This is just a post where I can keep track of items on my birthday ‘wishlist’ 😉 Amazon.com: Nikon 85mm f/3.5G AF-S DX ED VR Micro Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras Reason: a quality macro/micro lens that can also double as a nice portrait lens for Nikons 🙂 [the end]
NOTE: This is a first draft / outline. The review will be updated with more info and photos… Startup time and hard drive Slow startup with conventional hard drive and a bit of bloatware (trend micro, Dell utilities) Hard drive space from factory: 262GB free of 283GB Cooling and fan noise It has one dinky little cooling fan. Small fan = has to spin fast. So when the fan kicks in you really notice it. Thankfully, the fan is not on
They have a rather nasty database error message showing tonight: Table ‘./nzbmatri_nzb00matrix01sql/users’ is marked as crashed and last (automatic?) repair failed 🙁 NOTES: The nzbmatrix.com frontpage will actually load if you are NOT logged in, so the damage may be limited to just the users table Someone at NZBMatrix is probably going to need to restore the user table from a backup I’m betting on the restore occurring in the morning when they wake up and see the issue (and perhaps lots
I mistakenly placed an Amazon App store order. I thought the app was a “free app of the day” but turned out to be full cost 🙁 Much to my surprise, I could find no readily apparent way to get a refund. This came as a shock because Google Play (Android Market) and Apple (iTunes app store) both allow time limited refunds. So naturally, I contacted Amazon about getting a refund: ————— 03/29/12 09:34:30 Your Name: J.D. Hodges Order Id: DXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXX03 Comments:
My Motorola Photon for Sprint arrives today and I am preparing for some lapdock modding! Here are a few good resources related to the Atrix lapdock + Photon as well as some resources comparing the lapdocks in general (LapDock 100, LapDock 500, Atrix Lapdock, etc.) Photon working with LapDock! – xda-developershttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223032** UPDATED WITH PICS ** I just got a LapDock from an AT&T store thinking I can mess with it to make it work with my Photon. After disassembling the
Recently I had a very pleasant surprise: Springfield MO has 4G cellular internet coverage! Specifically, Clear has some WiMax towers up covering quite a bit of Springfield as well as Ozark, Republic and possibly Nixa. If you have a compatible Sprint 4G phone then you may already be good to go. I will post speedtest results when I get the chance 🙂 More info: Unofficial Sprint 4G near Springfield, Missouri (Currently receiveing in Ozark) – Android Forumshttp://androidforums.com/4g-discussion/286281-unofficial-sprint-4g-near-springfield-missouri-currently-receiveing-ozark.htmlHello everybody. Just wanted to let those
Q. Help! When I middle click a link in Chrome it opens in a new tab (like it should) but it ALSO opens in the same tab I’m in, which it should not 🙁 How can I fix this super annoying behavior?! –Virginia A. Good question, here is an extension that will fix the problem: middle button new tab Please let me know if this does the trick for you. Also, if you can rate this review this tip on
Here are my impressions of the Acer Aspire AS7560 laptop: Pros: Decent keyboard, WITH full numpad Supports TWO hard drives… dual hard drive support is quite rare in a machine this inexpensive Responsive trackpad with good two finger scrolling Easy upgrading. Loosening a few screws allows for access to two DDR3 RAM slots and two SATA hard drive bays. Cons: Occasional CPU noise even during relatively low load situations CPU cooling fanis audible during program loading (even FireFox etc.) then