The Blaugh

The Amish Build A Laptop (Warped Info): “It is well known that the Amish shy away from new technology, and do so to follow their religious beliefs. But thanks to the wide-reaching power of the Internet, we have found that they have constructed a laptop computer to aid them in their business pursuits. If you think the Warped site is, well, warped, then just follow this story.
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The site, called The Amish Build A Laptop, shows this amazing device. Just listen to the specifications:

13 x 6 Bead Resolution
78 RAB (Random Access Bead) Memory
All wood construction
Chalk & slate based input
Holders for slate, chalk, charcoal and stylus
1 Chicken Power Supply
Built-in Modem (see FAQ for more info)

By now you realize that this computer is really not a computer in the true sense of the word. It is one of the most advanced abacuses in the world. This device actually has been in use for several thousands of years, and can be very accurate. The Amish should be given credit for being able to maintain a very simple lifestyle in this rush and hurry world where money seems to be the motivating factor. Maybe we should all trade in our computers for abacuses and learn to slow down. It wouldn’t make Bill Gates very happy, but we would all probably live a lot longer. Warped rating: 6.5.”

Hidden Google Video Categories: “Publishers have the option to select 38 different genres they’d like to categorize their video in. Google Video’s website only lists 7 types: Comedy, Music videos, Movies, Sports, Animation, TV shows, Google Picks. You can still order by genre using a special search.”

How to Use Notepad to Create a Log File: “To create a log file in Notepad:
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Notepad.
2. Type .LOG on the first line, and then press ENTER to move to the next line.
3. On the File menu, click Save As, type a descriptive name for your file in the File name box, and then click OK. When you next open the file, note that the date and time have been appended to the end of the log, immediately preceding the place where new text can be added. You can use this functionality to automatically add the current date and time to each log entry.”

Timeout your Mouseovers: “This is a fun effect I built for Chowhound that does one better for mouseovers. The problem with most menu systems is that they’re really touchy whether you’re too fast or slow with the mouse.

The trick is to use a timeout with the effect, so it will wait a fraction of a second to pop-up, and a fraction of a second to go away…just enough to make the effect feel solid and not finicky. “

How to safely connect from anywhere to your closed Linux firewall | MDLog:/sysadmin: “In general all the great ideas are the simple ones. Many times we see a great idea in practice and we wander why didn’t we thought of that before? It is just so simple… The first time I have seen the knockd project I liked it instantly. The idea is so simple, and though so effective. Knockd is a port-knocking application that silently runs on a server passively listening to network traffic. Once it will see a port sequence it has an action configured for it, it will run that action. We can see this as a remote control to our server: once we hit the right button it will take the appropriate action!”

LiveScience.com – Proposal to Implant Tracking Chips in Immigrants: “Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip Corporation, has proposed implanting the company’s RFID tracking tags in immigrant and guest workers. He made the statement on national television on May 16.”

Google Groups : microsoft.public.exchange.admin: “To expand on this answer, here are the detailed steps to use for the search:

Do a find in AD Users & Computers:

– Right-click on your Domain name and click Find
– In the Find dropdown, select Exchange Recipients
– Check ONLY Users with Exchange mailbox on the General tab
– On the Storage tab, select Mailboxes on this server and specify the
server name you are trying to remove
– Click Find Now
– Select all of the users it finds, right-click, choose Exchange Tasks,
Delete Mailbox

Thanks,
Richard Roddy
Microsoft Exchange Support

This posting is provided ‘AS IS’ with no warranties, and confers no rights. “

HOWTO Change Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro – Gizmodo: “It sounds pretty simple to do (just some registry changes), but you can’t install Service Pack 2, so you might try to slipstream in the changes to your modified install disc (if that’s even possible).”

Intel And Microsoft Say They’ll Back Nishida’s Toshiba – Forbes.com: “After sitting on the fence for months in the battle between the warring formats, the software colossuses have signed up to the HD DVD Promotion Group–meaning that PCs running Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Vista operating system or Intel’s Viiv entertainment technology will support HD DVD drives.”

Cooperative Linux: “Cooperative Linux is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively. More generally, Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is a port of the Linux kernel that allows it to run cooperatively alongside another operating system on a single machine. For instance, it allows one to freely run Linux on Windows 2000/XP, without using a commercial PC virtualization software such as VMware, in a way which is much more optimal than using any general purpose PC virtualization software.”