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Gyration Cordless Air Mouse

JPL has two of these in one of the rooms in the Project Development Center (PDC). It has just the two mouse buttons (not the extra three that the “GO” models seem to have). Surprisingly, it’s only about $44.95 according to Gyration. I played with it for several minutes. It takes some getting used to,…Continue Reading…

Fast fax machines

I didn’t know fax machines could be so fast until I used the one here at JPL. It’s huge, but it’s also really, really fast. Papers go through faster than most laser printers can print. Much faster. It seems to basically scan the pages and then send them, so there’s an “In Use” light that…Continue Reading…

Ascending ordering vs descending

I posted a comment on my blog today and it felt weird seeing my comment appear first and on top, especially since I was replying to an older comment. So I changed the settings so that comments are now in ascending order (ASC). Let’s see how it goes.

Dreamweaver 8: Change Workspace

I’m going through a ColdFusion book and it says: To change your workspace option later (Windows only), select Edit > Preferences or press the Control-U keyboard shortcut. But the option isn’t there! I checked Dreamweaver 8 Help. Same thing: Change Workspace (Windows only) enables you to select a Designer layout–an integrated workspace with panels on…Continue Reading…

Facebook, changes between a year ago and now

When I first started using Facebook… Facebook.com didn’t work. It was thefacebook.com they didn’t have decent search they didn’t have photo albums they didn’t have high school networks they didn’t support account merging they didn’t have a nice layout they showed the “Member since” date there weren’t flyers on the left sidebar there was no…Continue Reading…

Net Neutrality Actually Matters

It’s big. Microsoft is talking about it. Google is talking about it. It’s highly controversial and there are people on both sides of the argument. And since you’re reading this, it will definitely affect you. It’s almost scaring me. IANAL (I am not a lawyer). I don’t know what to think. But some things to…Continue Reading…