The difference between hard and soft links LG
March 31st, 2009
Ever wondered about the difference between symbolic and hard links? I did… until I read this excellent guide.
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LikeOutlook Email Tagging & Windows Desktop Search
March 31st, 2009
Inundated with tasks and email at work and completely frustrated by the company mandated use of Outlook/Exchange, I went looking for a tagging solution to make my Outlook behave a bit more like gmail and a bit less like a paper filing cabinet. Strolling through the web, I quickly found Taglocity which seems to be fitting the bill nicely.
Taglocity adds tagging of emails to Outlook. Still confined to the Exchange servers model, it does what it can. I’ve been using it for about 5 hours and have already cleared my inbox and tagged every single email I deemed worthy of saving. I’m not quite sure why it forces you to share your tags on their website, but I really could care less. I don’t have time to search for another solution and retag again, so hopefully this works.
Upon installing Taglocity, you are forced to install the Windows Desktop Search, which is fine with me. It seems nice as well… and at this point, I’m jumping all over anything that might make myself more productive or my day a bit easier.
Being in a corporate environment (that is stuck in the 90s), I frequently use mapped network drives. The standard Windows Desktop Search does not index files on UNC paths. Microsoft has a solution for that as well; enter Windows Destkop Search: Add-in For Files on Microsoft Networks.
I’d say that I would update this with how things work out… but I know I won’t… unless something fails miserably. All in all, I’m really quite surprised at easy this daunting task was completed.
History 371 – Notes 3/24 & 3/26
March 31st, 2009
Adding non-indexed network shares to Windows 7 Libraries
March 25th, 2009
- Create a permanent directory: C:\Shares
- Create temporary directories in C:\Shares for each network location you want added to a library, i.e. C:\Shares\MP3s
- Add the new directories to the corresponding libraries using Windows Explorer (Need to figure out how to do this with Power Shel)
- Delete the temporary directories (do not delete C:\Shares, just the other directories in there)
- Launch an elevated priveledges command prompt by running cmd.exe as an administrator
- Use mklink.exe to create a symbolic link, ie “mklink /d C:\Shares\MP3s \\server\MP3s”
New michelob bottle dissapoints
March 21st, 2009
I started drinking Michelob lager in 2007 whenever i had an extra couple of bucks to upgrade from PBR. It was in the same price range as bud and miller, but it wasn’t made from rice or give me terrible diarrhea. The best thing Michelob had going for it though, was their teardrop shaped bottle, i seriously loved those bottles. I have a lifelong fear of drinking from bottles when anyone is near me, but Michelob bottles made me feel invincible. Probably because i saw my dad (who rarely drinks) drinking a Michelob once when i was a kid. Now i was really exited when i saw Michelob putting out new beers, and i tried a few of them, they are all good; not the best, but better than most mass-produced beer. But when i saw the bottles that they came in, i knew that this was coming. Goodbye Michelob teardrop bottle. The only bottle that if you left 30 or 40 of them all around your house, just seemed to class up the joint. The beer is the same, its still better than bud or miller, but the new bottle just can’t compete with clean lines and patriotic color scheme of my old stand-by Pabst blue ribbon.
How Do I Attach a File in Gmail From the Windows Context Menu? [Ask Lifehacker]Lifehacker
March 20th, 2009
History 371 – Notes 3/17
March 17th, 2009
History 371 Notes – 3/12
March 12th, 2009
Daft Punk soundboard
March 12th, 2009
This is one of the more simple sound boards out there, but it’s incredibly fun. Just start typing on the keyboard after it loads, you won’t regret it!
Weird tamales
March 11th, 2009
Last weekend, I went home to Illinois to visit my family and attend my brother’s graduation from pharmacy school. When my bro picked me up from the airport, we were determined to eat something a little different than the obligatory Chicago style hotdogs or Italian Beef sandwiches.
We were on the south side and remembered a little shanty that Anthony Bourdain visited in a recent episode of “No Reservations”. We ended up at the nameless shack in hopes of scoring the Mother In Law sandwich which was supposed to be composed of a sausage and a tamale on a bun covered in chili. We found a place that had a Mom In Law on the menu, so we ordered it up. It was not the sandwich we anticipated, but it was good none the less.
This concoction was a couple of tamales in a styrofoam cup covered with chili.
And yes, we paid for it all night too.
Picture of Sagan
March 11th, 2009
We got a new dog back in December. His name is “Carl Sagan likes to say ‘Billions and billions of stars’”. He was a pound dog, but really smart. He came from the factory knowing how to sit, stay, shake and fetch. Since then, we’ve taught him to speak, kiss, down, crawl and my dad’s favorite trick “easy” (which mean taking a treat very gently). This is a good picture of him and it shows his expressive ears… those things are like little satellite dishes rotating every which way. He’s a character… a hyper character, but he’s ours.
History 371 – Notes 3/3/2009
March 3rd, 2009
Awesome! She eliminated almost half of the terms.
Following were eliminated:
- Creoles
- Franscisco Santander
- Carlos Antonio Lopez
- Manuel Montt
- Toussaint L’Overture
- Tiradentes
- llaneros
- Valentin Gomez Farias
- Mazorca
- Dom Pedro 1st
- Rio Negro Constitution
- Menual de Godoy
- Castelreagh Memorandum
- Bernardino Rivadavia
- Cry of Iparango
- Jose Balmaceda
Sam Adams’ Black Lager
March 2nd, 2009
Yesterday, I went out shooting and decided I was going to pick up some decent beer. I’m a huge fan of beer, but I’m not professional critic.
Over the next few days, I’m going to post my initial thoughts about several craft brews, imports and small brewery beers that I have never tried before.
First up is the Black Lager from Sam Adams. This is a fantastic beer. I love Sam Adams and what they’ve done to help me discover good beer. I’ve never had a Sam Adams beer that wasn’t delicious, and this is another prime example of fantastic brew.
It’s quite dark, obviously. In a clear glass, you can’t see through it. It’s not over powering yet has a nice bitter/sweet bite with nearly no aftertaste. It kind of reminds me of a New Castle but with a slightly smokey and chocolaty aroma.
Great beer.
The Squeezebox Boom is SO cool!
March 2nd, 2009
The Squeezebox Boom is one of the coolest gadgets I’ve come across in recent memory. They typically run around $250 and I’ve had my eye on it since they came out a few years ago.
This weekend I went by Circuit City to check out their wares and see if there was anything left of value. They had one Boom remaining and I grabbed it up for $90. What a deal.
I knew that it was an internet connected radio, but I really didn’t know the power that it had. It can connect directly with a number of internet streaming radio services like last.fm, pandora.com and slacker.com.
The best way to describe this thing is to think about XM or Sirius satellite radio. With those services, you have to pay a monthly fee and get a few dozen radio stations. When hooking this up to Pandora or Slacker, you get all of the benefits of a satellite radio system without a monthly fee AND you can skip songs! That’s right, you can skip songs. It’s simply amazing.
One of the other features I’m messing with currently is utilizing it’s built in ability to stream podcasts. I have it set up so that ESPN’s Thundering Herd with Colin Cowherd is one of my channels. I also have a folder of NPR favorites so I can hear the latest bits from the radio… sans commercials.
It also has the ability to stream music from your home PC, but I haven’t even messed with that yet.
The built in amp and speakers are not astounding but far exceeded my expectations. It is decently loud and very simple to use.
I wish they had more of them in stock because I’d LOVE to have one of these in the kitchen and in the garage. I may look into getting a Squeezebox Duet from them… but they were a little more expensive and require a stereo and speaker setup to use
Highly recommended.