In just a few [...]
Publication date: 2008-09-29 more

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Where to submit Chrome feedback?

The best place to submit Chrome feedback is at http://groups.google.com/group/google-chrome-help Not here (I’m going to disable comments on this post) and not over at Search Engine Roundtable. I still see a comment a day or so trickling in over there, probably because the post ranks highly for “Chrome feedback.” Just to repeat, if you want a Chrome [...]
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cloris on "How to Convert protected Music/ Video to new iPod, MP3"

Some tools to remove DRM from music? 1 Noteburner 2 Tune4win or Tune4MAC 3 TunePat Tools to remove protection from DVD: DVDSmith (freeware)
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Ubuntu Kung Fu: Best Book Cover Ever!

I just ran across news that Ubuntu Kung Fu is Shipping and happened to look at the cover. As a cat lover and technical book author myself, I felt a little slighted. That's right. Keir Thomas got a kitten on his book. That kicks ass. But even better, Ubuntu Kung Fu (PDF and printed) sounds like a real winner for day-to-day Ubutnu users. As the marketing blurb says: Award-winning Linux author Keir Thomas gets down and dirty with Ubuntu to provide over 300 concise tips that enhance productivity, avoid annoyances, and simply get the most from Ubuntu. You'll find many unique tips here that can't be found anywhere else. You'll also get a crash course in Ubuntu's flavor of system administration. Whether you're new to Linux or an old hand, you'll find tips to make your day easier. In other words, it's a book that nearly everyone using Ubuntu could benefit from. I'm hoping to grab a copy shortly. Have a listen to Keir Thomas on Ubuntu Kung Fu in this week's Pragmatic Podcast. Also available on Amazon.com. (comments)
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Traveling => Light posting

I’m not-in-California for a few days, so expect light posting. If you want to try to guess where I’m visiting, I may start posting “Where is Matt?” hints on my Twitter stream for people that want to play along. While I’m gone, enjoy the Android coverage. Even though I love my iPhone, I think lots of [...]
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Google Moderator launches

Here’s a fun link for you. Google just released a free service called Google Moderator. This is a port to Google App Engine of an existing tool we use all the time at Google. Internally it was called Dory (after the fish who asked questions all the time in Finding Nemo). What does Google Moderator do? [...]
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Mustard Lime Beef Steaks Recipe

A few days ago I made a new grill recipe that turned out even better than we expected, so I've reproduced it here for your grilling and eating enjoyment. Ingredients 4 sirloin beef steaks (roughly 1" thick) 1/4 cup of dry mustard (Colman's works well) 1/4 cup Worcestershire Sauce (Lea and Perrins works well) Lime Juice or 1 large lime Coarse salt (sea salt is what I use) Freshly ground white pepper Preparation Cover the steaks on one side with 2 tablespoons of dry mustard. Pat it down and spread evenly with the back side of a fork. Sprinkle two tablespoons of worcestershire sauce over the steaks, allowing it to soak into the mustard--patting the steaks with the fork if necessary. Dribble a bit of lime juice over the steaks. Season the steaks with a good amount of salt and pepper. Then flip the steaks and repeat on the other side. Let them marinate for 20-30 minutes while pre-heating the grill. Cooking Clean and oil the grill. Cook the steaks on high heat for roughly 4 to 6 minutes per side, aiming to keep them pink on the inside. Do not rotate the steaks to make those nice cross-hatched grill marks. Doing so may knock off some of the mustard and seasonings. Let the steaks sit for a few minutes. Slice and enjoy. :-) Unfortunately, I have no pictures to show. But they're most excellent to eat. Trust me. (comments)
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HTPC Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Recommendations?

Dear Lazyweb, As of a few weeks ago, we have a computer hooked up to the 66 inch TV full-time. However, it currently has a wired keyboard and mouse, both of which are less than optimal when you'd prefer to keep your ass on the couch and pick a movie from the server upstairs. So I'm soliciting recommendations for a wireless keyboard and mouse (or keyboard/mouse combo) that has decent range (20-30 feet, ideally) and doesn't take up too much space. The keyboard doesn't need a numeric keypad or even full-sized keys. It's only going to be used to type a small amount: occasional hits to IMDB and renaming a folder or two. The mouse should be a reliable two or three button optical that can tolerate occasional attacks by our cats and possibly even a spilled drink. On option that is highly rated but also highly priced is the Logitech diNovo Edge 2-Tone 84 Normal Keys 9 Function Keys USB Bluetooth Wireless Mini Keyboard. Reviews claim is has excellent size and range. But the touchpad mouse seems a bit funky. However, I do like the idea of it being built-in so there's only one object to deal with. Thoughts? Thanks in advance, Jeremy (comments)
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I have Vista x64 and love it. Haven't heard of any issues with cd drives. Really old programs and programs that install some drivers won't work but you are very unlikely to enounter either. x64 is much more stable and without it, your 4 gigs of memory won't all show up. I would stick with it.
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You could use your own imaging program to back up to discs. I use Acronis TrueImage workstation. This lets me install the OS, programs, data, etc then create a set of recovery discs. If they're just putting on a new image to fix your software problems, you wouldn't need to take it to them as you could re-image it yourself.
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sierraslim on "cant login to xp it keeps logging back out"

Hi I cant login to my desktop using win xp pro for some reason i now get the login user screen well i put my password in and it goes to desktop and then logs back of. I try safemode and it does the same.Someone must have the answer so many people have this problem. I try a xp repair but it still goes to login screen. I have no floppy so dont tell me to boot from it. I can get into xp repair I have 300 gb of info i cant loose so can someone truely help me? If i do a reinstall will i lose everything in programs & docs? Thank You
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sierraslim on "Blue screen Win 95"

LOL Win 95 You got to be joking what are you cheap?
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hawaii-tec on "EMachines Class Action"

I'm just curious if anyone has had any indication, that this issue might be caused by the Bestec Power Supply, instead of the Motherboards. I work on a lot of Computers, and I have had several instances where the Bestec P/S appears good, and tests good with my tester, yet will not power on the Computer. Upon replacing the M/B the same thing happens, however, now the new M/B is blown. Using another good Power Supply will not work, because you have just taken out your M/B. The only way to solve the hardware failure is to replace both at the same time. This has happened to me at least 6 times and is happening today on a new M/B for an e-Machine, that i purchased for a client at $190.00. This is money i can't charge my client, and cannot return the part to the place where i purchased it. I'm willing to bet, that the Bestec Power Supply has damaged both of these Boards and maybe even the new Processor as well. I will join the lawsuit but, please consider the information i have mentioned.
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sarge on "RE: It's now (illegally) possible to play any burned disc on your Wii"

this kinda thing worries me i remember when the sega dreamcast came out and it was the greatest thing to be able to burn cd-r games and play them on the dreamcast with no effort but shortly after that the game makers stopped making games for the dreamcast and the dreamcast was dead.... then the only people who got the short end of the stick were the users who were not tech savy otherwise you just downloaded or rented (this was around 1996) every game you could find and burned them so nerds had a large collection of games and joe shmo had a 200 dollar piece of crap that no one made games for anymore this is not a good thing i hope Nintendo can update the firmware and fix this otherwise game makers are going to stop making games and Nintendo will have to make another wii and i don't want to have to go out and buy another game system after just purchasing this one
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damalloy on "blackberry email problems"

My blackberry receives all my emails however the emails are also suppose to be posted in my emails on my computer in AOL.Some emails will appear on both my computer and blackberry (which I want) while others will just be on my blackberry.Can anyone help me get this corrected.Verizon says it is AOL's problem,AOL say it is Verizons. Any thoughts? Dan
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Yo ho ho! Happy Pirate Day, mateys!

I hope everyone be havin’ a great Talk Like a Pirate Day! It looks like Google added support fer Pirate in our user interface. I ‘ave t’ admit that I didn’ see that one comin’. Special thanks t’ th’ online pirate translator fer help wit’ this post, don’tcha know. May the “black spot” not darken your [...]
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Sergey starts a blog!

I’ve checked with folks at Google and they confirmed that http://too.blogspot.com/ is Sergey Brin’s blog. The name “too” reflects Sergey’s additional life outside work. One of his first posts is about the fact that he might be more likely to develop Parkinson’s Disease when he’s older. That’s based on data from 23andMe, the personal genetics [...]
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ednafugate on "Have a Dell power issues"

Have a Dell laptop 1525 and when I plug in the power cord it tells me it is plugged in, not charging. Why is it doing this?
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shaky on "chip construction"

Am I on the right page? Can anyone tell me the components of and the how to's and is it possible for a student to construct a memory chip in his own home? Wher might I gain such information?
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bobandjoe on "Need help laptop shopping"

I'm shopping for a gaming laptop under $600. I know that isn't much, but I don't have very much anyway. If you know a good computer for under that price (the lower the better), then please reply with the URL of the site. Thanks. Oh, yeah, I need it to run Microsoft XP Pro. A lot of the games I play won't run on Apples.
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captjack44 on "screwed up character set in OS"

Help! Messed up my pc big time. OS is Windows XP Professional. I was cleaning up the pc removing some software. When I rebooted, all the text on the OS shows up in unprintable characters. Here are some screen shots (hope they show up): http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8853/badscreen1yl7.jpg http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9126/badscreen2fp3.jpg Not sure what I did. Any ideas? Thanks!
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fierynymph on "computer won't start"

When I go away for the weekend I usually unplug my computer.This has never been a problem until recently. My computer normally starts up fine with no problems at all, but now when I unplug it for a while and go to turn it on all the lights and fans start for a second then it dies and just won't start. If I unplug it again and plug it back in and wait a few minutes after a few tries it starts just fine and continues to start fine as long as I don't unplug it when I leave. This has become a sort of dance when I go away.My computer is about 3 years old self built and this is a recent problem.Is my psu going or maybe the bios battery? It just seems weird that everythings fine if I never unplug it.I would appreciate any help.
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sngehl01 on "Toshiba Satellite A205-s4707 help with graphics (no idea here)"

