Monday, December 28, 2009

MagicJack Info

Running MagicJack on XP Home Gateway Laptop Computer with 1.5ghz processor and 488mb ram.

Calls are clear and system is working ok.   Setup was ok, but had to reboot after first call to get back up running.

Make sure to accept the software update when installing they MagicJack for the first time.

The USB device has a memory card in it that is partitioned, so to install the software choose the "lowest" letter.  (example Drive E not F).

So far the device is working well. Good Luck!

http://www.magicjack.com/tos/

http://www.magicjack.com/faq/

http://my.magicjack.com/login.html


USB Internet Phone by TigerJet

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Comcast Digital Channels on Built in tuner

San Francisco Bay Area Comcast

85.1 Sprout
86.1 ABC Family
86.2 Food Network

81.10 MTV
81.8 Spike
81.7 CN - Cartoon Network
81.6 VH1

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Wow! Apple iPhone survey

I thought that they knew it all. It would be nice to ask for less dropped calls and a better view of my calendar.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Verizon MiFi 2200 - Novatel Wireless Mobile Hotspot


Just unboxed.  Novatel Wireless MiFi2200 VZW Have to connect by USB and intsall VZAcess Manager to get started for the first time.

Not sure if the Windows 7 computer would like that, so I set it up on the XP machine.
I hope the speeds pick up.  I have the MiFi by the window.  Took off the plastic protector.  And running on a fully charged battery.
Speed test: 
Only got 352K down and 452k up so far.
my iPhone was slower at 276kpbs.  So this would not work if I depended on it for connection to the web.
I just need it for a few remotes connections in December. So I'll see if speed picks up.  

NEXT: plugged it in to the charger that it came with and got 661kpbs down and 369k up. And got 595K on the iphone.
Had much better speeds from AT&T Sierra Wireless usb card, but it kept crashing and I couldn't work for more than 30 minutes on it.
Next I want to change my ssid and password.  It's WPA2 but seems like it could be cracked (or even the factory could leak the settings.)
The "Important Info" card says go to www.novatelwireless.com/MiFi2200 for detailed instructions. but that didn't work.
Then went to: http://www.novatelwireless.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=297&Itemid=643
but didnt' work either.  I found out that Novatel built thier site on Joomla, because the link to the Users Guide goes to the admin page:
http://www.novatelwireless.com/administrator/index2.php?option=com_docman§ion=documents&task=download&bid=30 
I hope they fix that, looks like security risk.
http://www.novatelwireless.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=296&Itemid=662
NEXT just went to the default IP .. on my browser.  192.168.1.1 and used the pw: admin and got in.
NEXT: changed the default stuff.  (but for now kept it on Chanel 11 and b/g.)
There are more security settings if you need them.  MAC filtering, Turn off DHCP,  or plan on using this for just your own computers.  Verizon has nice little warning they YOU are responsible if anyone hacks in the steal more than the alotted 5GB of data.

There is port forwarding, but only what's built in.   NO IP CAMERA port. and NO CUSTOM port forwarding.
Application IP Address on WLAN DNS (Domain Name Server) FTP Server HTTP (Web) Server NNTP Server POP3 Server SMTP Server SNMP Server Telnet Server TFTP Server ONLY THESE:
Application IP Address on WLAN  DNS (Domain Name Server)     FTP Server     HTTP (Web) Server     NNTP Server     POP3 Server     SMTP Server     SNMP Server     Telnet Server     TFTP Server    This might only for the Verizon version, but not sure.
Overall the device works well, is very small, speeds around 700K so far for me (with 4 bars on the signal meter).  Gets a little hot, and i'm not sure how I'm going to mount it if I don't want the kids to mess with it.  I'm think a duffle bag or a some kind of zipper case.
Got it on sale for $49 and a gift card coming from Best Buy.    The problem that I'm working on is the contract for 2 years at $59.  I'm going to see if there is a day pass, or if there is some way to put the account on hold when if I'm not going to use if for a while.  So many places have WiFi that I can get by without for long stretches of time.

That's it so far on the Novatel Wireless MiFi2200 from Verizon.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Windows 7 Compitbility Mode Installing XP and Vista Programs

Should you run the installer in compatibility Mode in Windows 7?

I would assume yes.  Why waste time trying to load a 300mb exe and then have to do it again and again.

Right Click on the EXE installer and you can set it manually or choose "Trouble Shoot Compatibiliy"

My Acrobat Pro Trial installer supprised me that it picked XP service pack 2 as the Trouble shot mode.   So it's probably better to go lower than Vista if possible.   FYI:  It warns not to use compatibility mode for any Anti-Virus software.

