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 Tuesday, August 22, 2006

but no pictures of the Clientele. Boohoo so these will do. I need a better camera phone. Check out some hot MySpace chicks.

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8/22/2006 1:51:13 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      General Blog  | 
 Saturday, August 12, 2006
I know this is old but it is classic. I could never get enough of this guy. As usual, this mofo makes me laugh too hard. Obviously he doesn't know what sovereignty really means. That's why we're in Iraq.

bush_sovereignty.mov (457.67 KB)

8/12/2006 10:12:14 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Rant  | 
 Saturday, August 05, 2006


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From: SE K750i[SMTP:K750I@0O0.ORG]
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 1:35:08 PM
To: SE K750i
Subject: Another car meet
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Mostly roadster this time.

 
On the second half of the drive, we lost a car. Amazingly the driver and the passenger were not hurt.
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8/5/2006 1:39:07 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Boxster Hacks and Mods | General Blog | Moblog  | 
 Friday, August 04, 2006

I always wanted some kind of dgital photo display in the family but they are very expensive and does not have wireless capability. I have an old laptop that has been laying around but could only run Windows 98. It is perfect for this project.

This is my requirement:
- Old laptop
- Painting frame. I recommend the RIBBA picture frame from Ikea because it is thick in size
- Boot into Windows
- Connect to the network via WIFI
- Access network share on remote server where pictures are stored
- Launch screen saver to display rotating pictures

Ribba picture frame. There are different sizes so pick one best fit your laptop LCD.
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Confgure the laptop and make sure that everything works and behave the way you want it to after you hung it on your wall.
I run Windows 98 on this old laptop. To login to Windows with the network domain account, I use TweakUI from Microsoft to do the job.
To initiate the screensaver automatically after windows boot, I use Macro Express program to execute it. I also installed RealVNC remote control just in case I need to make minor changes remotely.


Looks like everything is working the way I want it to. Now time to strip the laptop of its casing. I got rid of everything that I don't need like the battery, floppy and CD-Rom drives, modem and speaker. The only crucial components are the main boards, LCD, HDD, PCMCIA card tray.





Now cut out the hole in the board that came with the Ribba picture frame for the LCD. I centered the LCD on the board and outlined it with a pencil. Then I use the dremel tool to cut the hole. Do not cut the hole too big. You want the LCD to fit snuggly.




Before I move on, I want to test it out. It still works. As you can see, it is coming together nicely.


I picked up a piece of poster board from Michael's, the local craft store, to make the border. Cut out the display opening.




The laptop guts are very light so I resorted to using duct tape to mount the whole thing behind the picture frame.


And here is the completed DIY wall mount photo display. The wire you see here is the power cable but at least it is wireless and I could update the pictures easily on the remote server. Cost? An old laptop, $10.00 for the picture frame and poster board and a weekend.
8/4/2006 2:55:34 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Computer and Gadgets | Gadget Hacks and Mods  | 
 Wednesday, August 02, 2006


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From: SE K750i[SMTP:K750I@0O0.ORG]
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:08:52 AM
To: SE K750i
Subject: Crappy drivers
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Turned dumbarton bridge into parking lot.

8/2/2006 10:12:28 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Moblog | Rant  | 
 Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Are you sick and tire of people who have the "Support Our Troop" decal on their big ass SUV? How the fuck are you suppose to support the troop by driving gas guzzling vehicles and they're over in Iraq killing Arabs for their fucking oil. You tupid hypocrites!!! You're just like those wannabe asshole religious fanatics in the whitehouse who are driving this damn country backward.  

8/1/2006 12:44:42 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Rant  | 
 Thursday, July 27, 2006


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From: SE K750i[SMTP:K750I@0O0.ORG]
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:02:40 AM
To: SE K750i
Subject: All fogged up
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From hot oven like weather to fog the next day.

7/27/2006 10:06:05 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      General Blog | Moblog  | 
 Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Are you sick and tire of looking for your programs under the All Program groups because they are out of aphabetical order? This utility gives you the ability to automatically sort the "Programs" folder on the Start menu as well as the "Favorites" folder. The program is added to the Run section of the Registry and will perform a sort each time a user logs on.. I'm not sure why MS did not built this feature into Windows XP.

MenuSortSetup.EXE (328.87 KB)

7/19/2006 6:56:52 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Computer and Gadgets  | 

This little app lets you turn any Windows executable into a system service. It is a pretty handy tool.

RunAsService.exe (337.07 KB)

7/19/2006 6:42:24 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Computer and Gadgets  | 
 Monday, July 17, 2006


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From: SE K750i[SMTP:K750I@0O0.ORG]
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 11:43:28 PM
To: SE K750i
Subject: New bay bridge
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The new east bay bridge span being built.

7/17/2006 11:47:17 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Moblog  | 
 Saturday, July 15, 2006

This bootable CD allows you to image yout existing HDD to a larger HDD or make a perfect backup of your OS imagefor disaster recovery.

TrueImage Boot Disc v8.0

7/15/2006 12:02:28 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Computer and Gadgets  | 
 Monday, July 10, 2006

Want to enhence your Windows experience? Try these PowerToys from microsoft. These are the ones I like the most.

Image Resizer:
Are you sick of launching the bloated Adobe Photoshop just to resize an image on your dekstop? Just right click on the image file and select "Resize Picktures". You could choose the preselected size or customize your own.



ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe (520.13 KB)


ALT-TAB Replacement:
Try this new ALT-TAB to switch your running applications. Instead of showing you just the icons for the application, it shows you the application window. This one is cool.



TaskswitchPowertoySetup.exe (533.14 KB)
7/10/2006 3:18:16 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Computer and Gadgets  | 
 Friday, July 07, 2006

So you want a tool that could remotely shutdown/restart a Windows box, eh. Use Shutgui.exe.

shutgui.zip (8.2 KB)

7/7/2006 1:45:04 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Computer and Gadgets | Gadget Hacks and Mods  | 
 Saturday, July 01, 2006

I have multiple devices such as Xbox and Tivo that need network access. Buying an individual wireless game adapter for them is not an option and costly. I have a spare Linksys WRT54G wireless broadband router laying around and want to make the most of it. I scoured the Intetnet and found a hacked firmware that turns the router into a four port wireless Ethernet bridge. The site http://www.dd-wrt.com. A very good step by step setup here. But you could download dd-wrt v23 below. This zip file includes the bin file for different WRT54G model out there. The setup was very simple. This is what I did.

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1. It is best to reset the config back to factory default by holding down the reset button in the back. Access the WRT54G console with a web browser at 192.168.1.1 admin/admin and go to Upgrade Firmware.
2. Select browse and choose the bin file for your WRT54G model and click upgrade firmware.
3. After the router is rebooted, access the admin console and click on Basic Setting.
4. Choose Client Bridged Wireless Mode. For Wireless Network Mode you could use Mixed, B or G-Only.
5. Enter the SSID of the AP that the WRT54G will be connected to. Remember, the WRT54G is no longer an access point. It is a client to your existing access point.
6. That it. The rest if just basic router settings that you should already know.


Download dd-wrt v23

7/1/2006 3:23:46 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Computer and Gadgets  | 
 Friday, June 16, 2006


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Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 1:15:40 PM
To: SE K750i
Subject: Wake up Leo!
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6/16/2006 1:19:37 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)  #      Cats  | 
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