I know very little about computers in general, and even less about dealing with laptops. I want to play day of defeat source, which is a steam powered game. When I try to launch it, the computer is really jumpy and it lags bad and stuff. the game requirements: Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX® 8 level Graphics Card, Windows® Vista/XP/2000, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection Recommended: Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card, Windows® Vista/XP/2000, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection Now, my computer has 1gig DDR2 memory, 2.0 gHz processor, an intel centrino core duo processor, and Intel GMA 950 graphics processor. When I play the game, it's choppy and lags bad, and I think it's due to my computer not being able to process the graphics fast enough. How in the world do I go about upgrading that feature? Or if that's not it, what do I try to fix? Do I need more RAM? If so, how do I go about choosing an appropriate addition (I've seen DDR2 1 gig laptop memory for like $20 before, but I was a little weary of it...) Thank you so very much. Nick
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Envomni on "RE: Get major air with the Antec PC Skeleton Case"

Noisey?
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Envomni on "RE: New Yorkers get RFID driver's licenses"

...welcome to the beginning of the age of life scans. Now, walking down the street, anyone will soon be able to get your life in a moment with a rfid reader.
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Envomni on "RE: Interactive Talking First Aid Guide helps when it counts"

Next step.. the EMH... Emergency Medical Hologram
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undoIT on "RE: Review: Lenovo ThinkPad X301 Notebook"

Is the battery life actually a lot lower than the X300? I thought the X300 was getting 5 to 6 hours under normal usage. And the X301 is only getting 3? -------------- http://couponsdealuxe.com/
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tarbaby on "I bought e stealth and we cant get it to install on my blackberry to a nokia pho"

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Rok0601 on "Sony Vaio Hard Drive Help"

Hey All, I'm attempting to fix my Sony VGN-FS790Bwhich I recently re-installed Windows XP SP-2 onto as the HD was corrupted with Viruses, MalWare etc. I used a non-sony windows CD which I'm assuming doesn't have the relevant drivers, files etc. Anyway, after re-installing windows, it will no longer connect to my wireless network - rather recognize any available network at all. Infact, the antenna doesn't even show up. I tried plugging the ethernet chord in the back but it doesn't even connect then. What am I missing here??? Please Help!!!!!!!!
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jonlgeek on "RE: EA relaxes Spore DRM after backlash"

And what about the rumour that you cannot have more than one user account on each machine that it is installed on? I mean, if my family wanted to each have their own game save on the same machine, is that still prevented? I was very interested in getting this game, but EA has screwed themselves BIG TIME with this. I'd be surprised if they even re-coup their money on this game if they don't take out the DRM.
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davidrodal on "RE: EA relaxes Spore DRM after backlash"

This is very sad because it's a good game. I am a big civ 4 fan (civilization the series as a whole). This isn't quite as deep as civ 4 but once I get into the space race. it gets complicated enough for me for now. As far as the one account per machine I don't know if that is true. It seems like I have enter the game, it connectes for me to my online account, I do have the ability to logout of that and login as someone else. Then it gives me a bunch of games, some new, some I started, I have multiple ones going at the same time. So I don't know about not being to be able to on save going. You can't start from the same planet that someelse started from but you have plenty to choose from. I hope the get rid of most of the DRM on this game and that the head lines were more about the game and not about the DRM. Speaking of which, where is the review for this game????
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kpengland on "RE: EA relaxes Spore DRM after backlash"

From what I have read, it is indeed still one account per game.
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johnr on "RE: Feature: VOIP with Nokia E71 How-To"

If you are having trouble receiveing calls, please double check your incoming connection settings as prescribed above. Also, be sure you or the PBX is NOT behind a NAT. SIP doesn't play nice with NAT, and in this example, it is assumed you are on the same IP network/segment that the PBX resides on. Hope this helps.
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capitalist on "RE: Lenovo releases six new EPEAT Gold standard monitors"

Energy efficiency is nice, but what's their dead pixel policies? Do they have any ISO Class I monitors (i.e. no dead pixels allowed)?
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capitalist on "RE: Neuros launches OSD2 high def capable recorder developer kits"

Looks interesting. Has anyone tried it?
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Measurand on "Cool article"

Sorry, I put this in the wrong category...
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Measurand on "Motion Capture Technology"

This is a neat article on a unique use for 3D motion capture: http://www.gizmag.com/motion-capture-in-mri/10025/
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STARFIGHTER3 on "I am employed by AOL, I can locate/Trace AIM accounts"

kizoin @ <i>Jul 09 2008 9:03am</i> As long as my identity stays hidden, I'll work with anyone who needs to have an account traced. I work in the Operations Security Dept. AKA OPSSEC at AOL/Time Warner and I'm fully available to assist anyone who'd like. Post the screen name in this thread along with an explanation, OTHERWISE, give me an email I can contact you at to discuss. PLEASE CONTACT ME REGARDING THE POSSIBLE LOCATING OF MY DAUGHTER'S STOLEN LAP-TOP FROM HER APARTMENT USING MY AOL ACCOUNT AND HER SIGN-IN USER NAME: MMGenisiMM@AOL.COM MY EMAIL URL IS malveauxltd@aol.com a reward to you if you can accomplish something on this as they also took with them jewlery and other items of importance ec.
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Shonjir on "Installing Win 98 over Win 2000"

This is very old and I happened to find it randomly but here's some tips for the (rare) people who might need to do this... 1. You can split HD partitions with a tool like Partition Magic. A size of 50MB will suffice. Make the partition fat32. Then, from a DOS boot disk (preferably Ver.5) install DOS on that partition (so that you have best DOS support for weird old programs) and then run the Win98 CD installation. When asked, keep the DOS you installed.You will need drivers, so have internet connection handy. 2. Run fresh Win98 installation as described above by zarcondeegrissm. 3. Use a DOS emulator on Win 2000 (you can find Download and info if you Google it) Maybe someday this might help someone...
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datonz on "Wont to use my old laptop monitor"

I have an old laptop with a dead motherboard, so I was wondering if there is a way to use the monitor for something else. Specifically, I want to put it in my car because I have a DVD player in there. I would need it to use RCA jacks and Im not sure how I would turn it on/off, set contrast or the brightness. Any electrical engineers out there want to help?
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fatguy on "Video Controller (VGA Compatible)..."

hi guys , i think i have a really bad problem here , i formated my computer 3 weeks ago , but i still can't find the drivers for my computer , dun no some times i hate japanese firm also , ;(( i've only found the internet driver, but i can't get that audio , and video controler(vga compatible) and grapichs... every thing so... If any one can help me where can i get the drivers for my computer ? ? pleeeaaase . . . It's NEC LaViE G type rx , PC-GL17FTWG1 i almost lose my computer now help me ... ;(
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rpdrose on "Windows XP SP3"

Wonder if any one is having problems with service pack 3 (XP). After downloading and running the update my computer hung and would not shutdown, after unplugging would not only boot in Safe Mode, I tried to restore to a diffirent point but It said there were none. I ran this way for a day and the very next day the real problems started, it would only boot if you held down F2 or F8 and then when ever you let go of the key the computer went dead, nothing if you held the key down it would let you move around in the BIOS but it would always die before you could make or save any changes, I also could get to the Safe Mode but it would die before I could get it to load, Microsoft Tech Support sent me a dead link and ignores me. Anyone have any ideas? My computer is a Power Spec 8020 1.3GHz P4 , 2 Maxtor HD's totaling 90GB,Intel D850GB MB,512MB Memory, Radeon 2400 Pro Video Card.
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bobandjoe on "RE: Asus Eee PC 1000H Follow-Up"

Would this be good for Gaming such as DDO, WoW, RS, and DR? As for disk-based games I'm not expecting to install any anytime soon. I'm really working on getting my computer. Thanks
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Cybersages on "C+A Employee Benefit Solutions Provides Huge Savings on Health Care"

Company healthcare benefit can be one of the most sensitive issues among employers and employees. But if you have the right program for this benefit, your company and your employees will have a win-win situation. With C+A Employee Benefits Solutions (C+A), you can leave all your worries on healthcare benefits behind. In a recent case study made by C+A for a client, the client was faced with a $200,000 (38%) premium increase upon their 2007 health benefits renewal. Through aggressive marketing of their plan along with proposing a creative health plan design approach C+A was able to keep cost consistent going into its new plan year. C+A provides a solution to the company
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jcarlson on "ipod 120 gb causes reboot in windows xp"

Just upgraded from 30 gb to 120 gb. Problem is, every time I plug the 120 in, it causes a reboot. Running xp with itunes 8. Windows updates are current. Can anyone help? Spent almost an hour on phone with Apple and got nowhere....
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Angel001 on "I am employed by AOL, I can locate/Trace AIM accounts"

Kisoin.. Need your help...please contact me at ultispy007@aol.com regarding a friend who's reputation is being smeared on the internet by this person. The person has an AOL email account that I would like to give you. Thanks..Again, My Email Address: ultispy007@aol.com
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mojoman on "RE: Norton 2009 products arrive focused on performance"

Kaspersky 2009 is a piece of sh*t. It pops up alerts with cryptic questions for no reason at all. Those alerts were supposed to go away with 2009, but no luck. Brain-dead Trusted, Untrusted, Less Trusted, More Trusted zones. If you want all the details go to kasperskysucks.blogspot.com and learn about how Kaspersky deceives their customers. So dont belive all the hype you read about Kaspersky.
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ednafugate on "Plugged in, not charging"

I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 and it recently started giving me the message plugged in, not charging when I plug in my power cord. Can anyone tell me why? It eventually starts charging but it can sometimes take long enough that I am afraid it will shut down while I am working on it.
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AshleyPerkins on "Leading Online Credit Card Processing Provider Announces Multi Currency Processi"

