From the monthly archives:

November 2007

How does one defrag their computer?

by Adam on November 29, 2007

A friend sent me an e-mail, in it he asked:
How does one defrag their computer?
My reply back:

Well…
You remove the hard drive from the system and using an electron microscope you need to examine each individual hard drive cluster (there are 180,000 of them) and using a special de-fragment tool (looks like a kitchen knife but [...]

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barnesandnoble.com has no love for Firefox

by Adam on November 23, 2007

I had assumed that we lived in a day and age where companies realized that Internet Explorer isn’t the only browser people are using. Apparently, I was wrong. Every single time I tried a search or clicked on any link on the Barnes & Noble site I was greeted with a blank page (except for [...]

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Custom Denkimono - alarm clock/timer

by Adam on November 23, 2007

Jim Blumenfeld sent me an e-mail detailing his customized Denkimono Alarm Clock/Timer kit.
from the e-mail:
Thought you would enjoy the attached pictures of the Denkimono clock kit. I’ve been working with them on custom programming for my specific application. The next spin of the PCB board will have more mounting holes and provisions to [...]

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Biohazard/Radiation - Halloween Costume

by Adam on November 7, 2007

Because people don’t already know I’m a Geek - this is what I went as this past Halloween.
The Geiger counter, which I found while browsing The Electronic Goldmine inspired the costume. I started with the Geiger Counter which (as disclosed by EG) was broke to begin with. I added blue LEDs on the gauge in [...]

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