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Curtains and Curtains and more Curtains

I have found that looking for curtains is a very hard job.  There are many choices but 99% of the selections out there are very ugly.  Hanging the curtains on the other hand is very simple as long as you can level it correctly which I can not do.  We went to various local stores and mixed and matched few sets and so far I think that these are looking good. So we decided to put up curtains for our son’s room with some bright colors so after much looking we found a very colorful set and installed it..  bought… Continue Reading

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IS THIS THE ONE ?

I went through my normal browsing today and found something very interesting! N810 being released NOV this year!  It looks like its been upgraded a great deal and speedier processor have been added. Specs are not out yet but I will be updating my wish list!! XMAS coming up soon! NOKIA ANNOUNCEMENT

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NFS share XP to Solaris

I had a hell of time trying to share files and folders from XP to Solaris.  Solaris does not play well with samba mounts so your only choice is to use sharity which does not work well.  Also since XP did not support NFS natively this was hard to do until SFU!  Now what is SFU ? Services for Unix for Windows XP/2000/2003/etc  It installs various services that you can use from your windows like NFS!  BACKGROUND INFORMATION : My web server runs as user webservd:webservd and I am wanting to share 2 directories from my windows server and have… Continue Reading

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The original computer mouse

This “X-Y position indicator for a display system” is better known as the world’s first computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart. With a shell built from wood, two wheels tracked the movements of the device. It’s too bad the patent expired in 1987 before the real money came rolling in. Other interesting factoid: Engelbart’s team nicknamed the device a “mouse” and the on-screen cursor a “bug.” One term took off while the other died a gruesome, lonely death. Hit the jump for a bonus pic. Â