Michael P. O'Connor archive
Category : Technology

My 40Gb iPod down to its last 6Gb

Categories: Geekdom, Technology
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Published on: February 1, 2006

Well with all the Podcasts I am subscribed to I took my iPod that had only 13Gb of songs on it, to being filled to 34Gb of data. Maybe I should limit the number of PodCasts I copy to it, I probaby will not really worry about it till I get down to my last[…]

IE 7, or firefox rip off

Categories: Geekdom, News, Technology
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Published on: January 31, 2006

CNet has some screen shot of the new IE 7 beta I looked at it, and to me it looks alot like firefox.

What is the future of pictures?

Categories: Geekdom, Technology
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Published on: January 25, 2006

I was just watching a random slide show on my Mac from my iPhotos library. I have pictures from a digital camera from 2001 to present. I also have some older pictures that I have scanned in, that date back as late as 1993, I still have not scanned them all in. All in all[…]

Fun C++ code

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Published on: January 11, 2006

As a programmer I will sometimes do some code because I feel it works out the best with minimal effort, also trying to adhere to the KISS principal (Keep it Simple Stupid). One of the things I have been abusing as of late is the STL Map object. I have the following need: I have[…]

My Abuse of del.icio.us

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Published on: January 11, 2006

Ok I finally did get a del.icio.us account (it took me long enouph to get one, how many years am I behind on this one?) I have a friend Patrick Wagstrom that really likes it, in a way (I don’t know if he even knows) conviced me to get one. But I am abusing it.[…]

Private del.icio.us URL’s?

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Published on: January 10, 2006

Is it posable to put a link on del.icio.us for private use, so you have access to it, but not shared with every one on del.icio.us?

The iPod’s battery

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Published on: January 5, 2006

So that people can get an idea about the size of the iPod’s battery I have added a picture of the battery here. click here for the picture The question now is, do I keep it even though it only has an hour of chargable life in it. Do I dispose of it, and if[…]

Taking apart an iPod

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Published on: January 5, 2006

The new internal battery I bought for my iPod came today. The company that i got it from (sonnos) also includes a CD with a video on how to replace the battery and the tools you need. The iPod is very hard to take apart, I ended up needing both tools (they say to use[…]

Finally filled up 3/4 of my iPod

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Published on: January 3, 2006

It been a bit over 2 years since I got my iPod. It is a 40Gb 3g iPod, and I got it for Christmas of 2003 from my parents. It is one of the devices I use every day, and I am glad I have it every day, it is one of the best presents[…]

Blogs I started to read in 2005

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Published on: December 31, 2005

Back in 2004 I started my blog. But I did not start reading other’s blogs until this year. I am going to list the blogs that I started to read on a regular basis this year. Rob over at Unspace Pastor Stiegemeyer from Concordia Lutheran Church Power Ball’s blog WA3FKG’s (Ken’s) blog, a fellow Ham[…]

My iPod’s battery

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Published on: December 29, 2005

After 2 years of faithful service, my iPods battery finally is at the end of it’s life. It lasts only about an hour now. So I have bought a new iPod battery, it should be here on the 5th. I also got a belkin backup battery pack. The battery pack uses 4 AA batteries for[…]

My News sources

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Published on: December 22, 2005

sources here, with a list of the last few entries from them

Hockey stuff

Categories: Church, Hockey, Technology
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Published on: December 19, 2005

A friend from church, have me a bunch of magazines he had, from the beginning of the hockey season this year called “The Hockey News” So I will have to look thought them later, I probably will do it starting on Friday, when my Christmas Vacation starts. Thanks Russ. Also he is going to try[…]

Computer problems

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Published on: December 18, 2005

Today, I had something very odd happen to my Mac. I could not login to the system at all, I would login and it would just drop me at the screen with nothing on it. I looked around to what net to see what was wrong with. I could not find anything wrong with it.[…]

Embryonic Stem Cell takes another hit.

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Published on: December 15, 2005

The BBC has a story on how the “pioneer” in embryonic stem cell faked his results. While Adult Stem Cells are already being used to cure things, embryonic stem cells is taking a hit, and it looks like it has less to offer then they claimed to have in the past. At the same time[…]

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