July 2004 - Posts
Add the following key using the registry editor:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\QueryBuilder
Navigate to View -->Arange By --> Custom.
Click on filter and you should see the following!
Read the Microsoft article here.
- Alex
Sony MDR-EX71SL Fontopia Headphones
I recently picked up a pair of these in the ear earphones.
For me the standard in the ear earphones don't stay in my ear due to genetics. The Antitragus and Tragus areas are spaced too far apart on my ear, otherwise known as headphone holders. Therefore in the ear headphones fall out constantly. Forget about walking much less running.
Ear reference
http://health.allrefer.com/pictures-images/external-and-internal-ear.html
These new Sony headphones actually sit in the ear canal, those of you who have a problem with this shouldn't buy these. Since I am accustomed to wearing ear protection when mowing the lawn and other loud places, these headphones didn't feel uncomfortable.
When first placing the headphones in your ear, you will notice a slight suction sensation. This is normal since it is creating a complete barrier to the outside world. I am not sure of the noise isolation measurements, but these headphones are at least as effective as my musicians ear protection ear plugs.
Some negatives are if you are a heavy walker or runner you will be able to hear the low rumbling of your feet. Additionally the extension cord should have some kind of retractable mechanism. I am using a wire tie to make it shorter. I suppose if I owned the remote for my ipod, I wouldn't have to use the extension cord.
In areas where you really want to concentrate on the music or audio content and the distractions of conversations or background noise bothers you, these are great in the ear headphones. Another plus is that it isn't as expensive as some of the noise canceling or custom in the ear ones, while performing the same job.
- Alex
Tim has previously posted and article on Outlook 2003 Search Folders. The only thing that we couldn't figure out is how to show all items of interest before a certain time or date, relative to today. Apparently the Advanced dialog has some weird natural language syntax for time received. I haven't been able to find a conclusive reference anywhere in the help or Microsoft documentation online. Any direction would be appreciated. However I was able to type in something like the following in the value field for the condition "on or before" to get it to work.
12:00 am 7 days ago
12:00 am 30 days ago
I am sure things like years, months would also work.
- Alex
Here is my experience with replacing my Treo 600 Battery with one from www.pdaparts.com. I believe I saw these guys from a link on www.engadget.com.
Basically, My Treo was giving some erroneous battery indications, i.e. a red battery indicator with a red x on it. Sometimes the battery indicator would show %0 life left although you could use the phone as normal. The big problem seem to be when the screen would occasionally get washed out, probably due to the problematic battery.
Although there is a one year warranty on the unit. I decided that I would get a few more minutes of run time with a higher capacity battery.
You will need a torx 6 bit screwdriver to unscrew the four screws that hold the cover in place. You can get a torx Allen type wrench from the same guys. I proffered to keep the cost down by not buying all the extras. The battery in my opinion should of been about $10 dollars less or the tools should be included for free. I paid the list price plus about $6 for shipping. I do give them a plus for shipping the same day. I ordered on Thursday and received it on Saturday!
Radio Shack does have a nice screw driver kit that includes the small torx drivers.
The battery replacement took me about 10 minutes and I used a plastic spoon instead of the case opener that the company recommends. I found that this works just as well and the case popped right off. The actual instructions are here.
The new battery is working like a charm. It took a few hours to charge but it is working as expected.
- Alex
Here is a XSL that I use to format XML files with nice indentation. - Alex
Just thought I would share some good resources on the topic as I go along. This will be a living document so I will keep updating it with useful info as I go along.
http://www.slashstar.com/blogs/alex/articles/Kerberos.aspx
Alex