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Month: January, 2008

CSI TV Dinner

30 January, 2008 (17:38) | Fun | By: admin

So now that we are third and fourth generation TV viewers it seems that the television is what people do during dinner as a whole.

Does anybody have a problem with CSI programming happening during dinner? 

I don’t know who to ask, so I’ll put this to you.  Do you think it makes more of a difference to hard core (meat is murder) vegitarians when CSI is on during dinner, or would it be pretty much the same results as the meat eating portion of the TV Dinner group?

 Or are you just appalled that people eat in front of the TV?

Sharp AL-1655CS Drum Reset

22 January, 2008 (17:04) | Office Productivity, Technology | By: admin

This wasn’t our best buy. The numbers looked good before purchase but I think we could have bought something a bit more sturdy.

Anyhow, I had to search high and low to get a drum code reset and here it is

#*C* - Enter 24-07 and Start - Then reset the printer.

It is as easy as that.

Recently found in an operator’s manual

22 January, 2008 (14:43) | Fun | By: admin

Sometimes I think that manuals should at least be read once before printing. But then again I wouldn’t have been able to find, “Note: No replacement parts are available for this tool. For replacement parts, please call xxx-xxx-xxxx”. I’m sure somebody will have to call the number.

Edit: I got an email back from this local discount tool store when I requested permission to place a scan of this portion of the test meter manual online. They said no. I’m assuming out of embarrassment. If they said yes, this local discount tool store would have had a link back to their website which is great for the search engines.

Microsoft Office 2007 and Office XP Compatibility

21 January, 2008 (14:31) | Office Productivity, Technology | By: admin

If you downloaded the Microsoft Office 2007 trial and decided that your Microsoft Office XP will continue to suit you just fine than you will need to download the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. This provides support for reading Microsoft Office 2007 formats in Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office XP, and Microsoft Office 2003.

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Kraft Disk Notcher

18 January, 2008 (14:52) | Office Productivity, Technology | By: admin

disknotch

Remember these? Long ago there was a time that we used floppy disks that were actually floppy. The 5.25 inch disks is what most households had who had computers with disk drives. The common format was a singled sided 5.25 inch 180K disk.

5.25 inch floppy disks had a hole along the side that when covered acted as a mechanical write protect when this hole was covered.  This notcher would put a hole in the flip side of the disk so the drive would think you were working with an unprotected disk when you flipped it over. In effect you now have 360K to work with on a single disk.

Floppy disk manufactures didn’t tell you that the single sided disks they were selling actually were double sided disks. These manufacturers eventually came out with the statement that the flip side often contain manufacturing errors. I had no problems on the flip sides when I used this device.

It became unnecessary to use this device once you upgraded your hardware to a double sided disk drive.