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kinamax usb svga 2.0

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this little item gives you an additional display output on most any windows XP box.

i'm fairly impressed, it offers reasonable quality/resolution video. i picked this up so i could have third display on my tablet/laptop. while most gamers would complain the frame rate doesn't allow for full speed video, the casual office user won't notice one bit. display looks fabulous on my lcd.

outlook calendar grid issue

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KB924085 Causes Grid Lines In Outlook 2003 Calendar ('day week month' View) To Become Corrupted. Unfortunately if you are looking those keywords up here, you've already figured this out huh?

what happens... grid lines that surround each such are not properly painted. as far as i could tell, it seems invalidate rect or some other call isn't made for the entire box, leaving residual pixels from the desktop or prior application.

problem goes away if you uninstall KB924085.

visual studio 2005 project

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 error message :

The project file 'C:\data\projects\misc.Web.csproj' cannot be opened.

The project type is not supported by this installation.

...turns out i needed to installed the web application project type.

outlook dst problem

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so i applied the dst change to my system and used the outlook update utility to move my appointments.

it caught a handful of appointments but missed a ton, actually most of them. it screwed up stuff from years ago, begging the question did anyone think about the fact *past* events probably shouldn't be changed?

generator, external tank v2

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so my external quick disconnect failed after two days on the playa. good thing the honda eu2000i runs for so long, it just meant i had to gas up once a day. still, i'm keen on getting the extended run time working.

i finally spent some time to fuss with this and figure out what went wrong. i was stumped at first, and started to just redesign the whole thing, at some point probably had multiple failure points too.

v2, cap

theboom v. "$15" headset

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"theboom" fancy headset arrived, and i immediately tried it out. i put the stereo on full volume for an initial test, called my voicemail and left a message. it worked really well. very impressive. called some folks who reported excellent call quality.

i didn't have another (comparable) headset to test with at the time, so i just tried my phone with the stereo test. surprisingly my phone did reeeally well. better than i expected. (i should have known, the t-39 rocks!)

but my phone doesn't have the super patented microphone design.... so, what's the scoop? i need more models to test with, i'm suspicious the *right* headset might work ~on par~ here.

1) the t-39 has noise cancelling, mics on each side of the flip.
2) the flip, acts as a boom to put the mic in better positon.
3) position is (almost) everything --let's cancelling actually work.

this gives the t-39 great sound, but really points to the fact if you can get a good boom with standard noise cancelling, you can have great sound -without the price tag of "theboom". key here is getting a long boom, to put the mic right where you need it (lets the noise cancelling mic really function).

blue room sparkle project

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Holding a dying flashlight while trying to steer your costume away, keeping your petticoat from the 'elements'... wasn't exactly how you pictured the finer moments of your experience at Burning Man?

can I get a little light here please??