2008 on The Total Token Vortex

inline images in Gmail

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:30:00 +0000

Officially inserting inline images in Gmail is not possible. However, there is a workaround:

Open Google Docs in a new window, open a Word Doc. Insert the picture you want from your computer. This converts it into rich text format. Now you can click on the picture in Google Docs, Copy it, then paste it into your gmail compose screen.

disable AutoPlay

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:25:00 +0000

The following page describes how to disable AutoPlay on Windows:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/disable-autoplay-of-audio-cds-and-usb-drives/

flu & fever

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:29:00 +0000

I found the following links interesting when I investigated my fever/flu:

Improved open-source firmware for cameras

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:17:00 +0000

Apparently it is possible to reflash the firmware on some cameras, and replace it with improved, open-source alternatives. See this post for more.

calendar generator

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:11:00 +0000

Useful online calendar generator: here

Flash game: Auditorium

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:31:00 +0000

Interesting flash-based game: Auditorium

computing (car) mileage

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:43:00 +0000

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:

info for Honda Civics

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:44:00 +0000

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

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:31:00 +0000

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

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:57:00 +0000

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

my site for collecting quotes

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:51:00 +0000

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

Anatomy of a Stump Speech

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:30:00 +0000

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

high-altitude ballooning in near-space

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:02:00 +0000

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