Am I the only one tired of news networks (CNN and the like) using ANY excuse to use their big "BREAKING NEWS!" banners? Michael Jackson dies = breaking news. Five days later and "doctors have been questioned in relation to his death" != breaking news.
I have to say, I've been very unimpressed with Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, but I've been trying to give it a try. In the rerun from last week now airing late night on NBC, they had a segment called Mark Sanford Karaoke which was actually pretty funny. Three audience members were called down to do karaoke with the lyrics being actual text from South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's e-mails to his mistress in Argentina. Funny stuff. Clip 1 of 2.
I'm posting this because there might be one, just one person searching on the Internet for the answer to this at some point in the future. Really, most all of you can ignore this post.
I re-installed Windows XP home on to an old Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 laptop computer and everything seemed to go really well save for the wireless (wi-fi) connection. Although the driver seemed to install on its own and there were no issues in the device manager, the darn thing would never see a wireless network, even though there were wireless networks out there. It would always give the message "no wireless networks were found in range" even with the switch on the side of the computer on and the orange light lit by the switch.
I searched everywhere and found some people with similar problems, but no Windows XP solutions posted. I got it to work with a couple of seemingly un-related-to-the-wireless-card downloads from Toshiba. Here's the fix:
Download each of these:
http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/s18274acpx.exe (This software is the foundation for the other Toshiba-provided utilities and power management software, and must be installed prior to installing other Toshiba software. Some Toshiba applications may refer to this as TVALD (for Toshiba Value-Added Logic Device).)
I'm pretty sure I had the card switch off -- no idea if it matters.
Install the first download. Restart when prompted. Install the second download. Restart even though you're not prompted to at the end.
Turn the switch on, and watch the magic as your wireless card now detects networks.
To be honest, I don't even know if the second download is necessary, but I know what I did and I know it works now, so there.
Edited to add: I couldn't connect to my secured home network -- it looks like, though, that the driver is really old and perhaps can't handle the newer security methods used nowadays. I'm going to find an unsecured (public) wi-fi spot to try it out -- I'm thinking it'll work.
A friend of mine told me about a sale going on today and tomorrow (Monday 3/1 - Tuesday 3/2), although he said that stuff like this usually sells out in the first day.
It's a Brother label maker for $6.49 with free shipping! I love these things, and just bought one a few minutes ago -- they're really handy to have.
IMPORTANT: If you buy one, be sure to change the shipping option (on the last page of the checkout before you click "confirm") to "Budget Shipping" to get the free shipping advertised.
Besides this offer just being a little on the goofy side -- I mean, who wants to stay in a standard hotel room with four other people? -- read the fine print on this offer and see if you can find the problem with the concept presented in the offer...
I'm still using my account, and you can't have it, so quit requesting a "lost password" e-mail -- you're not going to be able to steal my account from me.
It's part of a trivia thing -- if you really know who he is, please let me know. Thanks! (If you choose to answer in comment, it will be screened by default.)
Poll #1333686Who 'dis?
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Spend more time with my partner telephones. Eat more boy bands. Find a new pinball. Buy new no whammies. Go to the vegas every month. Connect with my inner ntn.
I have pretty good credit. I pay my bills on time, and nearly always pay them in full on time -- in fact, I can't even remember the last time I didn't pay a bill in full.
To that end, credit card companies don't make a lot of money off of me. They still make some, as they get a small percentage of the sale from a merchant when I use my card, but they're not getting tons of interest, late fees, etc. from me.
I just got a letter from Citibank labeled "Notice of Change in Terms and Right to Opt Out."
"We are changing how we calculate your variable APR for purchases: "We are increasing your variable APR for purchases. Your purchase APR will equal the U.S. Prime Rate plus 12.99%, with a minimum APR of 18.99%...."
Are you kidding me? My APR was 11.99% which was tolerable. Again, I don't carry a balance, but a 7% APR increase is ABSURD.
“So I'm sitting in IHOP and they're already playing Christmas music. It's not Thanksgiving yet and they shouldn't be playing Christmas music. Nevertheless, this is the first official sighting/hearing of Wham's "Last Christmas" for the Season! They're playing it right now!
[singing] "Last Christmas I gave you my heart...."”
I know there has to be a way to do this, but I'm not sure how to code it.
I want to add a link to my IE7 links (bookmark) bar at work to insert a text phrase into the active webpage form. For example, I want to have the word "foo" inserted if I have the cursor in a form on a web page and click the button on my browser.
Anyone know of a way to do that? Thanks in advance!
EDIT: I figured it out. Here it is, where the name of the text area I needed to fill was "document.forms[0].addinfocomments":
javascript:var currenttext,replacetext,space;space=" ";if(document.forms[0].addinfocomments.value==""){space=""};currenttext=document.forms[0].addinfocomments.value;replacetext="FIRST unit on the scene.";document.forms[0].addinfocomments.value = currenttext+space+replacetext;void(0);
By the way, I am THRILLED that Southwest Airlines is coming to MSP. While it sounds like they won't have their full lineup of destinations available when they start here in March of 2009, it's a start!
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