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The right tool for the right job
It should be pretty obvious that you should use the right tool for the right job. Unfortunately it seems that when I do some home projects, I don't always have that luxury. Yesterday, however, was an exception. last week I bought a "fiberglass running kit" from Harbor Freight (I love some of the stuff you can get from the store, but I'm pretty careful about what I get as the quality of some of their products isn't great). I needed to run a new phone line to my entertainment center so that I could try out Oooma.
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Protecting my dishwasher from theft
Included in my new dishwasher is the standard product registration card from LG Electronics. I usually don't fill out the registration cards as they don't affect warranty service. I did briefly look at the card and laughed when I saw it. It said:
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Analog vs. Digital Multi Meter
I've had a few multi meters in my life; my father bought me an analog one that I have no idea where it ended up. A few years back, I replaced it with a smaller one that was also analog. Everything that I've read indicated that analog meters were faster than digital meters as the needle jumps quickly to the value. This past week when I was assembling a cable for the MacBook Pro, I had to set the voltage to the 150 V DC range as the lower range went from 0-15 V DC. The MacBook Pro uses 16.5-19.5 V DC. The problem is that it's really hard to tell if the voltage is 16.5 or 19.5 when the full range is 150; the difference amounts to 2% of the scale.
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Something Microsoft does right
I've never been a Microsoft fan and really haven't had positive things to say about their software. There are lots of people that are as against Macs as I am against Windows. Today, I attended a Microsoft event where Microsoft was showcasing Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Exchange 2010. I decided to go as most of the companies I interact with are Microsoft shops and it was about time for me to learn about the "dark side".