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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

T-Mobile Dash Internet Connection Sharing

I was in training yesterday and the training office did not have Internet access. I know that the T-mobile Dash smartphone I have has the capability of sharing its Internet access. So I played around with the setting and struck gold. It was pretty easy to setup.

On the Dash, go to Start>Accessories>Internet Sharing on the PC Connection make sure is set to USB or Bluetooth PAN and Network Connection make sure is set to T-Mobile Data and hit Connect. That should do it. You should be able to get an IP address from the Dash for your laptop to be able to connect to the Internet.

From your PC, connect to the Dash with USB cable or Bluetooth PAN (preferred). The connection is as fast as GPRS could offer but it is better than nothing when you are desperate for an Internet connection.

10/23/2007 3:21:47 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Vote to restore habeas corpus

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110^th Congress - 1^st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Specter Amdt. No. 2022 )
Vote Number:	340	Vote Date:	September 19, 2007, 10:47 AM
Required For Majority:	3/5	Vote Result:	Cloture Motion Rejected
Amendment Number:	S.Amdt. 2022 to S.Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008)
Statement of Purpose:	To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	56
	NAYs	43
	Not Voting	1

The Assholes who voted NO. Fucking republicans Bush cronies and one traitor LIEberman.
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lott (R-MS)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Stevens (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00340

9/20/2007 1:38:19 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

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Monday, August 13, 2007

How to migrate Sharepoint 2007 site from server to server

Migrate content by using import/export

The import/export feature is based on the new Content Migration APIs. With import/export, you can migrate either subsites or entire site collections, and you can import a subsite into an existing site collection. Like the Smigrate.exe utility in the previous version, import/export requires that the site you import to already exists. Note that import/export does not include some site settings, such as Recycle Bin state and alerts.

To use import/export to migrate a site or site collection, use the following process:

1.	Export the subsite or site collection by using the following command: c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\12\bin\stsadm.exe Stsadm.exe -o export -url <URL> -includeusersecurity
2.	In Central Administration, on the Manage Content Databases page, set to offline all databases except the one that currently contains the subsite or site collection.
3.	Create a blank site or site collection to contain the content you are importing.
4.	Import the subsite or site collection by using the following command: Stsadm.exe -o import -url <URL> -includeusersecurity The includeusersecurity parameter specifies that you want to import the security settings for the subsite or site collection. If you do not need the security settings, you can omit this parameter.

Migrate a site collection by using backup/restore

If you want to migrate an entire site collection, you can do so by using the backup and restore operations with the Stsadm.exe command-line tool. First, back up the site collection you want to move, then delete it from the current database and take the database offline. Then, restore the site collection to the new URL. Be sure that there is no site collection already at the new location, or the restore operation will fail.


	If there is a site collection at the destination and you want to overwrite it, you can use the overwrite parameter with the restore operation.

To use backup/restore to migrate a site collection, use the following process:

1.	Back up the site collection by using the following command: Stsadm.exe -o backup -url <URL> -filename <filename.dat>
2.	In Central Administration, on the Manage Content Databases page, set to offline the database that currently contains the site collection.
3.	Restore the site collection by using the following command: stsadm.exe -o restore -url <URL> -filename <filename.dat>
4.	In Central Administration, on the Manage Content Databases page, set to online the database that originally contained the site collection.

8/13/2007 5:20:30 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Disable MySite and MyLinks in Sharepoint (MOSS) 2007

Okay, this one took me a while to figure out, but nonetheless I found it and will share it.

In order to turn off or disable the MySite or MyLinks functionality you need to be an Sharepoint administrator.

Go to the Central Administration Web Page
Click on the link for Shared Services Administration
--If you have more than one SSP, select the one that is running the MySites functionality
Under "User Profiles and My Sites" click Personalization Services Permissions

Select the group you want to limit the functionality for. More than likely you will just have NTAuthority\Authenticated Users.

In the next screen you will see a list of checkboxes,
--To disable MySites uncheck "Create Personal Site"
--To disable MyLinks uncheck "Use Personal Features"

8/1/2007 5:47:37 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Who's the Occupier?

There are so many things the main stream media outlet in the U.S. won't tell you about the middle-east. They all are propaganda machines. Get your news elsewhere.

7/26/2007 5:11:58 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

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Friday, June 29, 2007

Google Street View car spotted

I spotted the Google street view car at Baja Fresh in Sunnyvale during lunch today. It's amazing that they have million of dollars of equipment in this modified beat-up mini van. They take so many high resolution images that they have to swap out terabyte of hard drives every other day or so.

6/29/2007 5:46:50 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Go Keith Olbermann!!!

We need more people like you to stand up to the morons running our government. This country is so f'ed up.

6/11/2007 10:49:46 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

FW: Wtf?

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From: mydash@0o0.org[SMTP:MYDASH@0O0.ORG]
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:27:04 AM
To: My Dash
Subject: Wtf?
Auto forwarded by a Rule

Do you really need two city workers to paint a fire hydrant?

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5/16/2007 10:29:44 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Seriously...

Want Gears of War Seriously achievement? Play the game with skill.

5/10/2007 5:20:21 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Impeach now!

I say impeach Dick and Bush now!!! This country is all messed up because of these two and their cronies.

impeachdick.pdf (401.76 KB)

4/25/2007 12:05:40 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

FW: Speed trap

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From: mydash@0o0.org[SMTP:MYDASH@0O0.ORG]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 7:18:34 PM
To: My Dash
Subject: Speed trap
Auto forwarded by a Rule

Time for them a-holes to fulfill their monthly quota.

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3/28/2007 7:22:59 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

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Sunday, February 18, 2007

FW: Happy lunar new year everyone!

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From: mydash@0o0.org[SMTP:MYDASH@0O0.ORG]
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 2:18:01 PM
To: My Dash
Subject: Happy lunar new year everyone!
Auto forwarded by a Rule

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2/18/2007 2:18:54 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Monday, February 12, 2007

Expose for Windows Vista

Check out this utility for Windows Vista that has been on the MAC.

Expose is an application on Mac OSX that tiles all the open windows with the press of a key, letting you quickly choose between them. Now there is finally a Mac OSX Expose clone application for Windows Vista that runs great! Not only that, but it’s open source, so you can improve it if you wanted to.

To install this application, you’ll have to run the setup application as well as the Visual C++ redistributable package, unless you have visual studio installed, which you probably don’t.

MyExposeNovember2006CTP.msi (1.25 MB)
vcredist_x86.exe (2.56 MB) Visual C++ redistributable package

2/12/2007 2:23:14 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

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Friday, February 09, 2007

FW: fairview

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From: mydash@0o0.org[SMTP:MYDASH@0O0.ORG]
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 1:28:26 PM
To: My Dash
Subject: fairview
Auto forwarded by a Rule

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2/9/2007 1:29:58 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

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