London, UK – September 18, 2008 – Ashley Perkins, founder and CEO of Allied Wallet recently announced an advanced online credit card processing service in multiple foreign currencies. This move has been initiated as a reprieve for the high foreign exchange fees banks currently charge whenever an overseas transfer of credit is made. The online credit card processing system as perfected by Allied Wallet now offers credit card processing and settlement in JPY, EURO, GBP, CHF, CAD, AUD, USD and NZD besides other foreign currencies. Miss. Ashley Perkins justified this move saying, “This step will make it very convenient for clients and consumers alike to transfer credit and settle currency across countries. No more dealing with the reductions and hassles usually associated with unwanted conversion fees.” According to Miss. Perkins “The online finance services currently available in the market have only substituted paperwork with complicated software. On no account does this benefit the timesaving efforts of a business enterprise. Allied Wallet, with the addition of JCB and Maestro American Express accessibility for our eCommerce customers, aims to restructure the rules and simplify the present online credit card processing division.” An extremely compatible and low risk credit card processing system and a unique online credit transfer arrangement are two essential eCommerce tools that Allied Wallet has to offer online businesses. Financial and eCommerce genius, Mr. Ashley Perkins is the architect of this highly efficient online wallet and an increasing number of businesses are reaping the profits of this system. Miss. Perkins realized the need for a sophisticated online credit card processing system that did not strain the novice user or the financial executive. His acquaintance with the problems presented by existing online credit card vendors led to the launch of the Allied Wallet concept. Optimum security while performing basic or sophisticated credit card processing activities online is one of the hallmarks of the Allied Wallet service. Thanks to the singular vision of Miss. Ashley Perkins, Allied Wallet remains the trusted choice for a vast array of vast online businesses, eCommerce corporate portals and small business owners. For more information about this topic, please call Allied Wallet at 310- 601-3020 Fax: 310-694-9076 or e-mail them at support@alliedwallet.com , Contact: 468 N. Camden Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Tel: +3106013020 http://www.alliedwallet.com/ support@alliedwallet.com
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Nando27 on "DVD ram not showing in device manager"

hi, got a bit of a problem. After instaling a couple of 700Gb samsung HD satta2 my DVDs rom don't show up in device manager. BIO shows they are working but windows don't even recognize a dvd drive. Running win xp with all the updates on a asus P5N32 Mb, T6600 core 2 duo, 2Gb ram , (raid 0) 2 seaga 300 gb satta 2 & (raid 1)2 Samsung 700 Gb satta 2 Tried disconecting and reinstalling them with no luck.
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mjs on "RE: The web in the 90's"

I really like that u-geek site. Pity we have so much crap on the site today.
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kpengland on "RE: Wii game piracy about to get very easy?"

Even if Nintendo didn't disable it in an update, I doubt this would hurt Nintendo's bottom line much. The crowd buying Wii titles en masse are not going to be pirating games. If this happened to the PS3 or 360 it would be disastrous to those platforms.
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johntty on "RE: Panasonic's ExConnect bringing broadband back to flights"

It looks like Panasonic is following the same business model as Boeing. The users are getting used to FREE access in airports and coffee shops and is less likely to want to pay for access on an airplane. The industry has shown that there is money to be made by giving away the serves and selling advertising that goes along with it (e.g. Google). Why isn't anyone working that business model?
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tall_timbers on "RE: The web in the 90's"

many websites, includeing geek.com are way to cluttered today. I believe that actually cuts down on their usefulness and detracts from any potential ad revenue because less attention is paid to the overall site (read: ads easy to purposefully miss because the page has too much junk on it already).
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kittyq5 on "Code purple"

I also had this "code purple" problem after replacing the motherboard on my computer. After replacing the motherboard, the computer worked fine. When I was doing a system recovery to restore computer to factory settings to give to my mother, I could not get back on as I had the "code purple". After checking your website and many more, I learned about the lawsuit against HP and that they should fix the computer for free. After about six months, I did an online chat support (as my computer was out of warranty and could not talk to them without a charge), and they are sending me a shipping box, are going to fix the computer, and ship it back to me for free. The computer will be restored to factory settings, butI was doing that anyway. So if you don't mind going back to your factory settings, they will fix it for free. They said it would only take about four to five days as it is sent by FedEx both ways.
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crazymonster on "Video Controller (VGA Compatible)..."

help me!! i need a driver for video controller vga compatible. i'm using windows xp professional for my acer aspire 4315.. i dont want to use vista because my processor is intel celeron.. sadly, the driver is for vista.. i tried to use it but its not working. i try to download and use other aspire's video drivers and they are not working too.. i had already try almost all drivers for that, non of them are working! hope u can help me.. thanks awesomeo..
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stevenvitale on "RE: Review: LapDawg Laptop Stand"

Bought one of these about 4 months ago. One of the arms broke after very casual use. Only a 30 day warranty, so I'm out $130. Craptastic.
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yacikier on "Review: Video Converter Platinum"

Hey guys and gals, I'm back with another installment in my series on video conversion programs to be used to transfer your movies to the Tilt! This week I've got an ‘official' review, the folks over at Wondershare emailed me and asked me to check out their video conversion software, this isn't a DVD ripper but just for converting your already existing videos to a format compatible with your Tilt or other phones of course. Wondershare Video Convertor Platinum can convert to many formats and not just to PPC, so it's actually a very useful program for any of your video conversion needs. So, read on to check it out... As usual we start off with the Specs and Features of the program, this is just the basics grabbed from their site, if you wish to read everything they've got about Wondershare Video Converter Platinum, stop on over HERE to read all about it. Wondershare Video Converter Platinum - http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/video-converter-platinum.html version: 4.0.3.0 Price: $35.00 Features: Directly convert video for playback on all popular portable video/audio players ( Zune, iPod,Apple TV,iPhone, PSP, etc). Convert video to most popular video formats with powerful video editing functions including video crop and video trimming and file merging. Customize video/audio quality with various video and audio settings. Wondershare Video Converter Platinum is the best video format converter that can convert your video files including FLV video to various formats to meet different format requirements and for playback on most popular players including iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, Pocket PC, Creative Zen, and Archos and so on. It is the best video converter that can convert WMV to AVI, VOB to AVI, and this YouTube Video Converter even convert video to Youtube or convert Youtube to video with excellent quality. The best video converter supports video formats such as MP4, MOV, 3GP, AVI, WMV, RM, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, FLV, ASF and also HD video formats including TS, TP and TRP. It also supports audio formats including M4A, WMA, WAV, MP3, AAC and AC3. With the video joiner of this all-in-one video format converter, you can even merge multiple files into a single video file, and can trim or crop to edit your videos according to your need. After installing the program just hit the shortcut on your desktop to load the program, we are greeted with a graphical interface, with simple instructions on how to use the program in the main window. The are only 4 steps to get your video converted easily, of course if you wish to change the settings etc you'll add more steps to the process. To pick your format click on ‘Profile' near the bottom, a slide out menu appears and you've got several choices, of course since I'm converting for the Tilt I'm using the option for ‘Windows Mobile', with that you've got three more choices, and for our use I picked ‘General Pocket PC Video' Click ‘Add' to add your video, just navigate to the file you wish to convert as you would in windows, very easily. I'm using Stargate again as I've used with all of the reviews in this series, I've already ripped it from DVD to AVI/Divx/Xvid format and it's 1.5Gb in size. Since this software isn't for DVD ripping you'll basically only use videos that are already on your hard drive, so you'll have to rip the DVD first with another program if you wish to use one of your DVDs. Once you've got the file loaded, you'll see the the 'settings' option next the the profile selection box is now available, clicking it opens up further video options. For the General Pocket PC Video, you've only got the choice to convert to WMV format, and of course you can change other options as well like Frame Rate, Bit Rate, Resolution, and Audio options. You can pick other formats, personally I like AVI or Xvid, but the estimated size was 1.5gb even for the 320×240 resolution, and that's a bit big for me, so we'll just stick with the WMV format that is the default for the PPC profile. Once you've got all of your settings straight just click ‘Start' and the conversion process will begin, a window pops up and gives you a preview, along with status of the conversion process. You can also select options to shutdown the computer when finished and open the output folder. So here's some stats for you: Time to convert: 28:27 Output Size: 815MB CPU Usage: Average: 41% Peak: 55% The software estimated the output size at 957MB, and the actual output size is 815Mb, so it's smaller which is nicer, still though 815mb is rather large, but with the cost of SDHC cards coming down most people can afford larger capacity cards, so you'll be able to fit a few movies on your card at this size. The time to convert is pretty good as well, coming in under 30 minutes to convert a movie that's over 2 hours long, that's about the average time for most conversion software packages out there today. Yes some are quicker, and of course so do take longer, but 28 minutes isn't bad really. So it doesn't matter how fast or how big the converted video is if it isn't any good right? Well I threw the converted Stargate over to my phone and fired it up, quality was very good, and the audio was synced fine with the video. What more could you ask for? So Wondershare Video Converter Platinum works as it it should, it gives us a viewable movie that looks good and plays fine. The cost of the software is about right, coming in at $35.00 it's worth the cost in my opinion as it can do more than just convert to your PPC, you can use the software for most all of your video conversion needs. If I had to rate this software I would give it a 4.5 out of 5 score, and I think I could recommend it as well to anyone looking for a program that's very easy to use, but does offer the ability to customize your output files and convert to many formats. Pros: -Easy to use -Convert to many formats -Customizable settings -Relatively fast conversion Cons: -Large output size
Publication date: 2008-09-17 more

SyncMate on "WinMobile to Mac synchronization tool"

Eltima Software has released SyncMate vers 1.4 (Ma
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kunalch on "Intel mob865gbf & SATA HDD"

I have Intel Desktop Board D865GBF and planning to buy & install a 500GB SATA Hard Drive on my computer. Will my motherboard support it? I have tird to check intel.com and seagate websites but did not fin an answer. k.
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furry on "Review: Video Converter Platinum"

I'm addicted to TuneCab - all in one converter for any kind of files, audio and video, DRM-protected or unprotected. It can download, save and convert streaming video like YouTube, rip CD's, convert audiobooks etc. And it works with Vista! Try also TuneCab Online Video Catcher Ultimate. It cat download streaming video from YouTube and sites like YouTube and then convert it to any formats.
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pugachevarty on "Commuting less"

That DropBox looks awesome! But something that Alisonc points out is 2-factor authentication. Your going to have to first check with IT at your work if they will let you install something like dropbox or LogMeIn and then you have to consider how secure your remote access username and password are, as you won't what someone hacking your work system because of you wanting to work from home! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-factor_authentication Some good info there.
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JoelGeek on "RE: Andoid-based Dream phone to be launched next month"

T-Mobile confirmed that september 23rd they're showing off android at a 10:30am press event. No word on if it will go on sale then, too.
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gueszwhused on "I am employed by AOL, I can locate/Trace AIM accounts"

hey kizoin! i need help finding my aim password. the sn is = gueszwhused. long story short. bad relationship and i think my ex did it to be spiteful but i would greatly appreciate if you can just give me the password so i can change the email and move on with my life. my email is = njz_gr8est@yahoo.com
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a_brit on "RE: Access to in-flight porn questioned"

You give them unrestricted access and complain when they take advantage of it? Either offer them restricted access or stop complaining. I can't imagine though watching porn in public, especially if it is a really good one... I'd be making extra trips to the bathroom.
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fdudley on "CDROM not Responding"

Used a disk cleaner (System Suite 7, Pro) on my Dell Latitude and ever since I get a "Windows cannot read from this disk" error message. Can anyone tell me how I recoved the file I inadvertantly erased or download a freeware program in order to get my system to recognize my heard-drive? Thanks, Fred
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3d4ya on "Nice models and free models, new site!"

