Doctor Who?
Alright, a challenge to everyone…. What\’s the meaning behind this picture? Anyone that Emails me with the answer wins the Patented No-Prize(TM). You can email me through the About the Archives page…
Year: 2010
An Laptop, camera, and a motorized curtain = Privacy?
It\’s automation taken to the absurd? Or is it? Niklas Roy (Berlin, Germany) has an old storefront with a big window facing towards the street. He\’s installed a small but small smart curtain, in the shop window. Take an laptop, and camera and hook them into the motorized curtain, and there\’s a small but smart […]
Savage Worlds – Test Drive v6
Savage World\’s is a semi-generic Role Playing system, but similar to D&D and many other games, they release \”Savage Settings\” which are settings designed to be used with Savage Worlds…. Â For example: SlipStream – Pulp era, Sci-Fi Wizards & Warriors – D&D style epic fantasy DeadLands Reloaded – Horror / Western The Savage Worlds of […]
Renaming 2 thousand Files? Do it the Python way…
I ran into a situation earlier that I needed to bulk rename the file extension on a couple thousand files…. The first hurtle was that a majority of the files had a \”\\\” Â (or was it \”/\”?) in it. Â Since I am on a Unix platform, it appears that the os.listdir function wasn\’t able to […]
BubbleGum Crisis 2032/2033 Scoreboard
Well, consider this a pass it on moment… I am cleaning up my computer, and found a post from Jeanne Hedge, that I saved from alt.fan.bgcrisis…(Of course, Jeanne mentions that there\’s no attributions for this post, but the original was from February 24, 1996…) Here is a tabulation of the destruction done in the Original […]
Backing up virtual machines with Time Machine
One of the improvements in Parallels v6 is better support for Time Machine, if you are using a Disk Image based backup (eg. Not using a Boot Camp Partition). Â Sadly, there doesn\’t appear to be any backup improvements for us Boot Camp users… According to Parallels: One of the ways to back up your virtual […]
Prediction Time, Missing Sync for Windows System 7 Phone?
Microsoft has been making alot of noise lately about how they will be supplying software to allow Windows System 7 System Phones will support Macintosh Syncing. Â Well, I don\’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but Microsoft has promised quite a bit in the past, and rarely delivers everything they promise. Microsoft […]
Winclone discontinued, again?
The utility Winclone has been invaluable to me, it easily backups and restores Windows Boot Camp partitions…. Â But the developer has had some issues updating it to work with Windows 7…. A while back, he discontinued updating Winclone, and was convinced by the users to not discontinue the application… Â But, it appears that the author […]