I began investigating options for a better music player/manager after I got an Archos 604 wifi. It's a great little gadget. It allows me to browse the web with a wifi connection, watch videos on the go or display them on a tv, and listen to my music. I have the 30 gig flavor and it's quite sufficient for my music collection with videos getting cycled around to holding unseen … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2008
DLSG/BookEye Planetary Scanner Review
As the self-titled Head of Special Projects, I get a lot of oddball things thrown at me with the instructions to make them work flawlessly. This has allowed me to experiment with a lot of different things and have a good puzzle every now and then. These can be fun projects as they allow for deviation from the sometimes tedious tasks, but they are also frustrating because you … [Read more...]
Epson TM-88IV Documentation
Epson has a serious lack of documentation for its TM-88III and TM-88IV printers. We have been replacing any failing TM-88III printers with network-based TM-88IV printers. The IV model is much faster and the network form is more reliable than the USB or Parallel versions we have had in the past. The USB/Parallel versions were hooked up to one machine and typically shared through … [Read more...]
Dia
Dia is an open-source program that allows one to easily create diagrams and flowcharts. Rivaling Microsoft Visio, it's free and easy to work with. It has more than a dozen templates that allow you to grab some pre-made shapes including computers, electrical, logic, CISCO, isometric maps, and flowchart icons. It's a light-weight application that's just nice to keep handy. You … [Read more...]
Gary Strawn’s Location Changer
To install Gary Strawn's location changer: 1. Copy the Oracle ODBC driver setup (060621CARLIOrclInstall.exe) locally and run through the install as an admin following the instructions located in the Oracle directory. 2. Once the install completes, change the service SID to the current SID instead of VGER under Oracle OraHome92 Net Manager and save. 3. Install and … [Read more...]