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20 October 2010
Safari 5 For Windows
I keep getting Apple Updater alerts every so often, because I unfortuantly have iTunes installed on most of my computers (mostly to make it easy to use my iPod, not because I particularly like having a 500MB MP3 player). But I always see under the 'optional updates' section: Safari 5. And so I ask myself, does anyone actually use Safari for Windows? Is it actually considered a real browser, or just some experiment gone horribly wrong? Maybe the only people who actually have it installed are those who are duped into doing so when updating their iTunes...
25 June 2010
16 June 2010
Rent vs Buy
An interesting article on the relative investment and merits of renting vs. buying a home.
http://www.mint.com/blog/goals/rent-vs-buy/
http://www.mint.com/blog/goals/rent-vs-buy/
09 June 2010
Article on LCD TV's
Interesting read, for those of you in the market for a new TV: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/display_myths_shattered
10 February 2010
Updates, Photos, Etc
I finally sucked it up and fixed my desktop computer after suffering almost half a year of screwed up Windows XP (10 minute boot-up time, wouldn't hibernate anymore, random network drop outs, printer only worked half of the time, etc etc).
The results are quite impressive: Replaced the buzzing stock Intel CPU fan with an unnecessarily monsterous OCZ Vendetta cooler. I got Windows 7 up and running in under a day. Moved over everything important to a new 1 TB hard drive. I now have 3 TB of storage, all of my photos are now managed /w Picasa, and all of my music is (unfortunately) re-imported into iTunes. Most importantly for the first time in almost 3 years all of my data is finally backed up to a secondary hard drive *whew* talk about flirting with disaster!
As a result of the Picasa upgrade, I took down all the pics from the photos section of the website until I can find a better set of newer pics to put up there.
The results are quite impressive: Replaced the buzzing stock Intel CPU fan with an unnecessarily monsterous OCZ Vendetta cooler. I got Windows 7 up and running in under a day. Moved over everything important to a new 1 TB hard drive. I now have 3 TB of storage, all of my photos are now managed /w Picasa, and all of my music is (unfortunately) re-imported into iTunes. Most importantly for the first time in almost 3 years all of my data is finally backed up to a secondary hard drive *whew* talk about flirting with disaster!
As a result of the Picasa upgrade, I took down all the pics from the photos section of the website until I can find a better set of newer pics to put up there.
03 February 2010
News Section Moved
The 'Blog' or 'News' section of the site has been moved from http://paradime.net/news to http://blog.paradime.net, because Google no longer supports FTP uploading of blogs. FYI.
18 August 2009
Send a Letter via Internet
http://snailmailr.com/
Something that reminds me of my friend Dale's favorite Google jokes -- Google Classic. This web site is, however, not a joke. It actually allows you to compose a full letter, address the envelope, and have it stamped and mailed to the destination of your choice, all for only $1. Sure it costs more than postage, but when you consider the effort involved in obtaining an envelope, a pen, and a piece of stationary (not to mention the fact that I have to actually type the letter in Word first because I can't survive without spell check), it seems like a pretty sweet deal.
I've always had a thought that, in our world of instant and global communication, we are missing out on something special about sending a handwritten letters to people. Letters require time and effort, and because the communication is not instantaneous I feel like the format lends itself to a more refined type of writing (someone must spend more time and consideration about making a clear point when there is no means for instantaneous feedback or clarification). I've always been happily surprised to recieve a real letter or card from a friend, especially when most of the communication we get consists of a 'poke' or 'like' on Facebook. This site may be the perfect bridge between these two worlds -- fast and easy composition but still retaining some of that real-world feel of an actual envelope and piece of paper.
Something that reminds me of my friend Dale's favorite Google jokes -- Google Classic. This web site is, however, not a joke. It actually allows you to compose a full letter, address the envelope, and have it stamped and mailed to the destination of your choice, all for only $1. Sure it costs more than postage, but when you consider the effort involved in obtaining an envelope, a pen, and a piece of stationary (not to mention the fact that I have to actually type the letter in Word first because I can't survive without spell check), it seems like a pretty sweet deal.
I've always had a thought that, in our world of instant and global communication, we are missing out on something special about sending a handwritten letters to people. Letters require time and effort, and because the communication is not instantaneous I feel like the format lends itself to a more refined type of writing (someone must spend more time and consideration about making a clear point when there is no means for instantaneous feedback or clarification). I've always been happily surprised to recieve a real letter or card from a friend, especially when most of the communication we get consists of a 'poke' or 'like' on Facebook. This site may be the perfect bridge between these two worlds -- fast and easy composition but still retaining some of that real-world feel of an actual envelope and piece of paper.
03 August 2009
Backup your Files to Paper
Really cool program, allows files to be backed up to your printer. Fits approx 300-500 Kb per page!
30 July 2007
AAPM Convention
We just returned home from the AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) convention in Minneapolis, MN. We were there for a week. My dad and I went to learn more about what is going on in medical physics, and to help give me an idea of what kinds of things I want to study in graduate school. The convention consisted [of] lecture session[s] on related topics. Some were "review courses," while others were presentations of new research going on. Overall, I leared a lot and took some notes on interesting things I might want to look into in the future.
These area few picture of my Dad and myself beside the Mississippi river in downtown Minneapolis, as well as a pic of the vendor stands at the convention.
After the convention, my dad drove home to Waukesha, and I stayed up in Baldwin, WI for my friend Nick's wedding reception. I will post some pics of the wedding, too.
These area few picture of my Dad and myself beside the Mississippi river in downtown Minneapolis, as well as a pic of the vendor stands at the convention.
After the convention, my dad drove home to Waukesha, and I stayed up in Baldwin, WI for my friend Nick's wedding reception. I will post some pics of the wedding, too.
23 June 2007
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