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Kid 2.0 is underway! Kelly visited the doctor today and confirmed it. This December we will be proud parents once again. December 11 to be exact. Cool tax break for this year! Stay tuned for more…
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Buy now almost every PC ships with a CD, DVD or Combination burner that allows you to save files to a CD or DVD. However the software that comes included with most PCs does not allow you to burn ISO images without upgrading. ISO images are complete copies of a CD or DVD in a single file format. Some software packeages are distributed in this manner and require that you burn the ISO image to use it.
BurnCDCC is freeware that allows you to easily burn ISO images to CD and DVD. It’s a self contained EXE file that does not even need to be installed on your computer. It can run from a thumb drive or network location. All the software needs is access to the hardware to burn the CD.
Download it for free: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/burncdcc.html
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Nintendo Wii that is. I have not had a game system since the original Sony Play Station ages ago. I decided a while ago that I don’t have time for games with all the work I do. Now, don’t get me wrong I have went by friends and loved playing the new systems out there and enjoy it thoroughly. I just never wanted to fork over the loot for one myself, If I was to the Wii would of probably been last on my list. I unexpectedly got a Wii recently for my birthday. Wow was I wrong! I love the game play of this thing. So what if the graphics are not that of an X-Box or Playstation, the game play more than makes up for it. Could my 2 year old daughter pitch to me in baseball on any other system? I think not. I have found it to be a great way for me to unwind late at night and a good pass time for me a the kid when the weather is crummy out. I love my Wii!
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Through the coarse of testing industrial control equipment I have more than once had a need for a 0-10 Vdc or 4-20mA source. My new place of employment does not have allot of ‘test’ equipment laying around, so I decided to create some. Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel I turned to the internet for an answer and I found a good one. The solution I found only requires a handful of parts and is easy to build. Unfortunately, I do not remember the source of this ingenious circuit; so if your out there speak up. I built one prototype so far and it works great. To the right is a dual source diagram and a parts this for a unit that will provide either 0-10Vdc or 3to21mA from a +24vdc source. I also stripped down the design a bit and built a 3to21mA only circuit as well. Now I have to build a bunch more.
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As many of you know I started a business a little over a year ago now in web site solutions. I have been doing freelance design and development for years and decided it was time to organize something official. I formed Docavedia Information Services LLC and the projects started to pile in. Most of it being referrals, but all of it being enough to keep my part time business busy. I have made mistakes here and there and probably undercharged for some of the projects; all part of learning how to run a small business. One of my biggest fears ended up being one of my mistakes; how to keep things organized. I had spreadsheets and documents for everything I did, but how to organize it all along with my thoughts. It was easy when I had a few projects, but now I have many, all at some stage, being developed concurrently. Why was this a problem? I actually forgot to invoice on a couple of projects when payment for hosting services was due. That’s just wrong!
So I began the search for some sort of project management software. My requirements where, something flexible enough to work with the nature of web development, something mobile (as I am not always at MY computer), and something cheap (preferably free). After a few hours research I found a fit. dotProject is an open source, web based application for project management. It is written in PHP *bliss* and completely web based, making it accessible from anyplace that I can get to the web. Now dotProject is not another content management system, it is a true project management application; much like Microsoft Project. This little application helped me organize all that was going on between projects, and most importantly how much time was being spent on each project. I recommend it to anyone who has access to a web server with PHP and MySQL installed.
In the months I have been using it I already have noticed a difference. I am no longer worrying about what I forgot, or what stage I am at on a project, I just develop. Best I all, if I every need to hire an employee (I would have to be doing this full-time first) it would be easy to collaborate from multiple physical locations. So go and try it for yourself, www.dotproject.net.
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David Szymakowski is a Sales Application Engineer with JM Grimstad and owner of Docavedia.
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Things wished for.
These upset me for one reason or another.
Laughter is good for the soul.
I typed in a search for a domain name, it was not available and this was one of the first suggested returns that Dotster came back with. So I registered it, the rest is internet history.
Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff.
Cory Doctorow
See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.
Robin Williams
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
John Adams
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