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ivanlomis on "Commuting less"

I have a long commute to the office each day: 60 miles both ways! I'd rather go in only 3 days a week, but sometimes I forget to bring my PC home with me. I need to get access to files on it, but can't get them. I'd love to access some of those files from my own pc without too much hassle. Anyone have ideas about how I can remotely access my PC effectively?
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SalCan on "Commuting less"

I know a few people who swear by hamachi ( https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en) but dropbox ( http://www.getdropbox.com ) looks awesome either should do the job. Tell us which way you end up going.
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Alisonc on "Commuting less"

We use logmein as well. But we have a program called phonefactor for logmein. They provide 2-factor authentication for added security. Download at : http://www.phonefactor.com/downloads I would be interested in hearing which way you end up going as well...
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pouncey on "RE: Review: Logitech MX1100 Mouse"

how interesting
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pouncey on "Burning data to CD's"

that sucks, maybe try another source. or a diffrent disk.
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skubasteve on "RE: Access to in-flight porn questioned"

It doesn't sound any worse than getting stuck next to the obese smelly bastard who's fat rolls are taking up half of your seat.
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tgelvin on "RE: 9-In-1 Multitool includes a USB Flash Drive for the geek on the go"

This is a great tool to have on my keychain... I'm always getting caught without my tools having to fix someone's computer. But I don't understand why they don't have a flash drive that has a bigger capacity of storage. 512MB just doesn't seem sufficient anymore. Timwww.timscomputershop.com
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santiagomunez on "I want to crack my wife`s yahoo password"

I have doubt on ma wifey that she is talking to someone through her mails i aksed her bt she remained silient n beahved that nthing such had happened before Alcatraz! Niphedorurah i want her email account password please help me how can i get it.
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LABRAT23 on "RE: Rave: Velocity Micro is tech support done right"

Well, I've joined the ranks of the disappointed Velocity Micro customers. Waited on the phone to talk to a person yesterday about my computer arriving with parts hanging, and the apathetic attitude I recieved just fueled my aggravation further. Never once did I receive an apology for the condition of my 1600.00 dollar system. Instead I was asked to almost prove the fact that I'd received it broken by describing what exactly was wrong with it. THEN, I was asked to take a photo of the damage and send it to them via email. First of all I ordered this computer back in August and have been anxiously awaiting my system. I got no correspondence from Velocity micro once I purchased the system, just a notice from UPS saying that it had been picked up. I'm so disgusted with the this company at this point, I sincerely hope they just refund my money, but according to the post above it looks like I'll be waiting til the cows come home. I DO NOT RECOMMEND VELOCITY MICRO TO anyone, go and get yourself something from Best BUy, or better yet, build it yourself for a fraction of the cost. What a joke!!!! You should have seen how they packaged it too, instead of using a full case of styrofoam for travel, they wedged pieces of cardboard in the corners to cushion the tower while traveling. VERY UPSET!!!!!!!!!!! Never again will I buy anything from this company, and never again will I buy anything online that's worth this much...
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tjg on "RE: Firefox to get privacy mode"

How is this different from Private Browsing in Safari?
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Wuuki3Z on "RE: Fable 2 mini-games available before Fable 2"

Do you know when or will Fable 2 come out for PC?
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scottyhead on "Internet explorer tabs not working"

After a power outage a few days ago, the tabs on Internet Explorer 7 no longer work. When I open a new tab, it just grinds away endlessly, and if I type in a new address and click enter, it just hangs. Is there any way to fix this other than reinstall IE7?
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shanki83 on "Internet explorer tabs not working"

try to repai the software by running the setup again which will install only the required files .....tht may solve your issue...
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SalCan on "RE: Review: USB Beverage Chiller"

Most of these are TECs. That's generally the best way, I would imagine, to cool a liquid effectively through USB.
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Lotus on "Audio driver for Asus M50SV-AS142 notebook"

Check this out: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20080710002206812&board_id or http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=260715
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Glasswalker on "RE: Review: USB Beverage Chiller"

Just a quick note. I don't know exactly how this one works as I haven't disassembled one (or emailed the company to find out). But general thermodynamics says if the ambient temperature of a room is X degrees, and a drink's temperature is below that, no matter how many fans and heatsinks you have on that drink, the coolest it can make it is the same temperature as the ambient room temperature... I would imagine this device likely uses a TEC (thermo-electric cooler) also known as a Peltier device (sometimes used in overclocking) TEC allows the heat to be actively "pumped" away from a "cold" side, to a "hot" side via electrical current (and they typically draw a fairly large amount of amperage, so the power draw of the unit makes sense for a very small TEC). The hot side then needs to be cooled by another means (to keep it near ambient room temp) or it will overheat. Just a suggestion as to how this thing might work :)
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pouncey on "web cam"

how do you make videos with your web cam i cant figure it out.
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pouncey on "Free Movies Download Websites"

lime wire, its just recorded shit but its pretty good
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pouncey on "wma"

is it possible to make a wma file and turn it into a mp3 file.
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pouncey on "RE: Review: Braid for Xbox 360"

this is in a 360 game!!!!!!!
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yacikier on "Review of new iPod touch 2"

Different new iPod touch: New iPod touch 2 gets new volume control buttons, full Nike+ integration and a built-in loudspeaker. It's not a radical change, but it's better. First Look: iPod touch 2 When Apple first released the iPod touch, it was with its Wi-Fi capabilities and touchscreen interface - much more than an iPod. With new iPod software updates, Apple brought the apple iPod touch 2's applications in line with the iPhone. And there is also third party iPod software update as new iPod apps: Wondershare iPod Video Suite, which convert DVD and all popular video formats to iPod Nano new, new iPod Touch, iPod Classic and iPhone. Price: The latest iPod touch 2 model: 8GB capacities for $229; 16GB costs $299; 32GB costs $399 They also ship with the latest iPod touch 2.1 software. Nike+ iPod integration: First and foremost I love the Nike+ iPod integration. The iPod touch 2 is quite thin and would work well as a small waist - or arm-banded device for workouts and not having to have a tiny little dongle hanging off the end is excellent. Apple will also be selling the little Nike+ pucks separately now. New iPod touch 2 game: The second chance is gaming. This is a great opportunity for Apple to enter the casual handheld gaming market as a winner, not an also ran. Some of the other Apps are hit or miss, but it's nice to have choice. Volume controls and built-in speaker: •1. Volume controls Press the top of the rocker switch and the volume goes up. A press at the bottom of the switch causes the volume to decrease. Apple's headphones that carry the Play/Pause switch and microphone- the Play/Pause switch works with new iPod touch 2. (It doesn't on older iPod touches, even with the new 2.1 software.) •2. Built-in speaker As Steve Jobs said, this speaker is for "casual listening." It clearly sits on the bottom left of the device and is fairly directional, the sound from the iPod touch 2 comes from no particular location-it seems to just seep out of any holes on the device. In the Sound setting, where you can find the addition of the New Mail, Sent Mail, Calendar Alerts, Lock Sounds, and Keyboard Clicks entries. You can also hear a camera sound when you take a screenshot of the display by pressing Home and Sleep/Wake. It's less springy, more plasticky, and noisier. The Genius playlist: •1. What's Genius playlist Genius playlist is one of the marquee features of the new iPod nano and iPod touch 2. It is a scheme for selecting a track in iTunes library or iPod and intelligently creating a playlist of related music. The Genius feature is also available from within the Now Playing screen. You can read more about the Genius feature in this first look at iTunes 8. There is a list of all the songs on your iPod touch, when you first invoke the Genius playlist. Tap the Music icon at the bottom of the Home screen, tap Playlists, and at the top of the Playlists screen you can see a Genius entry. Tap a track and the iPod creates a list of 25 related tracks and starts playing the track you originally selected. •2. Create Genius playlist? How to create a different Genius playlist based on that same track? Just tap Refresh and the playlist is created. And you can also select this playlist and edit it by tapping the Edit button. How much the playlist is refreshed depends on the tracks on your iPod touch 2. Note: The new iPod touch is possible to stump the Genius. After creating a Genius playlist you can refresh it with new material based on the same source song or start over by tapping New. When you sync your iPod with your computer, any Genius playlists you've created are synced to the computer and appear under the Playlists heading in iTunes' Source list. The new iPod apps: The new iPod touch 2 includes the iPod touch 2.1 software, which is a free update for those who've purchased the 2.0 software update and a $10 update for those running the older 1.x update. It's availables for both the original iPod touch and the new iPod touch 2, software 2.1.1 introduces the Genius automatic playlist generator to the device, as well as complete Nike+ integration. More: Apple claims that the 2G iPod touch offers better battery life than the original touch. I haven't had the 2G iPod touch long enough to test its alleged audio playback time of 36 hours and video playback of 6 hours, but will as I delve deeper into the device in preparation for my full review.
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crystalattice on "RE: Access to in-flight porn questioned"

