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HOW TO do a (relatively) clean install using Windows 7 Upgrade DVD

Saturday, 2011.04.23 J.D. H. Leave a comment

In the past it seemed like you could do a straight-up clean Windows 7 install using an upgrade DVD on a new PC. Last night we tried a clean install on my buddy’s new PC, using just such a Win7 x64 “Family Pack” upgrade DVD, and everything installed just fine (selecting “custom install” instead of upgrade install). BUT, after booting the Windows product key wasn’t accepted… So, the solution was #1 to go ahead into Windows (by not entering the

Daily Update: Creek Running and Sandy Bridge

Friday, 2011.04.22 J.D. H. Leave a comment

One of my favorite things about modern life is the ability to daily experience the ancient and the cutting edge. Case in point: Our creek started running again this morning. I helped my buddy build a Sandy Bridge 2600K system this evening Elaboration: This lovely little creek often runs year round, but when Missouri is dry the creep sometimes dries up. Then one day the rains and water tables will cooperate to start the creek running again and clear out

Installing VMWware ESX Server 3i (ESXi) on an Intel Atom & USB stick

Wednesday, 2011.04.20 J.D. H. Leave a comment

I have a couple Supermicro X7SPA-HF-O Atom boards that I’m planning on putting IPCop on. #1 is an Atom motherboard as the primary firewall (for Weblogs.us) #2 is another identical Atom board as a secondary backup firewall. Here’s the motherboard in question: X7SPA-HF-O Supermicro X7SPA-HF-O Atom Dual-Core D510/ Intel 945GC/ RAID/ V&2GbE/ Mini-ITX Motherboard, Retail – Motherboards SuperBiiz.comhttp://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-X7SPAHF&title=Supermicro-X7SPA-HF-O-Atom-Dual-Core-D510-Intel-945GC-RAID-V-2GbE-Mini-ITX-Motherboard-RetailSpecifications Mfr Part Number: X7SPA-HF-O CPU: Intel Dual-Core Atom D510 processor (1.66GHz, 1MB L2 Cache) Chipset: Intel 945GC & Intel ICH9R Memory: 2x

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Momma Molly’s delicious Sugar-Free Banana Bread or Muffins (mirror)

Monday, 2011.04.18 J.D. H. One comment

NOTE: this recipe is from Momma-Molly and is only posted here because her site appears to be permanently down. 🙁 Sugar-free Banana Bread (or muffins!) 4 medium over ripe bananas – mashed 2 eggs 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1/3 cup honey 1/2 cup milk 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 1 cup all purpose flour 1 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. cinnamon Mix eggs, oil, honey, milk and bananas in a large bowl. Add the rest of

Nikon DSLR camera recommendations for early 2011

Monday, 2011.04.18 J.D. H. Leave a comment

When friends and family ask me for camera recommendations I post the info to my blog in the hopes that it will help others too… Here’s a recommendation for Nikon DSLRs: Summary of recommendation: #1 – A very capable companion: Nikon D7000 Pros: good image quality, excellent ISO quality, fast focusing, +1080p video, smaller size and lighter weight (than D300s) Cons: may be pricier than the D90 without drastic improvement Deciding factor: if you find a good price and you

51 New Palm Tree Textures at NetRender.com

Sunday, 2011.04.17 J.D. H. 2 comments

We have some brand new palm tree textures over at NetRender: 51 Palm Tree Textures – NetRender.comhttp://www.netrender.com/texture-maps/trees/tropicals-vol-2-palm-tree-textures/51 unique palm trees from around the world. These high quality palm tree images com from the USA (California, Hawaii), Mexico and other tropical locales. The images are… At 51 images, it’s one of the largest collection of high-res (transparency mapped) palm tree images anywhere. John and I worked on it for what seems like forever! The images are from around the world, but

Snazzy Olympus XZ-1 grip (w/photos)

Sunday, 2011.04.17 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Here is a very cool new grip for the Olympus XZ1: New Olympus XZ1 Grip — now shipping!http://www.kleptography.com/rf/Richard Franiec’s Camera Accessories The camera’s default grip definitely provides adequate handling for me, but I can see this 3rd party grip making it even better. 🙂 I should probably also clarify, my wife has the cool XZ-1 but she is kind enough to let me use it! One more photo of the grip, from R.F.’s Picasso page: Top Search Terms:olympus xz-1 grip

Huggies Pure and Natural Diapers (size 3) Out of Stock!

Sunday, 2011.04.17 J.D. H. 3 comments

We’ve been surprised that almost every store, both online and brick/mortar, is out of Huggies Pure and Natural Size 3 diapers. Thankfully, our little girl can wear size 4 now but it’s still a little bit weird. What is up Huggies? I first noticed something weird when our scheduled “subscription” (recurring) order of diapers from Amazon was delayed. Then I asked our good friend Caitlin to pick some up from Target, little did I know that she would check at