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Android on XP (no, not like that)

Posted on June 24, 2010

sshotThere’s a nice little writeup over at  Talk Android that describes how to use a Java app written by an XDA-developers forum member.

I simply followed the directions in the howto and did an alt-printscreen to get the screenshot over there on the right.

 

Simple, quick, and free!

 

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Change drive letter in Windows for devices that do not appear in Disk Management

Posted on May 28, 2010
  1. Start, Run, Regedit.
  2. Find (ctrl-F) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices
  3. Right mouse click on \DosDevices\X: in the right pane
    • (where X is the drive letter you want to change)
  4. Left click on Rename
  5. Replace the letter ONLY with the letter you'd like the drive to be, making sure that no other drives use this letter.
    • Be sure to enter the new letter in CAPS.
  6. Hit ENTER
  7. Close Regedit and Restart the computer

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B-Bye, Standby

Posted on May 9, 2010

I have an old laptop set up next to my home theater stuff.  I believe there are others that likely have a similar setup.  I primarily use mine to play music from a big external drive nice and loud through the best speakers in the house via a little USB sound “card” thingy.

So what, right?

Well, there’re a few things that are important (aside from the above):

  1. I’m lazy.

Howto: Syncing Sports Calendars on Google Calendar for BlackBerry and Android

Posted on April 30, 2010

I've been cut/pasting this around the Google Mobile Help forums for a while now; I guess it's time for a nice post.

Love seeing those nice sports calendars in your Google Calendar, but hate that you can't sync them over to BlackBerry or Android?  Yahoo Sports calendars is the solution.

Broken laptop hinges… What to do, what to do?

Posted on April 26, 2010

One broke about 2 months ago and the second gave out today.

So sad. Of course, I’d rather replace it with a new one than really fix it. :-p

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AES vs TKIP

Posted on March 3, 2010

Just for reference, AES is better than TKIP.

AES vs TKIP for Wireless Encryption

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So _that’s_ what it’s all about!

Posted on October 2, 2009

Great Google Wave explanation video (as it compares to regular email).

Thanks for explaining all this, EpipheoStudios.com.

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