" Do not use the Program Compatibility troubleshooter on older antivirus programs, disk utilities, or other system programs because it might cause data loss or create a security risk."

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Windows 7 - hard to find HP Printer Driver for LJ1012 November 2009

I never imagined that Windows 7 wouldn't work with my HP printers.   I always bought HP becuase they lasted so long.  I serveral printers over 4 years old.

It seems HP is working on so fast that they can't keep their website updated.   KEEP SEARCHING if you can't find your driver right away. Search Google.

I was reading this message board and someone got the HP Laserjet 3055 PCL5  driver to work with HP LJ 1012 on Windows Vista 7.


http://h30434.www3.hp.com/psg/board/message?board.id=win7Beta&thread.id=231

But then below that without any comments was a link to the HP LJ1012 driver for Windows 7  x64

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=439320&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=us

Today is November 23 2009

Enhancements: Windows 7 Compatible One the page if you choose Windows 7 it says it's a Vista x64 driver with Windows 7 enhancements.

Released:  2009-11-05

Enhancements: Windows 7 Compatible

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Note taken on 11/21/09 11:43:26 AM PST.

Sample of artwork converted by JotNot. Www.jotnot.com Great for documents and art. Creates your choice of PDF, JPEG or PNG Fire Vs. Ice by Johnbenedict

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Windows XP stuck on boot up (Black Screen / Intel Logo)

In my case the CPU was stuck or hung up on the intel logo. Won't give an error or beep, so I guessed it was an accessory or an attachment. First I unplugged all USB devices... Still stuck. Then I remembered this happened before and I removed my SD card from the built in card reader and I was back in business. This is an 8GB chip so probably this size is the problem. I'll just leave my self a note next time I put the chip in.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Windows 7 Home Premium Updates

Just cracked open Sony Vaio VGN-NW240f with Windows 7 and first task is Update ....Windows Update. Didn't this just come out. Over 19 updates the first round and taking about 10 minutes to deal with. So far windows 7 interface is the same as Vista. The say it's changed under the hood, but i have already gotten programs to freeze... And explorer stops responding. Next I am going to try my Seagate Replica to restore my files.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Electric Vehichle - 1 seater

Electric car. Licensed as a motorcycle. San Francisco CA

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Saturday, October 31, 2009

New iTunes agreement?

Now I can't buy my song until I read the 60 screens of legal junk. Why not just agree to take my money and I agree to listen to the music. I'm not buying a house here.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Yahoo Mail Outage October 27th 2009

This was from Monday.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354774,00.asp


But now, Tuesday night, I can log into my free account, but I also have yahoo hosting and business email, so when I switch to that account it asks me to log-in, but then I'm stuck.

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Friday, October 2, 2009

Very Nice Web 3.0 Web Site - Complete Border Package.

http://www.dlink.com

The new d-link.com is a great site to navigate and a great example of Web 3.0 or maybe 4.0. It's nice how it avoids scrolling and keeps everything consise.. and QUICK drill downs and tabs when appropriate.

It fits great on a wide screen and almost behaves like a Software program. Top Nav, Bottom Nav, Tabs, Settings, Cookie Settings and Preferences.

Ony drawback might be SEO .. but with the number of hits the TLD gets I'm sure it won't kill them. Also thier link structure is super simple so this is a huge bonus over other Content Managment Systems and database driven websites. They probably feed a site index of all key words matching the PID of the page. http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=430

Looks. like it uses everything available. Flash keeps alot of things in the right borders.

Only a few things, like search results, are framed.

Only found a few times where the naviagation took me out of the main site. (ie. places that should have opened in a new window .. or at least a frame.

Overall this site is very impressive

Also, good use of Social networking and website evangalism. It has the Shareit (Addthis.com) button in a great place and it's Facebook, Twitter and Youtube connection in a great spot. Almost too good, because it temps you to forget about shopping and look at the external content.


DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Friday, September 25, 2009

AT&T picture and video messaging MMS

Just got a text about this feature. I read about it before but I think it was backlogged becuase of some 3GS problems. Some people couldn't enter a text phone number or access thier address book. They could only respond to a text. I will test it later.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Online Credit Card Processing - Intuit Payment Solutions

Monthly Fee .. but no minimum transactions.

Posts transactions into QuickBooks. Don't wast paper or supplies. Don't need an external terminal.

