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Archive for 2008/03


Mac: Disable Bluetooth Setup Assistant

I have my personal Mac Mini that I use at work. I control the KVM with Synergy. However, every time I reboot, the annoying Bluetooth Setup Assistant pops up and informs me that I don’t have a mouse connected. Little does it know…
I found an article at macosxhints.com about disabling the Keyboard [...]

How to use the AeroPress (my way)

Boil water.
Grind two scoops of roasted beans on a medium-fine setting.
Put the filter in the AeroPress (this can be easy to forget sometimes). Also, if you re-use the filter like I do, it may be a little crinkled. To smooth it out, just add a little bit of water to wet it.
Put [...]

Save the Mountain — A petition to make 96.5 WDOD-FM Chattanooga not suck

Now that 96.5 is a top 40 station, there is officially nothing on the radio in Chattanooga that I want to listen to. Rock 105 is close, but there’s too much grrr rock (the stuff that’s just banging on instruments and growling into a mic). I don’t want to hear the same classics [...]

CVS: Coffee Ventilation System

I went to Lowe’s today and spent $30 on my coffee roasting setup. I decided that after a Vienna roast nearly smoked me out of the garage and gave me a headache, I need some sort of ventilation system. Well, after some not-so-careful planning and a quick trip to Lowe’s, I have it!
Parts [...]