I saw this tweet come across over at Twitter and my inner GEEK couldn't help but re-post. Invisibility cloak 'step closer' For now, the invisibility cloak remains a thing of science fiction Scientists in the US say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people invisible. Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley have developed a material that can bend light around 3D objects making them "disappear". Read the entire article HERE … [Read more...]
Archives for 2008
New feature: Odiogo Reader
I forgot to mention... I've added a new function to the blog. The Odiogo reader. You may have noticed this little icon just above each post: You can click that icon and a player will (should) start and read the entry to you. Instant Podcast! Well, kind of. I'll have to say, it makes my lame attempts at humor in the Friday Funnies post a lot more entertaining. Hope you all enjoy. Also you can subscribe to my Odiogo enhanced rss feed by clicking Here … [Read more...]
Complete PC Back-up: Pretty dang cool!
A week or so back I got to test the Back-up built into Vista Ultimate. Not due to any problems caused by Vista but, because of some Hard drive issues. I was using the on board Intel RAID controller on my ASUS P5W64-WS Pro Motherboard. This thing has been causing a little trouble for a while. So, hoping it would solve all my woes, I decided to get an above board RAID controller. Anticipating trouble with the transfer, I decided I needed a full back up of my PC. This was too much to send up to … [Read more...]
Vista Shadow Copies
The Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) service is a pretty good feature of Windows Vista. Windows XP offered a similar feature in a "Previous Versions" client that needed to be installed by the user. This allowed users to take advantage of the backups that had been deployed. Vista's Shadow copy is on by default for the "system" drive and is "built-in". What VSS does is to write a new copy of the file. So, instead of replacing an existing file, VSS creates a new file in available space and points to … [Read more...]
Pretty Funny
It's a little early for a Friday Funny but, I thought this was worth an early mention. Especially, with the release of the new X-Files movie coming up on July, 25 2008. Rhett and Link, you know them? Well you should, they are hilarious!! Well, they have created a new song to go with the release of this blockbuster film! Take a second and check this out!! … [Read more...]
Zune error Code:C00D1316
Well, several months back I decided I wanted a Zune 80gig. So, I got online, found out who carried them locally and went and got one. I will have to say it has been a great investment. It is much better than my wife's 80gig video IPOD. Bigger screen, more vibrant colors, etc.. But, today I started the Zune software to update my Podcasts and found that they would not download. Each podcast showing this error: EPISODE DOWNLOAD ERROR Can't download this episode. There could be a … [Read more...]
Coworking in Knoxville
A good thing about working for yourself can be the independence that it provides. But, some of the bad things about working for yourself can be the solitude and the lose of the ability to bounce ideas off others. Well, my wife was looking around Facebook a few weeks back and ran across a Group called CoWorking Knoxville and thought it would be up my alley. Here's how Coworking Knoxville describes themselves: We're a group of free-lancers, Web programmers, self-employed professionals, … [Read more...]