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Cloud Computing
Well, “Igncap”:http://igncap.com is nearly fully in the cloud. Our Exchange server is hosted (thank you “Applix”:http://applix.com) which is the main thing. Our fax service is as well (thank you “Metrohispeed”:http://metrohispeed.com) and is conferencing (thank you “FreeAudioConferencing.com”:http://freeaudioconferencing.com), as it our external website/blog (thank you “WordPress”:http://wordpress.com and “BlueHost”:http://bluehost.com) and intranet/wiki (thank you “Wikka Wiki”:http://wikkawiki.org) so what is…
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Campaign contributions
Amazing what is on the web these days. Because of campaign contribution disclosure laws you can see everyone who is “Opensecrets.org”:http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/search.php?cid=N00009638&name=(all)&employ=&cycle=2008&state=WA&zip=&amt=c&sort=n has a list of all donors.
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PC Joysticks
This genre of games is pretty much dead now. Too bad. After you are done with Call of Duty 4, it is nice to just fly a plane. In the old days, Falcon was something i could play for hours. Now you can’t even really find a review of a PC joystick anymore. “Consumersearch.com”:http://www.consumersearch.com/www/computers/game-controllers/ has…
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Bluehost and Wikka wiki Upload limits
Well, there are a few limits I can see. First, Wikka Wiki has a 2MB limit, but it also looks like the underlying hosters has a 2MB limit as well. You have to change the “php.ini”:http://www.bluehostforum.com/showthread.php?t=12687 files in the wiki /uploads directory to break this. “Bluehost”:http://helpdesk.bluehost.com/kb/index.php?id=124&mod_id=2&x= explains how to do this. Note that this thing…
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Beyond Combat Flight Simulator
So where can you go beyond Microsoft’s old copy of Combat Flight Simulator if you want to fly jets? Well, besides a joystick, you are in the modding and open source communities. People are just maintaining and skinning stuff. Amazingly creative. Starting at “Sim-HQ”:http://www.simhq.com/_air/air.html#reviews you can see a whole series of reviews for something called…
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Gigabytes, terabytes and beyond….to Geopbytes
Megabytes, Gigabytes, Terabytes – What Are They? · 1 Bit = Binary Digit · 8 Bits = 1 Byte · 1024 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte · 1024 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte · 1024 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte · 1024 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte · 1024 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte · 1024 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte…
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Wikka Wiki File Upload Size Limit
It isn’t well documented. In fact, it isn’t documented at all, but the http://wikkawiki.org/FilesAction method allows you to put {{files}} into any Wikki page and then a registered user can upload things. It has a hidden parameter for 2MB files and limits the files which sounds smart… $max_upload_size = “21048576”; $allowed_extensions = ‘gif|jpeg|jpg|jpe|doc|xls|…’; The solution…
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Danity Kane
!<http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/images/pref_images/p63697qri6a.jpg! Well, they may be prepackaged, but they are pretty good…haven’t heard their latest album but Showstopper was good! Billboard.com – Biography – Danity Kane The third group to be put together through the reality television series Making the Band — O-Town being the first, Da Band being the second — Danity Kane’s membership includes…
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PC Video Encoding
I blew up my main video machine. Too much crud on it. So here is the fresh installation: # Sony Vegas Platinum. I only have v6, but it is up to v8. While Adobe Premier might work for the real afictionados it is too complicated for me. The tricky part is making anamorphic standard definition…
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Snipe racing logistic
Seattle Parks and Recreation: Fees and Charges – Lakewood Moorage Leschi Marina: (206) 325-3730 to get dry moorage. The office hours are 1000-1700 Monday-Saturday in the summers (1 April – 30 September) and Tuesday – Saturday at other times CYC Race Registration Form Register for CYC races online here
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Die Hard
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Wallpaper Changer
I love how Mac OS X changes the wallpaper automatically. With Windows XP, there is a “Creativity Fun Pack PowerToys Wallpaper Changer”:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ce1d596b-6851-4948-ab76-b5ff22d37d69&displaylang=en that does the same thing essentially. Like the Mac one, the main drawback is that it won’t search through lots of directories to find lots of wallpapers, so everything has to be in…
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Camcorder for casual use
Jim asked me, what’s a good camcorder for someone who isn’t a serious pro but who wants good pictures. It can’t be too big. There is really just one afictionado choice right now, the “Canon HF-10”:http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Canon-Vixia-HF10-Camcorder-Review-34711.htm and “Pricegrabber”:http://cameras.pricegrabber.com/camcorders/m/62668226/ has it for $830 or so right now. The reviews have been very good, it is high…
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LED Light Bulb and CFL Reviews
There are so many brands of CFL (Compact Florescent Lamps) and other energy efficient LEDs that it is hard to know where to start. h3. “Consumer Reports”:http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/home-garden/home-improvement/hardware-building-supplies/lightbulbs/compact-fluorescent-lighting-10-07/overview/bulbs-ov.htm?resultPageIndex=1&resultIndex=2&searchTerm=light bulb They have done the most intense study including running the bulbs to see how long they last. It cost $26 per year for a subscription to their…
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Cordless Drills and Screwdrivers
Hey I need one now that I’ve got a boat to mangle. Some to look at are: Panasonic EY6432GZKW $200 and the Ryobi P813 at $170 are really godo if expensive. The Makita BDF452HW $200 is only 3.5 pounds. If you want to be really manly, then the Hitachi DS18DMR at $200 and 6 pounds…
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What is an F/Stop?