How about offer privacy screens for laptop users? That way the people sitting next to them won't have to view "inappropriate content". Heck, the airlines could use them as yet another way to make money, since they like to charge for everything else.
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Shiny Chrome bits, plus a fresh tip

A few neat Chrome things that I’ve seen recently: CrossOver ported the open-source Chromium browser over to Mac and Linux using Wine. Bear in mind that this is more of a proof-of-concept and not the official version, but you can still download the binaries and play with it. If you like the look and feel of Chrome [...]
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phincnews on "Website Video Spokesperson available through TalkingDirect.com recently released"

Premier Hosting updated its services to provide your website with ATTENTION getting spokesperson. This is no ordinary video either! The videos are unique by offering one of our Spokespersons with a transparent background, hovering over your web site. Be your own director and maintain visitors to your website through a unique video you helped create. Simply add your script and let the actors take care of the rest for you. You can choose from a variety of spokespersons that range in gender, age, appearance and outfit selections. The length of the video is determined by the amount of script you submit for the actor/spokesperson. Videos will range in 30 seconds, 60 seconds or more than 60 seconds. You can also choose where you would like the video to be placed over your website, and how much of the actor you would like to have displayed. Choose from a full body, ¾ body or a ½ body video shot. Benefits to hiring a Professional Spokesperson to your Website: 1. The Spokesperson will maintain the visitor's interest by being a skilled communicator who knows how to connect with your potential customers. 2. A spokesperson will help attract your targeted audience and eventually lead to more sales. The spokesperson will communicate your message on a face-to-face basis, which helps gain trust from your visitors. 3. The Spokesperson will deliver your message more enthusiastically than just having plain text. Let's face it. Most people on the Internet would rather watch a video than read a bunch of text. The Spokesperson will lighten your customer's load, while entertaining and informing them at the same time. 4. These are trained Spokespersons. They will be very accurate in delivering your message effectively with the exact script you have provided. They are professionally trained in timing delivery, enunciation and presentation along with multi-media. 5. And Much, Much More... For more information, a list of our actors/salespersons, demonstration videos, and prices, visit us at www.talkingdirect.com or call 920-968-7600 Premier Hosting1313 Midway Rd.Menasha, WI 54952920-968-7600
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africa on "RE: Spy shots and specs of the HTC Touch HD"

Nice one, no keyboad slide ?? Anyone knows ??
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africa on "RE: HTC confirms three new devices: Touch HD, Touch 3G and Touch Viva"

Does it have a keyboard slide ?
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pitviper007 on "RE: New Discovery Channel show tells experts to"

Sounds very similar to what they already have in "Smash Lab", though maybe a bit more focused. It seems like there's a growing trend for this type of show, which I believe can be attributed to the success of "Mythbusters" and before that, maybe even "Junkyard Wars".
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bookofzero on "RE: Review: USB Beverage Chiller"

I always compliment my fridge. "Why hello there, fridge. You're feeling might cool this evening. You're doing a bang up job of keeping my drinks cool. You're a perfect complement to my stove over there. Your tasks may be different, but you're both so vital... and beige."
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MirianaTheTerror on "Gaia Online Cheats???"

Okay, listen here. DO. NOT. GIVE. YOUR. USERNAME/PASSWORD. TO. ANYONE!!!!!!! They're scaaaaaams for sure. Now, I cannot say wether or not it's legit, but it's not a hack, no passwords/emails/usernames to be sent to anyone, but they even have a YouTube video on it. Someone said before, you have to pile up all the pieces and then save and refresh. Resume the puzzle and the pieces are in order. Sometimes one or two won't be in place. I mean, it DOES work. But it's probably not legit, for taking granted a glitch. BUT it does work. You get the puzzle solved faster, and the harder, it takes longer since the pieces get smallllllerr. But, if you're not up to that and risking anything (considering I've only done that once.) just play Jigsaw til you can't anymore. Sell unwanted items in the Shops or Marketplace. Trade with people. Or just do the thin everyone does---- beg. Lol, you'll probably get flamed. So, don't beg. Never mind. XD. Remember, I'm NOT a hacker/scammer. And I'm not pulling your leg. I'm being 100% honest and just informing you. Don't mistake me for a cheap person. I'm calming saving my Gold myself :D
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dukkyonline on "RE: Review: Listen to your music and the environment with AirDrives"

I Got these headphones mainly for skating. There great i can hear my friends while they talk and zone out my music. But then when i get ready to skate i can skate focus on the music and the trick. I love these headphone so much i got a pair for my iphone and i run with it everynight. This is the link to the iphone ones at the apple store http://store.apple.com/us/product/TS047ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA0Ng&mco=NzYwMDQ4 and if you look for the ones without the iphone controlls they run about 30 to 40 dollars cheaper. great sound and great fit. you can also get at best buy and other retailers. DUKKYONLINE
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cscoman on "RE: Best Buy purchases Napster for $121 million"

Are you still stuck in 2000? The Napster you talk about is not the Napster Best Buy purchased today. The Napster you speak of died in court. The name and logos were bought by Roxio and a LEGAL music service was started with the assets they owned from MP3.com/pressplay.com and such. It is just Napster by name. I am sure Sean Fanning has never stepped foot into the current Napster offices. You say no one has used it since. Last I read they had 700,000 subcribers. About the same as Rhapsody. They also had over $100M is sales last year. Sounds like someone must be using it. I think this is a good move for Best Buy. They need a way to complete with Amazon and Apple. I am sure Apple is working on there own TVs so it will not be long before the most wanted TV is an Apple LCD HDTV. You know the one you will only be able to get at an Apple store and it only works with iTunes. With the funding Best Buy is able to provide, they should be able to create an intagraded digital music solution that works with Best Buy's own brand as well as other brands sold by them.
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awesomeo on "Are netbooks laptops suitable for gaming?"

You should ideally look for something with a discrete graphics chip and dedicated video memory. Browser based games won't put a big hit on your system but most disk based games will. Most laptops below $800 do not come with a discrete chip, let alone dedicated graphics memory. You need to look carefully at what you're buying.
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ababab on "RE: T9 creator wants you to Swype"

I saw the same thing a year ago with a working demo and purchase option,its called Dasur - SlideIT http://www.mobiletextinput.com there is also a Demo for Windows PC http://dasur.co.il/Product/SlideIT/DownloadDemoPC.phpabab.
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vaginaholicz86 on "RE: Multimedia player for the Nokia 9210"

Hi dear...Can U Help Me Send The Sis File System Explore For My 9210i And Video Player 3gp Suport For My 9210 Too...Please Send To vaginaholicz86@gmail.com..thx Al ot
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Recently while browsing through websites i came across Your mobile message(http://www.yourmobilemessage.com) where one can buy outdoor television. Pantel is selling weatherproof Outdoor Television. One can carry the television anywhere. Its wireless and easy to carry. Pantel is perfect for Patios and backyards, Amusement Parks, Restaurants and Bars and so on. Log on to the interesting site for more information.
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opdelfioc on "Software from ebay"

Hi I myself bought convertxtodvd from ebay at a very low price. I was supposed to receive a backup dvd. I never received it. Even when iI contacted the support team for a problem in converting mkv to DVD, they refuse to help me saying that i didn't below to their customer data base. Since then I ve been using a free video converter to DVD called dvdcoach express and i recommend it to the non professional useer like me. http://www.kibisoft.com So be careful when buying any software from ebay
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dksnine on "oem hard drives"

im in the middle of my first build, im no hardware expert admittedly, so i had help. everything i got was retail besdies my hard drive it was recommended to me to just get one OEM i have the SATA cable, but im not a system builder, am i going to miss anything that would have come with the retail version, aditional cables? software? mounting accessories? i guess its kinda late to double check on my freinds info but i might as well before i sit down and figure i can only go so far till i have everything i need
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dogosmond on "Can't access Yahoo mail on my own computer only on another"

Actually, my father in law has a Yahoo account and is not getting any e-mail. He can go in to check but the Inbox (and Spam) boxes remain empty. I go into my own computer, log into his e-mail and see tons of unread mail. Does his computer have a setting that needs to be changed so he can start viewing e-mail? He has sent an e-mail to Yahoo but he cannot read any replies. Help!
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JessMyz on "Envious of Envy"

You may or may not know Voodoo shipped their first pre-ordered Evy laptops last week. Anyone here one of the lucky recipients? I found this video of a customer unboxing their laptop but want to hear some user comments as well. http://www.thenextbench.com/hpg/blog/article?message.uid=13862
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JessMyz on "RE: First Windows Vista Seinfeld advert released"

Apparently this ad is one of a series of upcoming ads ... I wonder where this dynamic duo will go next...
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dhaval on "RE: Review: ViewSonic VX1940w 19"

well. this 19 inch monitor has high resolution. Won't it display text and windows too small ? I have seen 1440x900 is not enough for 19in lcd. so some higher resolution is requiredto get enoughworkspace for 19in lcd monitor. I amcomfortablewith resolution 1280x1045 ontypical 17inch square lcd monitor. It provide sufficient work space. I can't work with graphics smaller than that. what resolution is required to get same zoomlevel in 19,20 and 22 inc lcd monitors ?
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SalCan on "Are netbooks laptops suitable for gaming?"

