7hertz

disable mouse wheel in winamp

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i've been a little annoyed by the mouse wheel lately, espcially in winamp where a slight slip ends up changing the volume. real problem is there isn't much you can do with system settings (can't diable the wheel) or winamp options to prevent this (not my version anyway).

i just found this plug-in for winamp (reading the forums). plus, i can still use the wheel to scroll, etc.

http://nunzioweb.com/daz/files/MouseWheel_Blocker_v1_0.exe

brilliant.

holiday travel

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so after years of flying, even around the world once. i met with another one of those infamous, odd travel stories to tell. really, if you fly enough --most any thing that can go wrong, will. i have my share of stories. and this one is up there. say, top five...

burnal solstinox dates

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burnal equinox? burnal solstinox? i did some calculations, if anyone wants to know the dates for the burnal equinox --or solstinox for the next few years, here ya go. you can even celebrate the hour, if you wanna. (i was bored at work, programming this was more fun, should be accurate includes daylight saving time).

burnal solstinox, next few years...


2007-03-03 20:00 PST, Saturday
2008-03-01 20:00 PST, Saturday
2009-03-04 20:00 PST, Wednesday*
2010-03-06 08:00 PST, Saturday
2011-03-05 20:00 PST, Saturday
2012-03-03 20:00 PST, Saturday

*year w/ 'leap-week' (371 days between burns).

(personally i prefer the term solstinox, seems an appropriate confusion of terms!).

so ring a bell, have a shot, make a toast. enjoy.

generator part 3. (to the rescue!)

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so, i got my generator for camp and whatnot.

i figured i would use it about once a year at burningman, at the regional burn or maybe at a party, really about twice a year --and maybe someday... sooomedaaay, the power would go out, i'd use it then. also, i took it to the playa in july assuming would use it --not realizing our camp had a nice 25kW gennie provided by bmorg. no need to run mine. so, mildly disappointed (since i just got my new toy and all)...i just left it packed up. still happy with the purchase, knew it's time would come.

25kWatt diesel, power plant

turns out, no one was really watching the gauge on the 25kW, and we ran out of gas! i was away at the time, but a good friend knew i had a honda eu2000i and hooked it all up. my little honda came to the rescue to keep the lights and a few computers on!

for a testimonial of how quiet it was, i didn't even know it was running until i was practically standing on it, and heard it purring along...

generator part 2. (external fuel tank)

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with only a 4 to 12 hour run-time, there's a bit of an issue dealing with running the generator all night at burningman. i don't want to have to run back to camp just to make sure power is up, make sure the generator is purring along.

somewhere along the way i stumbled upon the other posts talking about using an external fuel tank, with certain model yamaha or honda (inverter class) generators.

some of these new models use fuel pumps (fuel sits lower than the carburetor)... so you can close off the cap, feed an external fuel line through it. suction will pull fuel from an external (and generally much bigger) tank. letting you go out and wander about, no having to worry 'bout power back at camp.

you can make your honda eu2000 run for days, not hours...