Online Credit Card Processing | Intuit Payment Solutions

Shared via AddThis

Thursday, September 17, 2009

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency - Parking Ticket Data over a 1 month period.

As one who is always concerned about how many digits to make a Unique ID number, it seems that the SFMTA Parking Ticket numbers are getting used up at a super fast rate. 

  
I got 4 tickets over a 1 mont period.. so I wanted to use the data for something. 

 At this rate they use up over 700,000 numbers in a month.

  

 Citation Payment Data  (San Francisco)
  

 Outstanding citations for License plate:CA XXTFX999 as of 09/17/2009 07:19:18 PM  
Pay Citation Number Amount

 Sept. 15th, 2009:    771,159,999              $53.00
:                            771,028,888              $53.00
:                            770,697,777              $53.00
Aug. 24th, 2009:     770,436,666              $53.00

 Note: I altered the last 4 digits.  Also .. I'm assuming they use a check digit and skip numbers in the sequence to avoid input errors.

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Casa Buena Rooms

Hotel Luxury in a private home.

 Must consider staying here if your planning on visiting San Francisco.

  
http://rooms.casabuenavistarental.com/manse.html

  
Hotel style rooms in Presidio Heights San Fancisco.

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Seagate Replica 500GB Backup Drive - First Backup Super Slow - but Otherwise Drive Does the Job

I bought the Seagate Replica backup to get distaster recovery for my Sony (Vista Home Premium) Laptop.

It took about 2 days to backup 133GB of Data but it only used 80GB of space on the drive.   At least this drive won't fill up for a long time, and I can put other computers on the drive without worry of over filling the drive.

I tried to change the cache file to local, but it didn't speed up the backup.  Also tried to turn off Antivirus, but still nothing noticable.

I am assuming the slow speed of the backup is due to the compression of the files backed up. It probably has an extra hard time trying to compress very large files that are already compressed. (like outlook ..pst files and MPEG files.).

Now that the initial backup is done it can sync changed file more quickly, but it seems to have an something that is waiting for an idle processor or available resources, since it still will do backups in bursts.  It would be nice to have a feature to not compress files, or to use all resources to do a quicker backup.

I often need to do a quick backup (or in best case a clone of the drive) before working on it, or making major changes to the software.

On the other hand this drive is great because a user can't accidentally change or stop the backup.  It always picks up where it left off.  It also seems easy to recovery, no software needed, it looks like you exploring your original drive and it keeps deleted files for recovery and accidental deletions.   Nice that you don't need an external power supply too.

Got mine on sale at Best Buy.

See and download the full gallery on posterous

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Saturday, September 5, 2009

0 Traffic on the SF Bay Bridge on Labor Day Weekend 2009

The live traffic map shows no activity on the Bay Bridge on Sat. 9/5/09.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Hp Photosmart c4700 series .. Install froze

Rebooted and then watched this "installer is gathering failure info for over 30 minutes. It's a 1 year old vista computer. 2gb memory. P dual core. I deactivated Avast.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Saturday, August 29, 2009

iPhone App - warning

When installed the new Ebay App I got this warning. "this product contains material that may be objectionalble to children under 17."

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Can export a group of MobileMe contacts on a mac but not windows xp.

This is a mac screenshot Selected big group of contacts and then exported vcards. On windows xpI tried it in win safari and froze the browser.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Backup MobileMe Contacts without syncing

Login to Mobile Me Website Worked on mac --- Shift Click a group of contacts (you can try all at once) Then on the gear icon choose export Vcard (but it will do cards if selected) Then on mac it puts them into Address Book

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Transfer iPod to iTunes, Copy iPod and iPhone music to PC or Mac, iPod rip

We have a problem where MobileMe and Outlook lost all contacts.

 Need to safely copy contacts off the iPhone outside of iTunes.
Touch copy can get that info out.

  
http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/?gclid=CLuylradrpwCFR0SagodylNQkQ

  
Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Monday, August 17, 2009

Download details: Autoplay Repair Wizard

I can't believe I have to do this. Autoplay freezes when I try to look at the properties.

 What would I do without google?

 You can't tell some, wait Ill fix that. Some crap always comes up where it's different every time.

  

 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C680A7B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en

  
Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

When you restore a new iPhone 3gs you have sign back in to Apple Store

From settings... Go to store and sign in

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Restore iPhone 3Gs - iTunes Error

It's simple ... yet the error sounds bad.

attempting to copy the disk iphone failed ... you do not have enough access privileges for this operation.

I had to unsync some of the music.

More info:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1210

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Picture of Canon c5185 copier.

