Windows Live Writer Beta

I was wondering what this Windows Live Writer Beta is and now I know! It is a system that allows you to write your blog posts through this stand-alone app from Microsoft. It’s actually a very nice interface and seems to work very well. Now I don’t have to use the Blogger interface if I don’t want to.

And just to test out picture attachments, here is one of my favorite web slinging super hero.

Bike ride adventure

So I got bored and decided to see what I could do on the bike today. I'm starting to really get into the groove of this. Here are some puzzle pieces that have come together so far:

• First, I have my stainless steel water bottle. Been wanting one of these forever and got it a couple weeks ago.
• Next, I found my bike gloves. They were packed away in a box.
• Today I went to REI and got a waist pack. It has room for wallet, keys, iPhone and whatever else I need to bring.

I figured I'd see what it would be like to bike to work. Heck, it's Saturday, I got all day... why not? The whole ride went fairly smooth. Couple of rough spots where there are major freeway mergings that are probably not very safe for bike riders to be around (over by Moffett Field and Yahoo! and stuff), but otherwise no problem.

It took me about 40 minutes to get to work on the bike. Not too bad. I was hoping for a slightly easier ride in less time, but ok, fine, I'll take it. Anyway, right when I got there, two police cars came right up on me as I entered into the parking lot. They were looking for a robber. It's a high tech area and not many bike riders so I guess I looked suspicious to them. Yadda yadda, we had a good laugh, I told them they are doing a good job and I went on my way.

Next I made my way over to the Bay Trail. This place is on the edge of the bay and is a total dump. I think this is like a sewage facility or something. I got the creeps riding around there. Plus it's kinda scary with all the wildlife running around there. So I rode around for a few minutes then left. I had to skid to a stop and quickly turn around and go back because there was a huge snake right in the middle of the path. LOL.

Finally it was getting late, I was getting tired so I decided to head home. This time I wanted to see what my average speed was. It turns out I can only ride 10 mph. Pathetic! But then again I'm on a mountain bike. A mountain bike that is well overdue for a tune-up at that. So it's not exactly built for speed anyway. But I made it home in one peice. Not arrested, not bitten by any snakes, squirrels or birds and not run over by any planes, trains or automobiles.

Next time I blog about this I will post some pictures to go with it. I can't use the camera on my iPhone because I'm running the Runkeeper app. Looking forward to iPhone OS 4.0 so we can have multi-tasking and then I can do both. But I digress.

The End.

Angry Birds iPhone wallpaper

I wanted a wallpaper for my iPhone about the Angry Birds game so i made this.

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Install k9copy on Fedora 12

Ok so obviously I'm still sitting here setting up Fedora 12. Well I had some dependency issues trying to install k9copy. Anyway, if anyone else out there is having trouble just do this:

# su root
# rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
# yum install k9copy
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Google Chrome 5.0.375.38 (beta) extensions crashing on Fedora 12

Just a few minutes ago I installed Google Chrome on Fedora 12. I started configuring it, adding extensions, etc. So I installed the "Google Mail Checker Plus" extension. Everytime I launched Chrome, it crashed and displayed an annoying error bar. And when it crashes like that, it doesn't show up on the extensions options page. So here's how to remove it. Just go to the directory that Google extensions are stored in and either wipe it all out or just find the problem one and delete it. I chose to wipe out the whole folder and reinstall all the extensions.

Here is the location:
/home/{username}/.config/google-chrome/Default/Extensions

If you wipe out the contents of the directory, then you can launch Chrome and all the problem stuff shows up on the extensions options page. From there you can cleanly uninstall. Anyway, I wrote this real quick but you get the idea.

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Stevens Creek Trail

So it turns out the Stevens Creek Trail is right around the corner from where I live. People go there to walk, bike, run, etc. etc. It's a nice area. You can see NASA and Moffett Field from there. Here is a Google My Map of what I did today.


View Run on SC Trail in a larger map

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Logitech TouchMouse for iPhone (Windows)

So earlier today, I downloaded the Logitech TouchMouse iPhone app. First I installed the app, then I installed the Logitech Tough Mouse Server on Windows 7. But the annoying thing? It didn't work. Why? Because of the built in Windows firewall. Thing is, the instructions are really vague. So I'm here to tell you how to make this work. In Windows 7 (or Vista), click on Start and type the word "Firewall". You will see a list of things come up. Click on the one that says, "Allow a program through the Windows Firewall". You'll notice everything is grayed out. So at the window, click the "Change Settings" button. This ungrays everything and allows you to make changes. Scroll down to the "Logitech" exception and make sure both check boxes are checked. Then just click ok. It should all work after that. See the below picture for reference.

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