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Comment on 750 Words Per Day by 750words.com – By JM Hart

750words.com – By JM Hart — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:05:31 +0000

[...] good friend Mr. Dowler has an excellent post over at The Problem Solver on a website called 750 Words, one of my favorite places on the web. It’s a great writing [...]

Comment on Accessing Mac OS X Leopard Grayed-out Preference Panes by Angela

Angela — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:00:18 +0000

Thanks a lot for the tips on removing items in the grey area that are not accessible. Following these steps worked for me. I struggled all last night trying to figure it out. I got up early the next morning and tried again. When I typed in the message my screen was giving me into my web browser, BAM! there was your solution to my problem.

Comment on Using Social Media Boosts Productivity by Matthew Taft

Matthew Taft — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:03:01 +0000

I agree that I tend to have the most amazing ideas when doing repetitive tasks or things that don’t require a lot of brain power. I’ve always said I think best in the shower, on the toilet, or mowing the lawn.

Just recently started using Facebook and Twitter. I find it a little more difficult to use twitter because of how rapidly the content changes. I can totally miss a post that someone “tweeted” ten minutes ago because the twenty other people I’m following posted more recent content. So it’s a little hard to get used to, or to know how to follow people.

Couldn’t help but post a link to a T-Shirt on this topic from a company called Despair, Inc. (the Demotivators, I’m sure you’ve heard of them?). Here’s the shirt: http://www.despair.com/somevedi.html

Comment on 100% Free Digital Converter Boxes at Amazon by 3DTV

3DTV — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:05:17 +0000

hi-ya, excellant blog post.

Comment on Accessing Mac OS X Leopard Grayed-out Preference Panes by Shawn Dowler

Shawn Dowler — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:03:30 +0000

I am still trying to determine the root cause of this issue. I have administrator rights on my laptop, so I can do things as root from the terminal. I have looked at a lot of things so far, but every time I think I’ve found the issue described online, it’s not the same thing that’s causing this problem on my machine. I’m glad this workaround has worked for you.

Comment on Accessing Mac OS X Leopard Grayed-out Preference Panes by Anwer

Anwer — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:03:51 +0000

AWESOME! I had the same exact problem with a work laptop running 10.5.8. I bought a magic mouse and couldnt access the preferences to be able to enable right clicking. Your steps worked perfectly.

Thank you!

Comment on Ghostbusters MAME Arcade Cabinet Complete by Sonic the hedgehog

Sonic the hedgehog — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:16:10 +0000

Sonic the hedgehog rocks.

Comment on All Hail the Nintendo Wii by Arcade Banner Exchange

Arcade Banner Exchange — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:04:19 +0000

Blogroll links aint that great :P but i am not the admin :P Just Telling :P :D

Comment on Ten Cents in One Day by Eugene

Eugene — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:03:02 +0000

Now everyone is talking about the American economy and eclections, nice to read something different. Eugene

Comment on Record Streaming Audio with Linux: Part II by Shawn Dowler

Shawn Dowler — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:47:33 +0000

Quite honestly, I don’t know how you would accomplish pausing the recording. It’s streaming live, so you certainly can’t stop that part, but it may be possible to divert the stream through the fifos to /dev/null when a button is pressed and go back again afterward.

I honestly don’t have the “code fu” to do anything like that or to answer your question without a lot of fiddling and researching. I’m glad that you find the code useful, and I do appreciate your posting here with updates when you make interesting modifications.