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01 Dec

Repairing Browser Search Prefixes

Infrequently I have chosen to allow an activeX module to install in my browser, only to find they are trojan programs that often include browser hijackers.  Well this is no problem for me because I know how to remove them manually and move on.  But one of the things these hijackers do is disable any […]

08 Aug

WinXP SP2 Released

Friday WinXP Service Pack 2 went RTM (Released to Manufacturers). I have already updated my system from the Release Candidate 2 to the final 🙂 So look around and find yourself a copy, WinUpdate will be offering it sometime this week (thinks August the 10th). Enjoy!

02 Aug

My Poor PC

Well I have spent the last week basically inundating my system with servers and utils. I have the following installed/configured/tweaked and running: Perl 5.8.4 PHP 4.3.2 IIS 5.1 FTP Server IIS 5.1 HTTP Server MySQL 4.0.20a AWStats 6.1 Cygwin Eggdrop 1.6.16 Now to explore them all.

22 Jun

Digital Photo Size & Corresponding Print Size Ratios

After having some trouble with the aspect ratio of our photos and the mechanical cropping of some photoprint shops, I decided to explore the aspects of the more common photographic print sizes and generate ratios to help us do the cropping or introduction of borders at home so the prints will not be whimsically cropped […]

20 Jun

Crop Happy

Sitting here going through some communities looking at the photography and just amazed how poorly people understand their cameras. When tops of head are constantly chopped off at odd angles, and feet, and legs, and dresses, and such god have mercy. Look at the viewfinder or display before pressing the shutter button. People who have […]

19 Jun

Google Mail account (GMail)

Well for the cost of a four leaf clover my wife provided me an invite to google mail *wooohooo* Thanks love.

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