Author Archives: J.D. H.

SOLUTION: Force Firefox 3 to autofill username and password!

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NOTE: this technique applies to FireFox 3, not later versions. As Peter noted in the comments, later versions of FireFox do not contain the applicable .js files. Q. Some websites (like Chase, Gmail, WordPress) won’t autofill my login credentials even though I saved them with FireFox 3. What’s up with that?! A. Good question. Sites can specify autocomplete=”off” to prevent browsers from filling in login info. This  is what is causing your  problem, though it is meant to be a

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Cool moms!

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I wanted to write a quick tribute to my awesome mom and my wonderful mother-in-law. They are very special women and they never cease to impress me! They are also very, very cool. Case in point, on Mother’s Day: my mom did an amazing amount of work helping me put a new roof on my house, my mother-in-law went to the shooting range… What’s so cool about that to me is that my mom is amazingly fit and absolutely loves

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Current river canoe/kayak trips and caves

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It’s tough to come up with good titles anymore after having a website/blog for 10+ years. Actually, I’m not sure I was ever very good at picking blog titles ;-). I almost entitled this blog entry “Mashed Potatoes and White Gravy”  due to me having mashed potatoes and white gravy three days in a row. However, I decided to title it “Kayak week and staying busy” and leave the permalink (URL) with the mashed potatoes bit… 2016 update, title changed

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Brief update

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Our good friends from Arizona are visiting. Went kayaking on the Eleven Point river with friends on Wednesday. Gorgeous trip! Roofing is ordered and should be in this week or next. Mowed last week and weed whacked today. Building a new unRAID based media server :-). Cleaned my “shop” area with Samantha’s excellent help. Weeded our small garden area. Did maintenance on our off-grid battery system today. I redid some of the wiring in our house in preparation for a

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Caricature drawing, two iPad caricature articles

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YouTube – iPad Caricature Demonstration with Art Studio and Pogo Sketch (with Digital Artist Angie Jordan) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDXe_wsk9bc&feature=youtube_gdataiPad Caricature Demonstration with Art Studio and Pogo Sketch (with Digital Artist Angie Jordan). iPad Caricature Video Demonstation – Part 1 – Digital Caricatures by Angie Jordan http://blog.angiejordan.com/2010/04/ipad-caricature-video-demonstation-part-1/On Saturday, I drew my first iPad Caricatures at the device’s launch. After I posted pictures here and on Facebook, I was swarmed with emails, Facebook messages, and phone… Fast Icon – Quality Custom caricatures from photos

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Roofing drawings and modeling using Google Sketchup

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Today I started the order for some new roofing for our house. Here are some of the drawings I made in Google Sketchup. These were what I used for calculating how much roofing to order: Top view: Overall, Sketchup made it nice and easy to produce “good enough” drawings for my purposes :-). Top Search Terms:roofing drawings (25)roof drawings (21)sketchup roof (21)house roof (18)google sketchup roof (17)house drawing top view (14)top view of house (12)google sketchup roofing (12)top view of

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Raon Digital EVERUN UMPC S60H

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As part of my bought and sold series of blog entries, here is a copy of my eBay auction for the the Raon Digital UMPC S60H Ultra Mobile Personal Computer. This was truly a cool little mini-tablet way before iPads were all the rage 🙂 Raon Digital EVERUN UMPC S60H The EVERUN features the “classical” UMPC look, with the keyboard and control options placed on both sides of the 4.8-inch LCD display, which has a resolution 800 x 480 pixels. Moreover,

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Canon HV20 1080i MiniDV HD Camcorder 3.1MP Camera

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Title: Canon HV20 1080i MiniDV HD Camcorder 3.1MP Camera Subtitle: Like Brand New. FREE USA SHIPPING! Up for auction is a gently used Canon HV20 HDV Camcorder. Camera has low hours of use, is fully functional and shows little to no signs of wear. Items included in this auction: HV20 HDV Camcorder Battery Pack Compact Power Adapter Stereo Video Cable ??? WL-D87 Wireless Controller ??? IFC-300PCU USB Cable ??? CTC-100 S Component Cable Digital Video Solution Disc for Windows and

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