This one has a hold punch between the finisher and machine so it's about 5 inches longer.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

You are prompted to save the changes to the Normal.dot or Normal.dotm or Normal.dotm global template every time that you quit Word

Could be a virus or a Word plug-in problem.

 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291352

  
Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Friday, August 7, 2009

Phanfare Archival Photo and Video Hosting

Makes nice Flash slideshows with music. Adds captions and allows download of JPEG file too.

 http://www.phanfare.com/home.aspx

  
Found this in use on a Korean Drama Fan site.

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Windows XP Help. How to choose or change what program a file opens with.

Usually the setup program will "Associate" file types with it's program, but if you uninstall a program or a program has a glitch your computer might not know which program to use to open the file type (example a .pdf file).

1. Hold Shift Key and Right Click the saved file to get the menu. 
(if you are in a Browser like Internet Explorer you have to save the file first - or use a file that you already saved somewhere).

2. Choose  "Open With"    and ---> "Choose Program"

3.  Single Click the program you want. (highlight it.)

4. Check the box "Always use this ... "

5. Click OK.

 

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Dell Optiplex GX280 (circa 2004) USB problems?

Check the Dell website to make sure you have the latest Main Board drivers. There was a conflict that occured when you have a USB key board & USB Mouse and it interfering with new USB device setup programs. To be sure I updated the dell drivers, put on a new Microsoft Mouse (still USB because this CPU doesn't have PS2 ports) -- rebooted, then installed the HP printer software (without plugging in the printer-- check the box and say don't detect printer now), after install, then reboot computer, then after reboot connect the printer & the computer will find it and say new device found .. And youre done. http://support.dell.com

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Friday, July 24, 2009

Jack in the Box - order & pay kiosk

Touch to begin. English or Spanish Choose Category Order & Pay -- but sorry food comes from kitchen, not the kiosk..yet.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Fast Food Self Check-out at Jack in the Box

In San Carlos - Brittan Ave & El Camino Real. Fast, Fun & Easy. English & Spanish. I couldn't get myself to use it.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

President talks about arresting officer.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Monday, July 20, 2009

Upgrade and clone 80gb to 500gb XP computer

Seagate ...
What we know so far:
need to defrag the old drive before cloning.
Need to copy settings and make sure to have the latest Motherboard and SATA card drivers.

After the install and clone.. you might have to activate windows.. and ADOBE Pro hit me up too.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Found SATA speed setting

For Dell dimension 9150 the SATA link speed was in the bios.



Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Do You have SATA I or SATA II 1.5 or 3.0 Gbs

Intel has a chart for this, but it's still hard to tell on Dell computers.

The box says older SATA cards and Motherboards, but how old?  1 year, 2 years?

Best to open the computer and look at the chip yourself.

If it's older make sure to add the jumper to the SATA drive or setup according to the box.

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Edenpure bulb 2632-2

Back sun twin stc750 But I thought it was 500 Made in Vietnam s/n 002072



Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Thursday, July 9, 2009

iPhone 3GS 32GB Upgrade Issues so far.

iPhone 3GS setup - schedule some time to get your email password back in and work out some other setup issues when upgrading.

One person is having a problem getting the keyboard to come up when Texting (test messaging).

Tried turning it sideways and still othing.

Also

iPhone 3GS and upgrading with Outlook and Mobile Me creates duplicate contacts. found a solution here: http://bit.ly/3rF6Tk

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/ipod-iphone-software-apps/156042-iphone-os-3-0-duplicate-calendar-events-contacts.html#post862612

iPhone 3G no sim 3.0 firmware





Sent from my iPhone

Posted via email from howard-development's posterous

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Fw: The Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service at STAPLES Center

Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2009 11:45:33 PM
Subject: The Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service at STAPLES Center

Sorry, we regret to inform you that your registration was not selected.
If you are using a mobile device or can't see the images...

Thank you for your registration.

Sorry, we regret to inform you that your registration to attend the Public Memorial Service for Michael Jackson was not selected.

Hundreds of thousands registered, but only a few can be in attendance.


THANK YOU


Do Not Reply to this email. This is an unattended email box and your inquiry will not be answered.

© 2009 STAPLES Center. All Rights Reserved.
STAPLES Center • 1111 S. Figueroa Street • Los Angeles, CA 90015


If you can't see the images in this email, click here.

You received this email because you subscribed at staplescenter.com for the Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service. Visit staplescenter.com for more information.

STAPLES Center is owned and operated by a subsidiary of AEG.

Privacy Policy Unsubscribe


Posted via email from Robert's posterous