Author Archives: J.D. H.

Micathermic heater (and why they are so thin)

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While researching vented propane heaters, as well as electric heaters, I came across a listing for a micathermic heater. What the heck is a micathermic heater?! Well, it turns out this type of heater simply has a conventional electric heating element that is sandwiched between thin sheets of the mineral mica. How can they be so thin?  Efficiency? The mica sheets are very thin and (apparently) allow the element to be sufficiently insulated and protected. They appear thinner than even

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Shed to office conversion!

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Misc progress report below: 2011.10.18 finished cleaning out shed and removing all existing fixtures/items 2011.10.19 reinforced west wall, installed 36″x36″ window Thurs 10/20 x Seal gaps with expanding foam Fri 10/21 x roofing felt x wood supports x Install foam Sat/Sun 22/23 Taking a break for a trip to play disc-golf in Winona and visit John in STL. Stopped by Lowe’s to pickup supplies including screws and trim. Mon 24th (x) Pickup poplar wood for trim (80%) Plywood up (80%

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Upgrade Acer Aspire One AO722 memory/RAM

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UPDATE: Many readers have asked what memory I recommend for upgrading the A0722. My recommendation is 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 Kingston memory because it offers a lifetime warranty, solid performance AND it is only about $22 with free shipping! 🙂 Another great way to improve performance is to replace the AO722’s slow hard drive with a SSD. The Crucial M4 128GB (which includes a data transfer kit) or the Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB (drive only) are my top two choices. They both offer 3 year warranties along with

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What I looked for in a recliner (La-Z-Boy)

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Recently I bought a La-Z-Boy recliner. Both my wife and I have really been enjoying it. Before purchasing the Lazy Boy I came very close to getting one of these recliners available from Amazon: Acme Sage Microfiber Recliner: Home & Garden – Amazon.comhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002WGJHHM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pixensity-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B002WGJHHMProduct Description The Acme sage microfiber recliner is a space saving product that you can place in one corner of your house, without eating up much room. Perfect for those… I am still curious about the Acme recliner,

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[SOLVED] Shut down Windows 7 at “Set Up Windows” screen, without error?

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Q. Hi, I am selling a new laptop after upgrading the RAM. It has a factory fresh install of Windows 7 on it. I booted it up once to make sure the RAM was recognized and now I am stuck at the creating a user name and computer name screen on the Windows 7 setup 🙁 If I power off the system the purchaser will get an error message the first time the notebook boots up saying Windows did not shutdown properly…

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Dell E6510 Unknown Device [SOLVED]

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Dell E6510 laptops often have an Unknown Device ACPI/SMO8800 when you reinstall Windows 7. Here are the drivers to solve your problem! PS or you can skip the explanation at the above link and just download the driver here: (Dell download link) [download id=”10460″ format=”1″] Top Search Terms:dell e6510 unknown device windows 7 (201)e6510 unknown device windows 7 (144)dell e6510 unknown device (73)e6510 unknown device (54)unknown device e6510 windows 7 (45)unknown device e6510 (31)dell e6510 windows 7 unknown device (20)unknown device

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ACPI/HPQ0004 PCI Unknown Device Driver [solved]

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Q. Hello, I have a HP laptop showing ACPI/HPQ0004 unknown device and I need to find the right drivers. I saw you helped Dell users with a similar problem… Can you help me with this one too? Here is the deal: Clean Windows 7 install on my HP Pavilion DV6. Every other HP driver is working perfectly and Device manager looks great EXCEPT!!! I have an unknown device with listing ACPI/HPQ0004. Please help as I really want to get the right

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Akismet Privacy Policies Plugin for WordPress

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Q. Thank you for the recommendation to install Akismet on my Weblogs.us blog. It has worked to prevent spam on my blog. I also saw there is an Akismet privacy policy plugin? -P A. Glad you are enjoying the anti-spam plugin! As for the privacy policy plugin, I had actually never heard of it before you emailed. After some research it appears to generally be geared toward bloggers in Germany, as apparently Akismet (probably due to the way it tests comment content

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