Gmaps Pedometer + Google Calc = 8.94607843 minutes per mile
I just got a new pair of running shoes and I wanted to take them for a spin. I have no idea how fast I run because I only run […]
October 2009
PhotoRec to the rescue!
Recently the SDHC card for our new camera went bad. All computers and the camera said that the card needed to be formatted and could not be read. Running windows […]
WordPress Exploit, Fog, Fruit, Plants and Plates
Here’s a random collection of items that happened over the last 10 or so days. My friend’s blog got hacked! This is because of a WordPress exploit that allows a […]
Every vehicle is a Prius!
I was riding into work in casual carpool this morning when I noticed a sticker in the rear passenger window: “PZEV”. This stands for “Partial Zero Emission Vehicle”. What!? Isn’t […]
Firefox “reset” is really “launch in safe mode”
I know that it’s not that hard to find out how to do it , but I am still disappointed two fold in how hard it is to reset Firefox […]
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I got four cores but a distributed load aint [on] one
Hi there way too powerful desktop, why don’t you distribute a high load across more cores? I know your authors would have to work to make the process multithreaded and […]
Photos: Food, Bikes, Sunsets and Stars
The other night we made fried okra. Tasty! This past Sunday I went for another sunseterific MTB ride in Tilden and Wildcat parks. Since taking some initial photos, I’ve since […]