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Continue reading →: Uneditable Regions Inside Editable Regions
I was running through Adobe’s Dreamweaver support documentation and stumbled across the following gem. Dreamweaver TechNote: How to make an inherited editable region uneditable
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Continue reading →: Don't worry…
I was working away in Dreamweaver 8 yesterday and I received the following error: [Photo Missing] It’s one of the strangest prompts I’ve ever seen on a computer. To reproduce the error simply right-click in the CSS Styles panel on a style sheet that is linked to, but not included…
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Continue reading →: Have programmers gone insane?
I tend to frequent downloadsquad.com in the search for quality software. Generally, I’ll hit the site once or twice a day to see if there is anything I would find useful. Frequently, I’ll see an article and screenshot of a program that is just what I’m looking for. Then it…
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Continue reading →: Virtual PC 2004 for Windows is Now Free!
Virtualization is a useful tool, especially if you need to test Web browsers for other operating systems, such as IE 5.5 in Windows 98 and IE 7 in Windows XP. Microsoft recently released Virtual PC 2004 for free! If you’re interested, download the Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1,…
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Continue reading →: NSLU2 – a.k.a. the Slingbox
I went up to Walmart to pickup a few items and noticed the Linksys NSLU2 on the shelf had been marked down from $88 to $25. I have been pondering the purchase of such a device for some time. This particular device connects to any USB hard drive to provide…
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Continue reading →: This Project is Dead
I was tired of pouring money into the computer. To add one piece of useful functionallity costed $80 on average. It was a good project to attempt and may be worth revisting when I’m willing to spend more money on a high-end system. For now, I think it would be…
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Continue reading →: yWriter on Download Squad
Yesterday I posted an entry about yWriter, a free tool for creating and organizing a novel. After I blogged about it I surfed on over to Download Squad and submitted a tip about yWriter. I didn’t really expect to see yWriter mentioned on their homepage since I figured the site…
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Continue reading →: I Finally Found What I Was Looking For – yWriter
For more than ten years I’ve been working on my Great American Novel. Granted, this novel only exists in the form of outlines, character sketches, and snippets of dialogue but I am “working on it”. One of the things that has been holding me back…is a lack of good software.…
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Continue reading →: Logitech Cordless Desktop S 530 Laser vs. IOGear MiniView Micro USB PLUS KVM Switch
It seems like no computer upgrade/project is ever as simple as it should be. My new cordless keyboard and mouse set for the Mac arrived today. It’s a Logitech Cordless Desktop S 530 Laser. The receive is a small USB adapter that connects to a larger “dock” adapter. The receiver…
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Continue reading →: Kodak EasyShare CX4230 Digital Camera Infrared Modding Guide
This week I modded my Kodak EasyShare CX4230 digital camera to record infrared light. Since I couldn’t find a guide for this type of camera my first attempt involved careful prying and the removal of several screws that weren’t important to this mod. As a consequence there is a possibility…
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