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Windows Requires Administrator Rights to Install USB Flash Drives

When not logged in as Administrator, XP Windows pops up admin login dialog box everytime a new USB flash memory drive is plugged in. Solution: 1. I replaced corrupted drivers (usbstor.inf, usbstor.pnf, usbstor.sys), doesn't seem to do anything. (I didn't … Continue reading

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Smallest Router

ASUS produces two wireless routers that are small enough to put in pocket. 1. WL-330N3G Wireless-N150 Mobile Router ($45) 2. WL-330NUL Pocket Router ($40), Roll out in March 2013 This could be handy for a tech.

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UAV FOR $59

The government will have a heck of a time coming up with regulations when this gets out in the market. And it's only $59. I am intrigued by the design of propellers of these types. But I do not have … Continue reading

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SSI - Server Side Includes

To include HTML (or other extension) files into another HTML file, <!--#include VIRTUAL="/filetoinclude.html" --> is the line to use. VIRTUAL is used when file path is not local, such as when "/" is used. Otherwise, it can be replaced by … Continue reading

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WindowsAndroid

With so many virtual platform to test Android apps, I'd better catch up.

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YAAI error: $80040209

Yet Another Avi Info is a very good tool to fix out of sync Audio/Video files. But sometimes, the xvid codec/decoder causes problem. when i try to sync audio with YAAI i get the following massege: " The operation cannot … Continue reading

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Download Videos from PBS, Hulu

A teacher had a problem streaming PBS video. I tried Real Player to no avail. So I searched and found StreamTransport. Freeware and seems to be doing a good job, and even able to avoid interrupting ads, unlike Real Downloader.

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Labeling wirings

I think it is ridiculous, no, retarded, to think of preferring cable tagging to allocating a server area/room. I actually did a search, there are plenty of such products, of which I would admit I have seen used before. Tagging … Continue reading

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Subtitle Downloader - even Chinese

Some firefox plugin(Youtube Caption Downloader) seems to have failed. I am not sure if it's because of Chinese characters. I use Google2Srt instead. Unzipped, ran the bat file. Pasted youtube link into the field, Read, and I got the Srt … Continue reading

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Scratch Programming: Best Programming Language for Kids

Great pedagogy for programming and even mathematics. Developed by MIT, Scratch is the current favorite programming tool of mine for teaching programming to much younger children. It used to be Logo. Which I think is still a good teaching tool. … Continue reading

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