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We were out when the crash happened. There was a brief power outage in our area while we’re away & saw the usual signs: flashing timer lights in our oven, audio amplifier, coffee maker and the Mac Pro server was…
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How to Insert Images in Movable Type 4.xx – The Easy Way
On Valentine’s Day of 2010, immediately after I ported my blogs from Movable Type v. 3.38 to v. 4.33, I made an entry that documented my key observations during the entire transition process. Although optional – but it will make your…
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An Obsession: To Fly a Collective Pitch R/C Helicopter – in 3D
On February 9 of this year, I bought a remote-controlled micro helicopter, the Syma 107G, for $17 at a discount store near our house in one of the cities comprising the East Bay of California. I had so much fun…
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Notes on the Blackberry Playbook
Embed from Getty Images What separates the Blackberry PlayBook from Apple’s iPad and other Android-based tablets? The answer lies in the operating system. The PlayBook runs on QNX which is a true micro kernel operating system. Apple’s iPad runs on iOS which was derived…
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A Tribute to Cesaria Evora
Cape Verdean –Cape Verde is a string of islands off the coastline of West Africa and a former Portuguese colony– songstress, Cesaria Evora passed away last Dec 18, 2011. Since most of her songs were rendered in Portuguese, I thought…
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