This knot was the strongest terminal knot Field and Stream tested Directions: (from the article) 1. Thread the line through the hook eye and double it back 10 inches. 2. Wrap the tag end over itself and the standing line six times, moving toward the hook. 3. Pass the tag end through the first open loop […]
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ASUS P5Q SE2 Serial Connector Pinout
I had to search a while to find this pinout, so I might as well post it so someone else can find it — although I have a feeling that I’ll be the one that needs it again. Link to original forum post that pointed me in the right direction Link to PC Cables page […]
Bricking and Unbricking My iPod Touch While Upgrading To 2.1
I’ve been happily running my iPod Touch with it’s original 1.1.4 firmware (jailbroken of course), but there were some apps that I really wanted from the App Store. I bit my pride, grudgingly loaded iTunes on my laptop, signed up for an iTunes account, and downloaded the 2.1 upgrade. I discovered that although iTunes can […]
The Story of an Ipod Touch and a Cheap USB Power Adapter
I bought an Inspire USB Power adapter to charge my new iPod Touch by my bedside and when I travel. While I have had no problems with it fully charging my iPod, the other night when I was browsing the web when while I was charging my iPod, scrolling through web pages was very jerky. […]
Getting Java Plugin to work in Firefox 2 under Hardy Heron
I’m running the KDE4 version of Kubuntu Hardy Heron. Yesterday my wife ran across a site where she needed java support. In earlier version I just had used automatix2 to install java, but unfortunetly they aren’t providing a 8.04 version. I fired up adept and installed the sun-java6-jre and sun-java6-plugins packages, but for some reason […]
Checking the Integrity of Archived Files and DVDs
I just finished archiving our mini DV tapes to DVDs and an external hard-drive. In the process I found that I couldn’t pull a few minutes of data from one of the DV tapes. The tape was only 3 years old. I started thinking if the DV tapes can’t even hold data for 5 years, […]
My Firefox Extensions
Out of the umpteen extensions I have tried, I ultimately chose a few that I continue to use every day. What follows is a list of the extensions I installed in Firefox, what I like about each extension, and where to find it. Adblock Plus: You don’t like ads? This extension is for you. Latest […]
Annoyance: Logitech Setpoint Asking for Administrator Privileges on User Login
I like using Logitech setpoint software to define the horizontal scroll and other extra buttons on my LX7 mouse. Unfortunately every time I would login as a non-administrative user the following message would pop up: Logitech Update Sorry You must have Administrator privileges to complete the task. I found the kernel of the solution on […]
Migrating Yahoo Mail to Gmail
I'm not going to go into detail about how to migrate; there are many sites like this one that explain the process. The two programs I used were YPops 0.8.6.2 and gexodus 0.2. To find a version of YPops for Linux I went to YPops sourceforge page. YPops for Linux doesn't have much documentation, I […]