Answer My Searches

When I’m on a NYtimes.com webpage and I highlight some text, right click and select “Search Google For” it just opens up a blank search page in the new page. Every other page I’m on works fine with this.

Does anyone know what could be going on? I’ll post more answers as I find them.

I’m on Firefox 3.0.10 in Ubuntu Linux.

Indeed it does. I just tested it. Even though the phone is silent when a call comes in, your morning alarm will sound off just fine. (Disclaimer at least for me, don’t miss a NYC marathon to oversleeping on my advice!)

I got this error when starting the report server:


System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException: Time out has expired and the operation has not been completed. at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus desiredStatus, TimeSpan timeout) at ReportServicesConfigUI.Panels.ServerInformationPanel.StartStopServiceTask(Boolean start).

To fix I opened up a command prompt and typed:

C:\> cd C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis -i
Start installing ASP.NET (2.0.50727).
.............................................
Finished installing ASP.NET (2.0.50727).


Apparently I had some issue with my ASPNET account

In following this tutorial to make my own printed circuit board (PCB) it tells me to

Print out your eagle board onto some semi glossy photo paper. Be sure to select “solid black” in the eagle printing preferences and also un-select silk screen layers so that you only see pads and traces.

In my version of Eagle on Linux, to select solid black, I simply go to file > print setup and check the box that says ’solid’ and the box that says ‘black’.

To turn off the layers I don’t want, I click on the View menu and then display/hide layers. I hide all layers by clicking the ‘none’ button. Then I turn on the ones I want to keep.

I bought this guy in able to reboot my computer over the internet.

When set up it provides a web page you can log into to control each power outlet on the device and/or set a schedule for when each outlet comes on or turns off.

The directions were very confusing, so here’s a quick write-up of how I got it working for myself:

1. Plug the 9258 into the wall.
2. Connect an appliance like a lamp to one of the outlets on the 9258 to test it. (default is off so your lamp won’t be on yet)
3. Plug the 9258 into your router via an ethernet cable.
4. Now log into your router and look at the attached devices to find the IP address assigned to the 9258. (For me it was 192.168.1.9. The 9258 presented the name “new-host-2″.)
5. Type that IP address into the address bar of your browser.
6. Enter the default user name and password when prompted (user name is admin and password is 12345678)
7. You’re in! Try turning on an off your lamp.