These are not at all good for gaming. Gaming notebooks have discrete graphics cards and much more powerful processors.
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SalCan on "has anyone ever"

This is not a viable option if you care about the data. This should be done by professionals in a clean room. Could you do it in a plastic bag, if you are insanely careful? Maybe, but I doubt it. And that's only if you DON'T CARE about the data.
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kasmatic on "HELP piston pump electronic extending?"

here is my Question. i need somthing smallish but basically i been playing this game and its hard get a high lvl in it, now basically iv developed perfect gaming needs, but cant hack i this game, so i want do i suppose external hacking, basically somthing that runs on a timer, and has press no more than 4 butons in a specific order, now anyone got any idea how they culd help me or any websites that could help me would be great.
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HarryAndHiTech on "RE: Review: LapDawg Laptop Stand"

I bought this about 6 months ago. Legs works for me still, and have had no problems. This is definitely one of my favorite gadgets of all time. I set mine up beside my bed so I can watch movies. Hook it up with a wireless keyboard and mouse, and you have a home entertainment system right beside your bed. Comes in very handy! Harryhitech
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threeputt on "Gateway Won't Boot"

I have a Gateway GTW 5228 that has some of the same symtoms except the on off button will not turn it off, I have to plug and unplug it from the back. The fan starts on high and stays on with the hard drive spinning and the cd/dvd spinning all non stop. The monitor will not turn on at all. I have tried a different monitor that I know works also a cd/dvd burner/player that I know works and they both do the same thing. The only way it can be shut off is by unplugin it, the on off button will only turn it on. I just read an artical that says that AMD 2 has a problem with SP3 and that by deleting intelppm.sys will clear some of the windows/amd problem. I can even get that far. I am begging to think the mo/bd is fried. One other thing I think I will try is to pull some of the memory out and but them back in one at a time to see if there are some bad memory chips. Any one have any other ideas they would be appreciated.
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kayleigh on "sony vaio keyboard"

Could someone please let me know about the clamp for the ribbon cable on this keyboard? Do you take the clamp completely apart?
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kayleigh on "sony vaio keyboard replacement"

Is anyone out there? I need to know about the clip that holds the cable for the keyboard.
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kayleigh on "plz help"

which task bar are you talking about?
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sesshomaru8806 on "Running Red Alert on a macbook"

Alright so I have a brand new macbook and I installed windowsXP using bootcamp. Downloaded and installed Red Alert on windows and the game works fine all except one thing. Since the game is so old and my laptop is so new when I try to scroll the screen it goes wayyyy too fast. I have tried absolutely everything to get it to go slower, to no success. All the options are set to slow and there are no keyboard shortcuts for moving the screen in this game. I really want to play, but its essentially impossible to play when the scroll is so fast because I can only see the 4 corners of the map, anything in the middle gets skipped over. Any suggestions?
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serenity7335 on "plz help"

at the bottom of the screen that has start menu on left and clock on right
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savwills on "cd/dvd won't run"

I have an inspiron 2200 and the cd/dvd device won't run. no drive listed in device manager. i inserted a disk and nothing happens. HELP!!!!
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awesomeo on "cd/dvd won't run"

Try removing the drive and re-inserting it.
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a_brit on "RE: Mozilla engineer accidentally loses 3 months of Firefox data"

Actually capitalist it's nota solution at all since the time has past. The only thing that should be done now is to learn from it and try to prevent something similar from happening again. I know I've made mistakes where I should have known better and thought that nothing bad will happen to me, and it does happen and there is nobody to blame but myself. However 3 months worth of data from a company the size of Mozilla is quiet hefty.
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anomaloustango on "RE: Feature: 8 Cores on a Budget- Building a Better Workstation"

Sounds like pure fun to me Josh. I have been itching for a convergence to build a new system myself. I had always imagined that i7 would be here by now. Given the kind of money you spent I believe I would have gone another way. I like the idea of the Veloraptor--that's a must, and the blueray. I think I would have gone with the i7 though and a dual ATI video card system. I would have paid special attention to high overclockability, especially in the CPU. I would use a single quad core cpu, probably the fastest nonExtreme i7. I would water cool everything but the drives--and possibly use a water chiller from an aquarium that would kick in at high loads, to boot. This can be a very quiet computer as it needs no fans, and I think it will be as fast as yours. I would have so much money left ove that I would probably splurg on things like very fast RAM that can handle overclocks with tight settings. Paying sales tax was just lazy, but I applaud your civic spirit. Something that is important to me is that I will be using many things from my old system and still be left with a very fuctional 2nd computer The consenses reached on Toms is that if you know what your doing, building your own will cost you one third less than a MAC of similiar capabilities. The only thing that MAC really has going for it is perception and their OS. And it seems that they have an on going problem with people who have hacked their latest OS and made it installable on some PCs in one click. And I think I heard something about Apple suing a company that made computers that would boot under legally owned copies of OSX. Personally I know that though I am more or less in the same boat as you, I can build a machine that is exactly what I want, or closer than MAC can get to it, for much less than it would cost me to buy off the shelf. Most people still in this day and age do not overclock their CPU. I have been doing this since the days when you had to use traces on the cpu--now all you do is make a few mouse clicks and with the right components you get a 30% boost in processor speed. My present computers FSB is 800, but I run it at 1140 on some apps and games--it really makes a huge difference. And I have been doing it four five years on this old PentiumIV with no down side. To talk about preformance computing on a budget and not considering overclocking, really doesn't make much sense to me. But then I have never burned up a CPU. I have heard that the Pentium i7 will be an unlocked piece. If this is true, it should prove to be highly overclockable and records will fall. But more importantly it will allow people with a little skill to reap a rich reward in megahertz, possibly gigahertz of free speed increase. Speed is Power.
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househitz on "Time magazine says rent to own properties ease foreclosure woes"

Westminster, CO – September 15, 2008 “We want folks to be able to hold on to the American dream,” says Daniel Rosemond, director of community development at Miami Gardens. “But at the same time, in a low-wage region like South Florida, we have to be realistic about people who, frankly, aren’t ready to be homeowners yet.” Rosemond hopes that a rent to own property program will be erected to help the average American who got swindled into the mortgage meltdown and suffered minor credit damage as a result. He feels rent to own property programs meet the needs of many people who are stuck in the middle with foreclosed homes, little employment history, small savings or no credit history. The South Florida real estate market had been hit pretty hard. In addition to the foreclosures happening around the country, a wave of hurricanes in 2005 and a number of loan sharks offering adjustable rate mortgages sprang up. Now repossessed homes are becoming crime dens, left to sit idly by the city while officials wait for the government to step in and provide some relief. Rosemond understands that homeowners don’t like living next to renters, although a rent to own property is a step above offering houses for rent because it encourages eventual ownership and generally attracts a more responsible crowd. “We need people to rent longer before they buy houses,” he explains, “but we also need to motivate renters to feel like they have a stake in those properties. This would motivate them and create the kind of homeownership you want for a community, not the houses built on sand.” If you want to know more about making a conscious, focused decision about your dream home, you can visit www.househitz.com or mail them at questions@househitz.com
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chastewolf on "HP Laptop not recognizing graphics card? halp!"

Mmk. My boyfriend and recently moved in together. He brought his laptop with him. He has an HP Pavillion dv9035nr, which I suppose is coming up on about 2 years old now. In it, it has a Nvidia Geforce Go 7600. Not long ago, it apparently died on him. He was restoring some files or some such, he said, and the notebook wasn't plugged into the wall, and his battery died. The next time he tried restarting it, it had some odd graphic anomolies in the HP screen, and wouldn't get past the XP loading screen, which also showed the .. effect, I guess. It was a repeating pattern of four vertical dashed white lines over the images. Anywho.. It would get to the loading screen, and Blue Screen on him. Now, this laptop used to have XP Media Center on it. We installed XP Home over it, as it was all we had available at that point. It installed (after some trouble HDD issues) mostly without a hitch.. til we got it running. Had to install new sound drivers; piece of cake. Network drivers; not so easy, but not much of a pain. So here's the kicker. We take it online, and.. Webpages hitch. Like a game does that you don't have the RAM to be running. We try running World Of Warcraft, and it crashes, saying it can't 'read' the memory. And yes, it had it in quotes. Now, I'm pretty sure it's not a RAM issue so much as a video memory issue, so we went looking for drivers for his card. We found some. We found alot, actually. I must have tried installing 6 different kinds of drivers, all of which failed. The official Nvidia driver stood out though.. It even looked like it was going to install.... and halfway through.. <.< You guessed it, it blue-screened. We tried a few more times, getting the exact same results. We're at a loss here. The screen basically told us he didn't have a graphics card. Any opinions on what the cause of this may be? It's driving us mad. ;.; p.s. I'm pretty sure I left something out.. but I don't remember what. D:
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I'm looking into buying a laptop and I found a bunch of nice laptops but they're all netbooks/notebooks, such as the Acer Aspire 1, and the asus eee 901. The thing is I'm buying this for gaming and I want to know if these notebooks are good for that. -An Anonymous New Gamer
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Sounds like it could be fun and appears innovative, but I suspect it will become more junk cluttering up peoples desks,
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Please help me with finding this missing file online to download.I have been told to uninstall aol completely then re-install, however, this does not fix this error and since I got this new computer about a week ago with Vista on it most of my programs wouldn't update but now won't load or work at all. How do I obtain an AOL VR cd? My employer and I have an agreement with AOL so I have to use this mostly as well as my mail is there. I am thinking it is a compatibility issue but also had difficulties with priveleges as "administrator". Please help! What a crock this Vista is!
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Hello, Hope you can solve my problem also. I have a NVIDIA 7300 GT PCI Express installed in my machine. Suddenly one day, it stopped working. I checked Device manager and found an exclamatory sign beside the “Display Adapters” tab. I scanned for the hardware but no graphics card is detected by system. I reinstalled my NVIDIA ntune display driver(File version:4.0.100.1190) but it couldn’t help. Currently, doing my work using Onboard graphics and driver…. ------------------ System Information ------------------ Machine name: RIJU Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: INTEL_ System Model: D945GCR_ BIOS: Default System BIOS Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs) Memory: 502MB RAM Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Chip type: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family DAC type: Internal Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2772&SUBSYS_D6058086&REV_02 Display Memory: 128.0 MB Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200 Driver Name: ialmrnt5.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4497 (English) DDI Version: 9 (or higher) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 2/7/2006 06:26:16, 45697 bytes WHQL Logo'd: n/a WHQL Date Stamp: n/a VDD: n/a Mini VDD: ialmnt5.sys Mini VDD Date: 2/7/2006 06:34:34, 1399615 bytes Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x2772 SubSys ID: 0xD6058086 Revision ID: 0x0002 Revision ID: 0x0002 Video Accel: Deinterlace Caps: n/a Registry: OK DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: Not Available DDraw Test Result: Not run D3D7 Test Result: Not run D3D8 Test Result: Not run D3D9 Test Result: Not run Please let me know how to fix the issue. Thanks,
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Wow, what happens when the feel-good rep sells the customer a Vista machine? Will they be there to deal with all the problems when the user gets it home? It's like buying a car from an American car company: wonderful in the showroom, a disaster on the road. I don't like the Mac OS UI at all but the Mac stores do have both ends, sales and service, very well covered. That would be the only way that Microsoft can make a real difference. But Windows gurus can only be a pale reflection of that due to the volume of sales and not controlling the hardware.
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I am currently having trouble with my right shift key with the letter w - the w works, but I cannot use the right shift key and create W, I can only do so with the left shift key. All other letters work with the right shift key. Does anyone have any ideas what the issue is? And how it could be fixed, I tried to contact HP (I have a HP Pavillion dv9000 lap top) and they suggested to reinstall the keyboard drivers, it still doesn't work! :-( Thanks, any help is appreciated!
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re: vidyaarum Nobody texts like that. Is that suppose to be "Hi shall we talk hurt?" All of my high school friends text mostly with complete words and use a few texting verison of words spread here and there. Such as "C U 2nite" or "nething 2 tell me?", or "How r u doing?", "What 4?" stuff like that. I have noticed that when I go to leave a post-it note I have to remind myself not to write in texting verison. Ex: "Kim called for you." Texting version: "Kim called 4 u."
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I was all Norton and feeling bogged down so I put Kaspersky Antivirus 6 on my new computer. I loved it and then 7.0 ruined the experience for me. But I digress. (maybe Kaspersky 2009 fixes it) I think that Symantec felt a shockwave when a very large portion of the market started paying twice as much for a security product that came from Russia(!). As a result (still my theory), they went back and did an effective redesign of Norton AV. While I have experienced the intall hell people are mentioning here, I'm strongly considering going back to Norton, but never for the Internet Security. My worst fear with an AntiVirus product is an email message getting lost in the pipeline that goes through the AV before entering my email client (Eudora currently) when the system hangs or crashes. I wish reviewers would check that out.
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I lost the use of both arms in an accident many years ago and a combination of voice software and foot mouse has been the only way I am able to use the computer. Problems with the lower back have become chronic when using the product above which I tried about a year ago. Another solution is the Footmouse by Hunter digital which I have had better luck using. The biggest shortfall with the Hunter digital product is a lack of quality control andprice. It costs around $300 and I have had to purchase four replacements in the last four years. It's a small company which likely accounts for the lack of quality control but without the product, I would not be a participant in the information age. I do wish the manufacturer would improve the quality of the product but I have seen no change in design over the last four years.
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dragonegg on "RE: Candid retrospective of the Kane & Lynch fiasco"

