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How to lookup Intel SSD warranty info online

Thursday, 2012.10.18 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Go here : http://www.intel.com/support/feedback.htm?group=ssd#ssd official Intel support site. Enter the live chat option and they can lookup your warranty info for you online. Just make sure to have your drive’s model # and SA # ready! 🙂 Top Search Terms:intel ssd warranty check (61)intel ssd warranty check online (10)intel warranty check ssd (6)intel warranty lookup (5)intel ssd warranty checker (4)intel ssd garantie check (4)intel+ssd+warranty+check (4)intel ssd warranty lookup (3)intel ssd warranty (2)check intel ssd warranty (2)

35mm equivalents of various smartphones cameras (iPhone 5, Galaxy S3, etc.)

Tuesday, 2012.10.16 J.D. H. Leave a comment

iPhone 5 4.1mm lens, to give a 33mm equivalent field of view (source) iPhone 4S 4.3mm lens, 35mm equivalent view (source) Nokia Lumia 920 F2.0 26mm equivalent view 16:9, 28mm for 4:3 (source) HTC One X F/2.0 3.6mm lens, 28mm equivalent view (source) HTC Windows Phone 8X F2.0 28mm (source) backside illuminated sensor HTC One V (samples) Top Search Terms:iphone 5 camera 35mm equivalent (8)iphone 5 35mm equivalent (8)galaxy s3 camera lens mm (7)iphone 35mm lens equivalent (4)iphone lens equivalent (4)iphone camera 35mm

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Interior peeling on BMW 325i (and similar)

Monday, 2012.10.15 J.D. H. Leave a comment

[begin] Interior Pillars – Bimmerforums – The Ultimate BMW Forumhttp://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1228535I just took out a whole weekend to work on my interior pillars. They were originally gray and I re-did them in black suede. Here are some pictures. Sorry the pics are kinda big.… How to remove interior pillar trim – Bimmerforums – The Ultimate BMW Forumhttp://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1247064I need to remove the suede trim covers on each corners pillars. The fabric is bubbling and is about to come off. I want to

VMWare Server not accessible via web interface?

Thursday, 2012.10.11 J.D. H. Leave a comment

I recently had an issue where VMWare Server 2’s web based administrative interface was no longer available 🙁 It turns out the issue was that one of the services required by VMWare Server 2 had stopped. Starting the service again solved the issue! VMWare Host Agent VMWare Authorization service VMWare DHCP service VMWare NAT Service VMWare Server Web Access I had tried all sorts of things (Windows firewall adjustment, .hosts file editing, tomcat configuration etc.) and just a simple service

Access VMWare Server 2 without web interface

Wednesday, 2012.10.10 J.D. H. Leave a comment

I am not a big fan of the web based management interface for VMWare Server 2. Thankfully, this article lists a nice variety of other ways to administer the server: VMware Communities: Web Access 🙂 Top Search Terms:vmware server web access (2)vmware server 2.0 webinterface nicht erreichbar (1)vmware server 2.0 web acces windows 8 (1)vmware server 2 web interface on mac (1)ipcop webinterface nicht erreichbar (1)ipcop vmware no web (1)how to access vmware server 2 interface (1)how start vmware

IPCop ‘boot error’ occurs after successful installation

Wednesday, 2012.10.10 J.D. H. 4 comments

Summary of article: If you mount the IPCop (or smoothwall) ISO via IPMI and then install, you are likely to get a boot error once you reboot and the ISO is unmounted. A workaround is to install via an actual DVD drive* (USB, SATA or IDE should all work) *you can remove the drive after install. All the gory details: This weekend I was at the datacenter for work. Part of my task was to setup a new firewall using

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Amazon affiliate bookmarklet

Wednesday, 2012.10.10 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Amazon affiliate bookmarklet (drag this to your browser’s bookmarks/toolbar) Then edit the link to reflect your own affiliate ID… 🙂 Top Search Terms:amazon affiliate bookmarklet (3)amazon bookmarklet 2018 (1)amazon bookmarklet email (1)how to amazon affiliate bookmarket ipad (1)

Starcraft 2 on Linux using WINE

Monday, 2012.10.01 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Cool info on running SC2 on Linux: http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2010/07/howto-starcraft-2-on-linux-with-wine.html http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=20882&iTestingId=60579 Looks like SC2 on Linux works very well! 🙂 Top Search Terms:wine starcraft 2 checking for updates (4)starcraft 2 linux checking for updates (3)starcraft 2 heart of the swarm playonlinux (2)starcraft 2 wine checking for updates (2)linux wine heart of the swarm (1)wine-1.6.2 linux starcraft 2 not installing 2014 (1)linux starcraft (1)linux sc2 (1)how to install sc2 hots on linux (1)heart of the swarm playonlinux (1)