Galaxy S4

True to my word I bought the Galaxy S4 the week I got back from vacation. It's simply awesome. It took a little while to get used to the larger device size but I picked up an iPhone 5 the other day and wondered how I ever squinted at that tiny little screen. I picked up an iPhone 4 and actually gave a full "ha!" out loud. I am just floored by all of the features and options with this phone. My only disappointment initially was that their isn't a stable version of Cyanogenmod out there for GS4 (SPHD-720) yet. The good part is, I really got to have some hands on experience with TouchWiz and it has come a long way since I used the Samsung Galaxy S 4G. I would have missed out on the amazing camera software in TouchWiz not to mention some of the really fun features . My Bluetooth is working much better now. It turned out that it was Waze that was intercepting the pause/play controls.

I went whole-hog on the wireless charging and purchased a Tylt Vu, Samsung Galaxy S4 charging kit and the Samsung Universal Car Mount. My plan is to integrate the charging kit into the car mount with some mad dremmel skills. I'm hoping I'll be able to connect the car mount to my proclip like I was able to with the Samsung Infuse car mount I was using for the GS3. I'll post when I get it done.

I also picked up 2 packs of TecTiles 2 in my order to give those a try. I installed NFC Task Launcher and created a 4 minute timer for my french press process. I simply set my GS4 on top of the coffee grinding after I've ground the beans and it starts the 4 minute brew timer before I plunge and pour the coffee.

Getting posts from bBlog to WordPress

I was able to reconnect my bBlog mySQL database to the new server and was trying to figure out how to copy the data over. My intention was to get the posts either through phpmyadmin, copy the content to a new post and then modify the post date. While searching for information I ran into a great little SQL script that moved everything over for me. I had to tweak it a bit it worked great! I am still doing cleanup fixing the old markup code but it's good to see the old posts. I am still having trouble with the code tag working properly and exploring plug-ins to give me a scrolling code quoting box. I had to modify the script a little for the additional fields in this version of wordpress. Here is the original post.

[code lang='vb']
INSERT INTO wordpress.wp_posts (ID, post_author, post_date, post_date_gmt,
  post_content, post_title, post_category, post_modified,
  post_modified_gmt, post_excerpt, to_ping, pinged, post_content_filtered)
  SELECT postid, 1 as author, FROM_UNIXTIME(posttime),
  DATE_ADD(FROM_UNIXTIME(posttime), INTERVAL -7 HOUR), body,
  title, 0 as category, NOW(), DATE_ADD(NOW(), INTERVAL -7 HOUR), '', '', '', ''
  FROM bb_posts;
[/code]

Remote Assistance with GoToAssist

I work with a lot of clients and remote assistance is a huge time saver. For the last few years I was piggy backing on our GoToMeeting account to do remote support. Unfortunately I am unable to click or type (or even take mouse control) on anything that triggers Vista's User Access Control. Later that day on a conference call with my cusotmer and Dell, I asked them how they were able to get around the restriction. They are using GoToAssist. I checked out their web site and they have a beta program for consultants like me who really can't afford to maintain an account full time but are happy to debug and provide feedback. Check out http://express.gotoassist.com/ for more information about the program. Not only does it allow you to support users on Vista, it also allows file transfer, reconnect on reboot and dozens of other features that make remote support a breeze.

Scanning Double-Sided (Duplex) Documents into Acrobat (PDF)

Hey all, I know there haven't been posts in a while. I was using my main server to passthrough for work until we finally got a dedicated IP. Unfortunately that meant my poor Apache server was muted for almost a year. Well I am back with what I think is a good post. On with it.

So I am trying to scan in a double sided manual into Acrobat. I assumed this would be a simple thing but no such luck. So here is how you can do it with a little preprocessing:

Coaxial Run with Power CCTV Troubleshooting Guide

Written by Jim Shank 8/2/05

 

There should be two major troubleshooting points for CCTV, the camera’s themselves and the central terminating location (CTL) in which the video signal is captured and the power is supplied (if power is not supplied mid-run or directly at the camera location). Troubleshooting will be started at the CTL and then move to each individual camera. It helps to have a baseline camera that is working in order to capture normal readings for comparison. Remember that CCTV cabling should be as follows

		RG-59/RG-6		UTP with Baluns		Fiber Optic
Run Length		< 250 ft.		250 – 3000 ft.		> 3000 ft.

 

Tools Needed

• Digital Volt Meter (DVM)


• Electrical Tape

Optional Tools

• BNC or F-type connector and small piece of coax


• 9V battery