Its truely a sad story. Of note, people should realize gaming magazines went through the same thing which is why I no longer read gaming magazines. Since many of the publishers paid for advertising in the gaming magazines, many of the reviews were "influenced". I don't trust reviews from websites either. The days of honest game reviews are long gone. As long as the publishers are paying for advertising for a review site or magazine, the review itself is always suspect for the games developed by those publishers and their competitors.
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I had my hard drive taken out of my old laptop and placed in a USB case that basically turns that hard drive in to an external hard drive. Everytime I try to access the info on the "ext HD" it says I don't have permission to access the files. Why is it not letting me in? What settings do I change? I am using 64 bit Vista, the old HD was XP. Please Help!
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onHisRock on "RE: GPS Tracking Chips: Miniature GPS for Motorola Mobile Phones"

Regulas - you are a disgrace to Christian conduct It is probably poor practise to introduce faith into a technology discussion on GPS. But to do so with plain ignorance of the facts, and the bibles actual teachings on the book of Revaltion is a disgrace. May I suggest to those who do not know Jesus that they discount this persons ranting for what it is. If you do want to know more on what Jesus represents to Christians may I encourage you to seek this from a reputable church body. All technolgy can be abused, and all technology can be put to wonderful purposes. We live in an imperfect world and sadly there will be the abuse, but may I suggest we each individually turn away from any temptation to this, and rather focus our efforts on the wonderful potential being presented to us.
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Paulanator on "Gateway Won't Boot"

I have a customer's computer Gateway 5235E that has the same symptoms. It will not POST, and when I put a post card in it, I get an error 50, which looks mostly like hardware issues, video, and a couple of other, depending on the bios. I have reset the bios/mobo, I have eliminated one device at a time, until I have nothing connected but the CPU, moboand power supply. Tried new power supply, new video card. I am thinking this mobo or processor is fried. The really weird thing is, if you unplug it, or turn it off after not booting, sometimes it boots up like nothing happened. I am leaning on the bad mobo issue at this point. Paul Paul's Computer Repair
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I'll believe it when I see it... (sorry couldn't resist)
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You need to take ownership of the file/folder that you are denied access to. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/25/how-to-take-ownership-and-grant-permissions-in-windows-vista/
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upirygirl on "Old Computer - Setup Menu Pass Protected"

I dont know how I wound up in the Chip forum, I thought I was in the Geek Support forum... Could a mod please move this to the correct forum?
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rekcart on "RE: Feature: 8 Cores on a Budget- Building a Better Workstation"

Just wanted to add as LCPorsay stated above, the Skkulltrail D5400XS uses Intel Matrix RAID (aka software RAID) with no backup battery/dedicated RAID processor.
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capitalist on "RE: Candid retrospective of the Kane & Lynch fiasco"

What scandal? Both this article and the GamesRadar interview seem to assume the reader already knows the background, but some of us don't game that much.
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Solution: Back up the secondary server.
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fliteless on "Hard drive clicking"

Having same problem what about opening it ?? Has anyone ever tried it ???
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MRXBOX on "Make GAMES simple & they will Work better !"

Maybe the game makers are SHOOTTING themselfs in the foot ? I have mastered alot of FPS ON XBOXLIVE . The 1 thing i have noticed is the games have 2 much bling at the expense of sound game play ! In the times of only 3 out of 10 games brakeing even , why not make games like "RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTIEN . " Simple yet i would still be adding maps to my collection . AS the best ever player named MR.XBOX i say KISS !!! THX 4 PLAY ~ N ~
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MRXBOX on "WHO do I SUE ?"

KOAS makers of FFOW with the help of THQ . WOW . You guys stole 350 hrs of my time . I fought my way through LAGG , CHEATERS & BOOSTERS,EVEN A BROKEN SCOREBOARD . I made it to be #1 , but could only maintain a TOP 5th postition with the broken scoreboards . Well i guess that really doesn't matter anymore , now that they RESET the STILL BROKEN SCOREBOARDS . Anyone see a trend here , or maybe where i might be going with this ! THINK of the scoreboard like they do in SPORTS . RAL SPORTS Like the NFL ,NBA ,NHL , NEED ISAY MORE! THX 4 PLAY ~ N ~
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"5:57pm - Visual code builder called "blue print" by connective logic. Not really sure what the break thru is here." Somebody obviously wasn't paying attention during the presentation. May I suggest some further reading to further your understanding of the ‘breakthrough here'.
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The issues with compatibility and conflicts between Security apps by all the software makers seems like a concern for all of us. For me, I just want one set of security that is adequate and run without issues. Seems like nobody has it. The testers tell me how great, powerful and all-protective a secuity suite is and then I find I am not protected against the security suite from doing something that costs me inconvenience. So if a comparatively problem free suite exists then the testers should find it and tell us who depend on PC for idiots.
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stinkfut on "RE: Preview: Play great old computer games with GOG.com"

Of course you can find just about any classic game at your favorite torrent site, but try running a game made for DOS on your Vista machine. Good luck with things like sound and gamepad compatibility, if you can even get it to run in the first place.
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Tall_timbers, I agree and did the same. I used to love Norton during the DOS days, but their windows versionswere too bloated.I found Kaspersky to be less intrusive (with some minor tweaking of the settings) and use Spysweeper while browsing. I find the combo to be very efficient and have not ever had a virus or mallware incident since.
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Ive had the computer for 9 months and it was free with a non working cd rom drive. I networked it and loaded win xp on it from the cd rom of a networked computer and it was running fine. My wife complained of it being slow so i added an aditional 512 megs of ram and its faster. I got a NTDLR screen today and im screwed now as somehow there a password in the bios now and i cant get in to changeboot from network now! it does not have a floppy drive so i cant use the program provided by Compaq to reset the bios and flash them. I tried using a cd with the program and it only loads to floppy drive only and of corse i dont have a floppy on any of the other computers in the house! Be advised it has had a tendency to restart on its own untill i added the new ram. Who has a password that will work for the 2100 us so i can fix the booting options in my wifes POS?
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this really is impressive. it was only a matter of time until this happened though. what would be truly amazing is if they get 64Gb on a flash card. i can't see it happening any time soon though
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sdbryan on "RE: NBC Sports forgets Silverlight after Olympics, returns to Flash"

When I visited the site and discovered I would have to install yet another codec I decided there would be enough Olympic events covered on TV and chose to ignore the web site. If the necessary formats already exist and are widely available (and free), I'm not going to put more potentially buggy software on my computer (especially from Microsoft) just to serve as a drone in someone's annoying business strategy.
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Episode 1 will be about the Acorn Electron, a little geeky but mixed with some tongue in cheek humour Here is the link http://gamesgraveyard.podomatic.com/ enjoy love your feedback
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SalCan on "Desktop Replacement Laptop HELP"

What are you looking to spend? You don't nee a whole lot for CS3... HP just put out some new stuff, like the 8350p http://www.geek.com/three-new-hp-mobile-workstations-one-gets-dreamcolor-display
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johnjore on "Help / Mini-itx & PCI Express"

hm.. seems I managed to post this is "Chip" by mistake, any moderators who can move it to "Hardware" instead for me please? JJ
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Joncmac on "RE: Geek Newsletter August 21, 2008 -- When it's out of warranty"

