Category Archives: Ask J.D.

Upgrading/replacing a parity drive in unRAID

I’m preparing to upgrade my 2TB WD Green parity drive to a 2TB WD Black parity drive on my unRAID system. I did a lot of searching for resources on this topic and while there are some great forums posts out there, they are sometimes hard to find. So here is a consolidated list of useful links for parity drive replacement: NOTE: many thanks to all the helpful and supportive unRAID users out there, the credit for all of this

SOLUTION: Force Firefox 3 to autofill username and password!

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

Caricature drawing, two iPad caricature articles

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

Pairing Saitek A-250 bluetooth speakers with iPhone/iPod touch

Today I paired my old Saitek wireless speakers with my relatively new iPod touch.  I’d paired the Saitek to a PC before, and the iPod to a different wireless speaker, but this was my first time with iPod + Saitek. Here are two links that were helpful to me, one on iPhone/iPod Touch bluetooth and one on the Saitek (and how to pair). NOTE: these instructions are for the iPhone’s and iPod touch models that have built in bluetooth. Hands

Vector images in the iPhone SDK

I’m interested in using vector images for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch apps. As Apple keeps adding different screen sizes and form factors, scalable vector images would seem to be the way to go (rather than bitmaps that don’t scale well). With vector images, it wouldn’t matter what the resolution of the device’s screen was, the images would scale to whatever was needed. Here are some misc links and info related to vector graphics in the Apple iPhone SDK: Apple iPhone Tech Talk

How to optimize WordPress for iPhone?

Q. What’s a good and easy way to optimize WordPress for the iPhone/Ipod touch etc. ??? A. WPtouch :-). Here’s some more info: WPtouch iPhone Theme « WordPress Plugins http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptouch/With a single click, WPtouch transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and effects, when viewed from an iPhone,… To use the plugin with Weblogs.us hosting: download it unzip it upload it via FTP to: /wp-content/plugins/wptouch/ active the plugin from your WordPress administrative interface

American Airlines killed our Kindle

Alternative title: What to do if your Kindle breaks after warranty coverage has expired. What happened: last night we found out our Amazon Kindle was dead. It had been killed by American Airlines. What we’re doing: We are getting a replacement Kindle from Amazon (see below). What we will do differently: We will be even more careful with carry-on items that may get “valet checked” when we’re boarding the plane. We will try to check all of our valuables before leaving