An article on the making of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Star Downloader (for big files)
I was having a hard time downloading a 250 MB file of photos from the Jamaica Missionaries of the Poor visit. Internet Explorer and Firebird would repeatedly time out.
This handy utility did the trick. It somehow breaks up the source file into multiple pieces and starts working on each piece simultaneously. I think the key is, it keeps working, and doesn’t time out.
Small Font – Silkscreen
Good for on-screen help text, copyrights, and legal text…
A Marsian Watch
This article is about NASA ordering special mechanical watches to be used by the team working with the rovers. Everything they do now is tied to a Marsian day, which has 39 more minutes than ours.
About Yoda
PowerEdge 500SC
Service Tag: 3TCGN11
Service Code: 8304797845
System Summary
PowerEdge 500SC
Service Tag Number: 3TCGN11
Ship Date: 7/16/2002
Quantity Part # Part Description
1 1G599 Assembly, Cable, Dorado/Athens/Tualatin/Almodor, Floppy Drive, PE500SC
1 6F246 Processor, 80530, 1.13GHZ, 512K, Tualatin, Integrated Heat Spreader
1 6M131 Card (Circuit), Planar (Motherboard), Celeron-Tualatin, PE500SC
1 8E918 Assembly, Cable, ATA100, 2DROP, P500SC, 2
1 5120P Cord, Power, 125V, 6FT, SJT, Unshielded
1 7K016 Compact Disk Drive, 680M, IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics), 5.25″ Form Factor, Half Height, 48X, Black, Samsung
1 4K084 Hard Drive, 80G, IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics), 3.5″ Form Factor, 1IN, WD-XL40
1 4K084 Hard Drive, 80G, IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics), 3.5″ Form Factor, 1IN, WD-XL40
1 5G815 Assembly, Cable, ATA100, 2DROP, P500SC, 1
1 1D063 Floppy Drive, 1.44M, 3.5″ Form Factor, 3MD, No Bezel, SONY, Midnight Gray, M3
4 5C667 Dual In-Line Memory Module, 128, 133M, 16X72, 4K, 168, RGS
Hacker’s Diary
This is a short article about how a guy hacked a friend’s web server (at the friend’s request.) Seems too easy.
What is Mac OS X?
I don’t know anyone who will read this, but still…
Ted’s Archos Library
Ted’s catalog method on his Archos is efficient, but it almost assumes you know what is in the catalog. It isn’t very easy to browse. I wanted to create a list of what was on the Archos to scan the contents.
When I archive files to CD, I use Catfish, a catalog utility, to create a text list of the directories and files. I then keep the text file in My Documents under an @Archives directory. That way, if I’m looking for an old file, I can search the archive text listings.
Since the Archos acts like a hard disk when hooked to the PC, I ran Catfish against it to generate this file.
Having the list in a blog makes it easier to see what is on the disk from wherever I may be. In fact, I just discovered it has a fine U2 collection and an @Downloads that is worth putting on shuffle play. (Kathy thinks having some downloads and listening to them in shuffle mode is the same as recording songs off the radio.)
Did Ted’s @Downloads lead to any music buying? I know in our case my Tom Waits collection of paid CDs has filled up thanks to Limewire test drives.
I also plan on buying all of Eva Cassidy’s CDs thanks to NPR and Limewire.
PCAnywhere and VGA.DLL
Merlin crashed when trying to set display properties remotely via PC Anywhere:
STOP: 0x000000CE (0xbfc19492, 0x00000000, 0xbfc19492, 0x00000000) DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATION
This Driver May be at Fault: VGA.DLL
Used this tip: Start PCAnywhere, click Tools, click Application Options, and then click Host Operation. Change Host video mode to Compatible.
How Galleries Work
Carol reported she could not find the larger photo where her hair is “exploding” which is featured as a thumbnail on the main page of Tybee Island 2003. Dad also reported not finding some photos.
The main page has a link to a group of pictures. I put the # of pictures in that group on the page. “All Dressed Up” has 30 pictures.
Each section is presented in sets of 9. In the upper-right corner of each section of 9, you will see left and right arrows as well as numbers representing each section of 9. “All Dressed Up” has 4 such sections.
Carol’s hair exploding is the first photo on section 2.
Once you “zoom” in on a screen-size photo, you can also go through every photo one by one using the left and right arrows. And you can go “up” a level on any page by clicking on the title.
Each photo has a “Full Size” version that can be used for printing to photographs. These are usually larger than the screen. To save a full size photo, click on the link at the bottom of the screen-size photo and then right click on the giant photo that will appear to save it.