Monthly Archives: May 2010

Deposit Coins

Coinstar machine in pathmark has always charged me some 8%. Today, was my first day taking my coins to TD Bank: A bank that opens more days (7 days) than others and apparently only one that has coin counting machine … Continue reading

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Bought Computer Gadgets for a Computer Technician

Ordered on ebay a few miscellaneous items for my line of work. Things which I should have with me in the beginning - was embarrassing not having them. 1. Cable/Wire tracer 2. cat5 couplers 3. ps/2 to USB adapters 4. … Continue reading

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Parallax Distance Measurer

We've got ultrasonic distance measurer, now we have the more accurate but expensive laser ones, how about a parallax distance measurer?

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Macy in Flushing

I was at MACY's last morning, picking up some stuff for a friend and I'm amazed at the responsibility there. I was at the same counter a day before an hour prior to closing time, and was told the staff … Continue reading

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IP Webcam

Those IP Webcam is quite handy, especially the remote pan/tilt ones. Would be an easy setup over the DVR ones. As for quality and results, I do not know.

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Importing Excel Contacts into Outlook

Problem importing MS Excel 2003 file: Fields not all imported (seems to limit 4 only from source), named ranges problems, etc. Solution: In Excel, save as CSV (comma delimited) In Outlook, import file as "Comma Separated Values (Windows) Map Custom … Continue reading

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Wildman Steve Brill

Today (or Yesterday-Saturday) marks the 3rd time of my participation in Wildman Steve Brill's foraging tour in city parks. First two were Central Park and Prospect Park (I couldn't remember the order). Now Inwood Hill. This time, with the benefit … Continue reading

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Question to Ask Dr. Stephen Tong (and his family)

Perhaps I should prepare some important question(s) to ask Dr. Tong. Since Rev. Laura Lin is very aristocratically keen on introducing people to me, perhaps I may just use this hand of Uzzah for the balance of things, lest my … Continue reading

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