Ever wonder what an f/stop is, well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-number has a great explanation. This is essentially a way to express how wide open a lense is in a camera. It is a pretty simple idea. An F-number or F-stop or aperture setting of F/1 means that for a 77mm lense (as on my big Canon lenses),…
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Notes on using CFLs
Some great real world lessons here. They are in short, you can’t use them in a can, with a dimmer or where you are turning them on and off alot. (That’s a lot of limitations), but they do save 4x in power. Check out “1000Bulbs.com”:http://100bulbs.com and stay about from the $1-2/bulb ones. You have to…
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China Disaster Relief
We’ve been trying to efficiently donate as a group to help all those poor folks in China. Our Chinese affiliate, “Qiming”:http://qimingventures.com is giving through the Chinese Red Cross, but if you are out of China, what are your options? We just want something simple that takes a credit card. First, “Charity Navigator”:http://charitynavigator.com came up from…
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iCal Dupe Deleter
This is the single biggest problem I’ve found with Entourage to iCal synchronization. Entourage sync is incredibly slow on Leopard to the calendar, but more importantly, with the iPhone hooked in, you get zillions of duplicates. The Mac Address Book has a built in deduplicator which sort of works, but is better than nothing. With…
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Compact Florescent Light Bulb Guide
There are zillion new CFLs around and it is so confusing. “Popular Mechanics”:http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/home_improvement/4215199.html did a review of them that seems to be the only up to date one. Going to Loews was so confusing. They cost between $1-$12 each and the lifetimes, colors and so forth seem so different. Here’s a quick summary: * CFLs…
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Landscape Photography
Had a chance to read a landscape photography magazine. Some great tips # “Neutral Density Graduated Filters”:http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/filters.htm are a good way to get a landscape where the sun is really bright and the landscape is dark. You get something which doesn’t require exposure bracketing and then processing with Photomatix to get a photo. A neutral…
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Wikka Wiki
OK, we’ve finally got a good use for a wiki. As we are rolling out a new office, it is a great place to put construction and other documents. So off to find one. “Bluehost.com”:http://bluehost.com has Wikka Wiki as their top choice. Seems simple enough. SQL based. Not as complicated as MediaWiki which is what…
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dBpoweramp audible backup
If you want to backup your audible .aa files because you are worried about being away and not activating properly, here is what to do. I had forgotten how to do this but needed to remember because I lost my Windows XP installation: # Find an old copy of the Audible Manager. The one I…
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Blog is formatting is broken
Something is causing a format problem. I’ve got too many plugins. It looks like it doesn’t display Chinese and some other characters correctly. Narrowed that down to the Textile 2 plugin I was using. Tried Text Control and the same issue. I really need Textile 2 because I use its table feature. “Shamuswrites.com”:http://shamuswrites.com/2008/04/23/essential-plugins-for-wordpress-25/ has a…
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Using Puts and Calls to control Yahoo
Deal Journal – WSJ.com : How Icahn Influences Yahoo Without Buying the Stock How Icahn Influences Yahoo Without Buying the StockPosted by Heidi N. Moore Carl Icahn is preparing to wage a proxy fight against Yahoo, using 59 million shares as his club. But Icahn doesn’t really own all those shares. He only bought 9.9…