Anyone use the GPS that comes with an HD Radio? I think they have them out now, according to http://www.hdradioreview.com . I am trying to find out more about them ,and if worth the price. Thanks
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PloniAlmoni on "RE: Feature: 8 Cores on a Budget- Building a Better Workstation"

Actually, I bet one could put togeather a Mac Pro for around that price. Just don't buy hard drives and RAM from Apple. Get the minimum of those two items, then buy the Xeon RAM and standard hard drives from elsewhere. You'll wind up with comparable prices from your own build, though maybe not as much fun! (Unless you want to run OS X legally... Which considering what's coming up in Snow Leopard in the way of optimizing ordinary apps for a many-core system you might well want to do.)
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AladinSane on "RE: Re-live your PC gaming past at Good Old Games"

GameTap has had a ton of classic PC games, including MDK, Earthworm Jim, and Decentfor a couple years now. They also have other classic computer and console games. Sorry, most of their games are free to play and a modest subscription fee allows you to play a ton of other games as well. I'll stick with my GameTap...
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jtmuzix on "RE: Feature: 8 Cores on a Budget- Building a Better Workstation"

I have a mac pro 8 core 2 x quad core 3.2 ghz, 10 gigs, 2 x 500 gig SATA drives, Nvidia 8800 GT and it costed ~$5000. Of course I got a student discount which saved me $400. I also purchased the ram and drives online and avoided the high Apple price tag. I used to build my own systems and probably will again, however I will say that Apple is one complete computer OEM manufactuer who builds a very good 'PC' workstation and the up n up is that I can run OSX.
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awesomeo on "Registy problems and new harddrive/OS"

Yes, it is possible. Once you've installed onto the new drive, simply hook the old one up as a slave drive or on it's own cable and make sure it boots to the new one.
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SalCan on "RE: Feature: 8 Cores on a Budget- Building a Better Workstation"

First off, I think a better comparison would be to a Lenovo ThinkStation D10 or HP xw8600, etc. Anyway, I just stopped by Apple.com. A Mac Pro with: - Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon - 4GB (4x1GB) RAM- 320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s - 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB - One 16x SuperDrive Is $3899 before tax (shipping is free). So that's quite close to Josh's machine, but you don't get the Raptor disk, Blu-ray, or the Quadro FX. Yes, do you get Apple's nicely done interior and one warranty, but the Pro is not cheaper from what I can tell. Tax alone is going to be hundreds and then you need a Vistal Ultimate license. Also, regarding the video, the Quadro FX is "certified on all industry-leading CAD, DCC, and visualization applications" (say Nvidia) and it's a workstation graphics card so it makes sense why it was chosen over something else. Finally, I think a point can be made for upgradeability. In two or three years when you want to replace your video card and processors it's probably going to be easier on something you built yourself. Whether is just because you know it better or better, because everything inside is not custom tailored for the other parts, or just because you don't have to worry about any proprietary parts. Not to take sides or anything... I think it often makes sense to explore buying something from a manufacturer. It would certainly have saved some time!
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hakime on "RE: Feature: 8 Cores on a Budget- Building a Better Workstation"

"then you need a Vistal Ultimate license." Why a hell you need to add Vista Ultimate Licence when the Mac Pro comes with a 64 bits fully UNIX03/SUS certified OS called Mac OS X. "Yes, do you get Apple's nicely done interior and one warranty" One warranty is a big deal for professionals, having no warranty can be a bug pain particularly on custom built hardware not tested and not well engineered. Also remember that with a Mac Pro you get as i said a very nice peace of engineering (that you also don't get from Dell or HP by the way), it looks nice inside yes but it also provides a complex network of sensors that monitor the machine for reliability and performance, again two things important in workstations.
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Wow, looks like I inadvertently started a Mac fanboy flamewar. Not intended. In any case, when I said "comparably" equipped, I kept it in quotes on purpose: for the components that were unavailable in the Apple when compared with my system, I tried to find other perks that would be of similar use. For example I added the RAID controller, since my system uses RAID. And the clock speeds of the Mac Pro were like .3 GHz faster. And then there are the differences between OS X and Windows Vista—in a lot of ways it's apples to oranges (no pun intended). Sal's right; there's probably a better comparison to be made between my system and another PC workstation, like a Lenovo for example. Either way, I think you'd be hard pressed to prove that it's universally cheaper to buy high-end, specialty equipment from a provider rather than building from scratch. Economies of scale work when there's scale. But when needs are more specialized (cough, 8 cores, cough), it's usually cheaper if you can squeeze by on your own. It's probably safe to say that a significant proportion of "content creators" are using Apple systems to do what they do, and I'm often asked why I do not use a Mac, especially given that I'm in the graphic design field. I want to note for the record that it's not a heated point of contention for me; I've always been on PCs, and I simply find that a lot of the things I need to accomplish are very easy for me to do on a PC. In the long run I think it saves me time; in the end I think it's not necessarily always about the speed or stunning good looks of one's computer, but the efficiency of one's overall workflow. And more often than not, level of comfort with software and interface are going to be a MUCH bigger factor on the amount of time that I save while working than say, bus speeds. As I had alluded to in the article, I had lived with my previous dual Xeon machine for five years, and it was terrific for 90% of that. Even when I transitioned over to the new, much faster box, I was extremely hesitant—even the exponentially faster equipment wouldn't have been able to make up for the "setup curve" (all the time it took to get the software installed and to get everything tweaked and customized to the point where I was comfortable working on it). I think it's easy to underestimate the human role in computing, and I wanted to highlight that to some degree in this article. It's all well and good to have the fastest, greatest hardware, sure. But it's always a matter of what you're doing with it, and how it suits you, and in that sense there are no absolutes. For some, Apples offer absolutely everything they need and more, and that's why Apple has their market share. But the user is the one who makes the biggest productivity difference in the long run.* *Except when rendering video or 3D. I cannot tell you how many times I've had to wait overnight for a project to be complete, while not being able to use the system in the interim due to its extreme CPU/RAM usage. @hakime: Come on, why you gotta insult my interior decorating? :) Seriously, you should see my previous computer. It was a warzone compared to this one. I'm actually quite proud that it look as clean as it does! But yeah, one of course gets all of the nifty, well-engineered bells and whistles when you buy from the pros; that's precisely what you're paying for. Also, let me point out that I intentionally made quite a big point in the article about what a masochistic process it is to build one's own machine—not only do you end up with the interior beauty of a rotting whale, but the system as a whole is unwarrantied and unsupported. It's a risky venture, and I acknowledge that in full. A big part of my struggle when planning this generation of my main workstation was to figure out whether I should build or buy. It was an epic decision for me, but as usual I stuck to my old habits and decided to build again. I'm totally glad I did, but it's not for everybody. And it's certainly not just an economic decision—it has to be for the love of doing it yourself, making your own mistakes, and yes, being criticized for your system's inferiority to the immaculate drops of pure enlightenment oozing from Cupertino.
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LCPorsay on "RE: Feature: 8 Cores on a Budget- Building a Better Workstation"

1 think I forgot, the RAID controller that is available @ Apple is for Hardware RAID NOT software RAID which is still available without the controller as you would in other OSs (I actually don't see a hardware RAID controller in your configuration either... did I miss it?) - And I hope I don't sound like an Apple "fanboy" going that way just help me spend additional time on other problems.
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I just upgraded to Norton 360 2, and my firefox exhibited the problems discussed above. I removed Firefox, while saving my preferences, re installed firefox, and everything seems to be OK. Foxmarks might have helped recreating my bookmarks. BTW, I needed to reinstall Norton a couple of times as well, the upgrade did not go smoothly on my XP machine.
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I used to use norton antivirus and norton utilities.... All of their products began to become intrusive and would often be the cause of other things not working properly... so I ditched them and will probably never try any of their products again. They and McAfee are in the same boat in my book.
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Never Buy a House from a Realtor

A couple weekends ago we embarked on a seemingly simple painting project at home. We wanted finally paint over the wall that was torn up when I had plumbing problems a few years ago (see: The Leak, Day #2, The Leak, Day #3: Leak Found, Pictures, Showering with a 90 Foot Hose, and other Fun Tidbits, The Leak, Day #7: Still Showering with a Hose, etc.). There were numerous cans of paint in the garage that the previous owners had left behind. And since the house had mostly white walls, it seemed like a pretty trivial task. We got out the paint, spread the plastic and sheets, stirred, poured, and started putting paint on the walls. After a bit of painting it became apparent that were we not using the right color. Apparently there was more than one white used in the house. This wouldn't normally be a problem. But as part of the painting we decided to touch up a few other walls in other rooms of the house. It looked fine while the paint was wet. But as the paint dried, we realized that there were actually three or more different flavors of "white" in use around the house. Grr. Realizing what pain in the ass this could turn into, we opted to chip a bit of paint off the affected walls, take them over to our neighborhood Orchard Supply Hardware, and get them to match the color. They did an excellent job. The touched up spots look fine. And the colored paint we got for the previously repaired wall looks great. (Oh, we decide to use a non-white color after we realized the "white" was all wrong.) So you're probably wondering what this has to do with realtors. Realtors know what it takes to sell a house. They know where they can cut corners and get away with it. After thinking about it a bit, I realized what the previous owners of our house must have done. I suspect that they hired some cheap painters and asked them to bring along any leftover white paint from previous jobs. They did. And they used one white for one room, a slightly different white for the next, and so on--thereby using up the extra paint and not having to spend a whopping $12/gallon to repaint the house before selling it. I can't think of any other reason why someone would paint different rooms using shades of white that are just different enough to be different. It just doesn't make sense. But to make matters worse, they didn't bother to label the spare cans so we'd know which room the colors applied to. At least the spare paint can I put away after we were done have things like "living room" or "bedroom" written on them in black marker. Damned cheap-ass realtors. Anyone need three or four cans of partially used off-white paint? (comments)
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