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Windows XP: Access is denied.

Error Deleting File or Folder
Cannot delete filename: Access is denied.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.
Sound familiar?
Over the years, I have stumbled into this error more times than I care to count. And I’m pretty sure the culprit is doing rsync backups from [...]

Laptop Photo Frame – SketchUp

After assembling the prototype template using cardboard, I started taking external measurements. Refinements to cutouts were made and all dimensions were converted to millimeters. I’m strongly considering using Ponoko for this project. It’s a good excuse to try it out.
Here’s a shot of the external part of the frame in SketchUp. [...]

Laptop Photo Frame – Cardboard Version

After stumbling across this site, I decided to dig up my old eMachine M5310 laptop and see what I could fashion out of it. Fair warning, I was lazy and didn’t feel like getting out a real camera. All of the pictures were taken with my iPhone 3G.
My old eMachine has been a [...]

My Shiny New MacBook Pro

I’ve been saving up for a couple of years for a replacement laptop for my poor, old, busted eMachines m5310. The eMachine still runs, but it’s falling apart at the seams. There are cracks through the plastic, everything is a little wobbly, and half of the hinge has locked up and broken. [...]

Buy my stuff on eBay!

I’m attempting to clean out and sell a bunch of stuff laying around the house. Partially to free up room, and mostly to raise the last bit of funding and savings that I need to buy a new MacBook Pro when the new models are eventually released (hopefully in October). I’m just a [...]

How to Wipe the Calendar on your iPhone

After numerous syncs with iTunes on multiple computers, all the calendar items on my iPhone were screwed up. Sometimes it was off by as much as a day. Sometimes I had duplicates on both days. Instead of manually deleting all the items by hand, I just decided to wipe the whole thing [...]

EPB Fiber to the Home Q&A

It looks like EPB Chattanooga is starting to push their fiber to the home (FITH) initiative and start to generate the marketing buzz. And, being a geek, I’m very interested. I perused their (painfully) flash-only web site (http://www.epb.net/fiber) and one thing was adamant — contact them if I had any questions. I [...]

Geekier than n00tz!

Just by a slim margin, but I am 2% geekier than n00tz.
63% Geek
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