Category: Computing
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New Phone
After almost four years of flaky and somewhat reliable service, my Motorola RAZR V3 is dead. No amount of cable re-seating and connector cleaning could revive the RAZR. Fortunately, the Bluetooth was still functioning, so I was able to recover my address book. Inspired by Eric’s cheap phone I went in search of a cheap…
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Dead AirPort Express
My second AirPort Express died. But, a quick search suggested that the problem might be as simple as a dead power supply. This sounds simple, but like most Apple products, the AirPort Express is not easy to open. After a long struggle, the AirPort was open and it was clear that the power supply was…
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Automated Image Resizing in OS X: Take Two
Behind-the-scenes blog update: Until recently, I was using this Automator script to process my digital photos for posting on the blog. This script uses the image manipulation tools built into OS 10.5 / Core Image. These included tools are nice, and easy to use, but the result is an image file that is larger than…