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Allan's Corner: November 2008
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A blog about anything and everything. Saturday, November 29, 2008. My pick for this year's best productivity booster is probably Bloglines.com. Bloglines is a free RSS feed aggregator. Most blog and news sites provide RSS or Atom feeds. With a Bloglines account, you can "subscribe" to as many feeds as you wish to follow and Bloglines will track new articles and present them to you as "unread" articles. It is presented in a way very similar to how we see our unread email. What sets Bloglines apart from ot...
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Allan's Corner: March 2008
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A blog about anything and everything. Friday, March 28, 2008. Friday, March 14, 2008. Configuring Wireless Networking in PCLinuxOS. Install the Linksys WMP54G PCI wireless adapter in Windows. Locate the Linksys drivers in Windows (probably under C: Program Files Linksys WMP54Gv4). The driver files can probably be found directly on the Linksys CD as well). Add "ndiswrapper" to the /etc/modprobe.preload file (as root). Go to Control Center - Network and Internet. Select "Set up a new network interface".
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Allan's Corner: Frozen Yogurt Recipe
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A blog about anything and everything. Tuesday, February 3, 2009. After trying a handful of frozen yogurt recipes, I've settled on a favorite (for now):. 3 cups (24 oz) plain Greek yogurt. Mix in a bowl, turn on the frozen yogurt machine (also an ice cream machine), then pour the mixture into the machine and leave for 25 or so minutes. For better results, put into a freezer-safe container and freeze overnight. Add toppings like blueberries, etc. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Got an LG Vu.
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Allan's Corner: Linux Mint for the Laptop
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A blog about anything and everything. Saturday, March 21, 2009. Linux Mint for the Laptop. I installed Linux Mint on my Acer Extensa 4420. Seems to have found hardware successfully, including the wireless network adapter. Couldn't boot back into Vista, but maybe I won't fuss with it for now. I didn't like having to wait five minutes for Vista to boot up and getting warnings that I was running low on memory all the time. Now to install my apps. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Update on Linux Mint.
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Allan's Corner: Got an LG Vu
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A blog about anything and everything. Saturday, February 21, 2009. Got an LG Vu. Last Sunday, I picked up an LG Vu mobile phone from AT&T. It's a nice touch screen phone with Java MIDP 2.0 support. Since it's not categorized as a PDA, my Internet plan is $15 per month (as opposed to $30 per month for PDAs). Overall, I'm very happy with it. It's not perfect, of course. There are some annoyances here and there. But, it should help keep me occupied during idle moments. March 3, 2009 at 6:44 PM. Got an LG Vu.
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Allan's Corner: Mmm... Homemade Ice Cream!
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A blog about anything and everything. Saturday, November 29, 2008. Mmm Homemade Ice Cream! We finally tried our new Cuisinart automatic frozen yogurt / ice cream / sorbet maker. I had the mixer bowl in the freezer for a few days to get it nice and cold. It's recommended to have it in the freezer one or two days before using it for best results. The next night (tonight) it was firm and much better overall. Reminded us of Breyer's. I am very impressed by this homemade ice cream! Mmm Homemade Ice Cream!
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Allan's Corner: April 2009
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A blog about anything and everything. Sunday, April 12, 2009. Finally Got A Nintendo DS Lite. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Finally Got A Nintendo DS Lite. Keep And Bear Arms.
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Allan's Corner: Recent LA Quakes
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A blog about anything and everything. Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Been having larger nearby quakes recently. Riding the Wave of Life. Yikes, have you been feeling any? You know what is weird, in the whole 6 years I was in Southern Cali, I only felt 2 small earthquakes. I pray you and your fam stay safe. May 21, 2009 at 10:43 PM. We definitely felt these. They were the biggest I've felt since I've been here for almost eight years! May 25, 2009 at 10:29 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Keep And Bear Arms.
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Allan's Corner: August 2008
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A blog about anything and everything. Friday, August 29, 2008. Started on a J2ME App. I started on a Java Micro Edition (J2ME) mobile application a few weeks ago. Since I've been doing C programming at work for the last few years, I wanted to do something in Java again. I miss object oriented programming. And having an educational Java app for my phone would be a great way to learn a new language while on the go. Just learned about LWUIT (Lightweight UI Toolkit for J2ME) a few days ago. Very sweet!
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Allan's Corner: May 2009
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A blog about anything and everything. Thursday, May 28, 2009. Cost of Living Comparison: LA vs. Plano. Used CNN's cost of living comparison calculator ( http:/ cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html ) to compare Los Angeles with Plano, Texas. For ease of comparison, I entered 100K as the income in LA. This will provide a percentage that can easily be applied to any salary. This shows that if one's income is around 100K in LA, an income of roughly 64K in Plano will be somewhat equivalent.
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