Tuesday, February 25, 2003

Flatbed scanner reads grooves on LPs Ofer Springer created a piece of software that acts as a "virtual gramophone" that plays LPs using an ordinary flatbed scanner. I think it is a pretty neat proof of concept. An article at Wired can fill you in on more information. 4:56:02 PM    comment []  trackback []

More on RFID... A Radio Chip in Every Consumer Product. Retailers are pioneering radio-frequency identification, in which electronic sensors monitor signals sent by radio chips embedded in products. By Claudia H. Deutsch and Barnaby J. Feder. [New York Times: Technology] 1:38:51 PM    comment []  trackback []

How to fix the Status Bar in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer I always hate it when XP takes my status bars away.  The following steps will even fix the "View in new window" status bar in IE. 1) With only one IE open, click View -> Status Bar (to select it) 2) Right-click on IE's Toolbar and select: "Lock the Toolbars" 3) Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right) 4) Select to open Windows Explorer, click View, select: Status Bar 5) Right-click on Windows Explorer's Toolbar and select: "Lock the Toolbar" 6) Click Tools -> Folder Options -> View tab 7) Click the "Apply to all folders" button. 8) Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right) 10)Click on the Start Button, select RUN, and type REGEDIT 11) Verify that these Registry entries exist: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain "Show_StatusBar"="yes" "Show_URLinStatusBar"="yes" 12) Click Edit (menu) -> Permissions -> Advanced 13) find your user name in the list & click Edit button and check 'Set value' to 'Deny' 1:24:55 PM    comment []  trackback []