Author Archives: Rick Lobrecht

Evernote Site Memory Button

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

A while ago, Evernote announced their new Site Memory function.  It allows content publishers to control how their content is saved into Evernote.  I’ve enabled Site Memory on this site using the awesome plugin Slocum Design Studio shared. Do you … Continue reading →

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iPhone and iPad apps

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

Yesterday, someone asked me what apps I use on my iPad.   I realize I’ve never done that post, so here you go.  BTW, this probably won’t answer their question from yesterday, because they were looking for fun apps.  I don’t … Continue reading →

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Let’s try this again

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

I’ve migrated my blog from a self-hosted dasBlog (on our home based server) to a WordPress based site on our webhost. I’ve re-migrated all my previous content, and set up redirects for all the individual articles. I’m working on the … Continue reading →

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Apple Movie Trailers

Posted on October 14, 2005 by Rick Lobrecht

 Apple has a new RSS feed  for their movie trailers page.  This is really cool.  I like seeing movie trailers, but we don’t go to the movies very often, so I don’t see too many.  I try to catch them … Continue reading →

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Origen Xbox 360?

Posted on September 9, 2005 by Rick Lobrecht

Another viral marketing scheme has appeared.  Origen Xbox 360.  What is Microsoft doing September 27th?    

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iPod dominates in Auto space

Posted on September 9, 2005 by Rick Lobrecht

“ According to Apple, 30 percent of cars sold next year will come pre-equipped with iPod support. ” from this BetaNews article.  That’s massive.    

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GCC Compatibility

Posted on September 7, 2005 by Rick Lobrecht

Or getting McAfee to run.   Trying to get McAfee to run was causing a library error.   [root@snoopy uvscan]# ./uvscan./uvscan: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.2.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Tracking this little … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Katrina donations

Posted on September 1, 2005 by Rick Lobrecht

KTBZ The Buzz in Houston is doing something really neat.  The main DJ on the morning show (Rod Ryan) moved from New Orleans to Houston 18 months ago after having lived there for eight years.  He and his staff have completely … Continue reading →

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The Tablet PC Input Panel taskbar button occupies most of the taskbar, and you cannot resize the button in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005

Posted on September 1, 2005 by Rick Lobrecht

 Microsoft has posted a new Knowledge Base article 905515, telling you how to fix the problem where your TIP button on the taskbar gets too big.  This is a great one, but has been around for ages. 1. Click Start, … Continue reading →

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Test post via email

Posted on August 29, 2005 by Rick Lobrecht

Just testing whether this works.      

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