calendar generator

Useful online calendar generator: here

Flash game: Auditorium

Interesting flash-based game: Auditorium

computing (car) mileage

I've been thinking on how best to get an accurate estimate of fuel consumption on my Honda Civic. Here is what I came up with:

• keep a notebook in car
• upon filling up the tank with gas:
• fill the tank all the way up
• note how many litres were purchased; write this down in the notebook, with today's date
• also write down how many kilometres were travelled since last such refueling
• reset the "fuel" distance counter

Figuring out the mileage over the distance travelled since the last refueling thus becomes trivial:

mileage = 100km / distance travelled * litres consumed

This gives you Canadian-style mileage, expressed in litres per 100km.

info for Honda Civics

Interesting forums http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/

and in particular

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/civic-coupe-sedan/ Also, brochures for my Civic '08 can be obtained from: http://www.hondaalberta.ca/models/6-2008_civic_sedan_brochure.html

fix for slow mouse scrolling in Total Commander

http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=144994

As the above post indicates, the slow scrolling in Total Commander (and likely most other Windows' listboxes) can be fixed by:

Deactivate smooth scrolling for listboxes in control panel/system/advanced/bla. 

200 useful Macbook key shortcuts

http://www.usingmac.com/2007/11/21/mac-os-x-leopard-200-productivity-booster-hotkeys

my site for collecting quotes

http://sites.google.com/site/mkalisiak/quotes

Anatomy of a Stump Speech

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/02/26/GR2008022600417.html

high-altitude ballooning in near-space

http://natrium42.com/halo/flight2/

High altitude ballooning is an emerging hobby, since price of GPS and communications equipment has gotten quite low. It is an excellent hobby for people fascinated by space flight and telerobotics and has many learning aspects — from systems design to electronics design to software engineering. There is also an exciting risk factor, namely, that you could lose your precious electronics if something malfunctions. In this project, many of my interest and knowledge areas came together. Also, I have verified that the Earth is indeed round and that space is black. — Alexei Karpenko

(Windows) file managers

Comparisons

• http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=176343
• http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=117653
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_managers

File Managers

• Total Commander
• Total Commander PowerPack
• Total Commande Ultima Prime
• xplorer²
• xyplorer
• FreeCommander
• UltraExplorer
• PowerDesk Pro
• Magellan Explorer

bash scripting docs

• Bash Reference Manual
• Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
• Advanced Bash-Scripting HOWTO
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO

[link] 10 Rules for Preventing Automotive Performance Loss

10 Rules for Preventing Automotive Performance Loss - Part 1 10 Rules for Preventing Automotive Performance Loss - Part 2 10 Rules for Preventing Automotive Performance Loss - Part 3

Installing Win2K without key

(From http://www.petri.co.il/install_windows_2000_without_supplying_the_cd_key.htm)

How can I install Windows 2000 without supplying the CD key?

You can configure W2K to install without having to manually enter the CD key during the setup process.

First, you want to copy your Windows 2000 setup files from your CD to your hard drive. You have to copy at least the I386 directory.

Now go into the I386 directory you just copied onto your hard drive and look for a file called setupp.ini.

Right click it, select Properties, and remove the Read-only checkmark. Now open the file to edit it.

Your setupp.ini file should read something like this:

[Pid] ExtraData=6166656C736263737373B2574A0581 Pid=51873XXX

Replace the 3 X's (generally it'll be three zeros) at the end with "270". It should now read something like this:

[Pid] ExtraData=6166656C736263737373B2574A0581 Pid=51873270

That’s it! Now you can now install Windows 2000 without a serial number!

The Comedy Network

Canadians only (US has Comedy Central). Good far watching Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and South Park. http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca

Funny pics

http://pics.nase-bohren.de/ WARNING: some pics may not be safe for work.

The Issue Sarah Palin Must Address: I Want to See Her Naked

Hilarious: http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/09/05/the-issue-sarah-palin-must-address-i-want-to-see-her-naked/

best freeware lists

Here are some sites giving lists of some of the best freeware out there:

• http://shellcity.net/ (see Dec.27, 2007 and onwards)
• http://techsupportalert.com/issues/al_current.htm

Attention Economy

See these interesting posts:

• http://www.workingcogs.com/2007/attention-economy-i-what-is-it/
• http://www.workingcogs.com/2007/attention-economy-ii-today-your-attention-builds-the-implicit-web/
• http://www.workingcogs.com/2007/attention-economy-iii-how-to-start-taking-control-of-your-attention/
• http://www.workingcogs.com/2007/attention-economy-iv-summary/

good calendar maker

http://www.somacon.com/p352.php

Windows STOP messages

I just had Windows reboot out of the blue (no BSOD, just as if I pressed RESET). Looking at the system event log it seems Windows ran into trouble: Event Type: Information Event Source: Save Dump Event Category: None Event ID: 1001 Date: 12/11/2007 Time: 3:19:32 PM User: N/A Computer: SKYNET Description: The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x100000d1 (0x00000000, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0xba940dc2). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini111207-01.dmp. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. A useful website detailing the STOP codes: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm Also of interest is the KB article on dealing with the minidumps: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263